People Partner, ANZ

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a People Partner ANZ to join our head office for ANZ based in North Ryde. This is an individual contributor position, reporting to the People Partner Lead for APAC & Japan, based in Singapore.

As the People Partner ANZ you will play a critical role in providing expert guidance and professional support to People Leader Partners, People Leaders, and the PPS team on HR-related matters.

This role ensures alignment with local labor laws and organizational policies, while delivering consistent, high-quality HR services. A key focus is driving employee relations strategies that foster organizational stability and enhance the employee experience.

As a representative of the People function, this role engages with the Country Leadership Team and relevant external institutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Acts as the primary advisor for People leaders on complex and high-risk employee relations matters, ensuring outcomes align with organizational goals, legal compliance, and employee well-being.
• Advising Country Leaders on employee issues during period of crisis or transformation and execute Crisis Management Team decisions related to people matters within the country.
• Deliver professional guidance and advice to People Leaders and/or People Leader Partners on transformations (footprint/restructuring) from local/legal perspective and is responsible for the local execution on mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and reorganizations affecting local teams.
• Act as a subject matter expert in local ANZ labor law application and compliance, advising People Leaders on hosted headcount and cross-border employment issue based on international mobility advice.
• Provide professional advice on performance improvement plans ensuring adherence to local policies and best practices.
• Handle disciplinary and grievance cases, ensuring accurate documentation and timely resolution with fairness and consistency.
• Conduct and support investigations related to the General Business Principles.
• Address and provide advisory support on rewards-related questions ensuring alignment with local guidelines and internal equity.
• Ensure consistent application of HR and government policies and practices across the organization as well as monitor adherence to local labor laws, escalating potential risks to appropriate stakeholders.
• Drives standardization in the execution of People Function policies and processes, ensuring consistent application and compliance across the country to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

You’re the right if:

• You have Bachelor's / master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or equivalent.
• Demonstrated expertise of at least 8 years in HR processes, employee relations, labor relations preferably in a multinational or highly regulated environment for Australia and New Zealand.
• You will bring a solid understanding of HR practices, including employment law and regulation, supporting Payroll, HR administrative tasks, reporting and audit processes.
• You have experience in directly supporting people managers.
• A solutions-focused approach, well-developed business acumen and able to deal with issues and change in a proactive, positive and dynamic way.
• You will have excellent stakeholder management, communication skills and ability to adapt to changing circumstances, direction and strategy as well as manage multiple priorities.