Director
Fitch
Dual-headquartered in New York and London, Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide help investors to make important credit judgments with confidence.
Fitch Solutions delivers credit market data, analytical tools and risk services to the global financial community. In addition to offering proprietary market-based content, Fitch Solutions distributes the ratings, research and financial data of Fitch Ratings through a variety of flexible platforms. With innovation and experience behind every solution, Fitch Solutions helps financial professionals meet the diverse and evolving needs of today's global markets.
Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions, along with Fitch Learning, are part of the Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is a jointly owned subsidiary of Paris-based
Fimalac, S.A. and New York-based Hearst Corporation.
Fitch complies with all laws governing employment in each jurisdiction in which it operates, and provides equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. All applications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, and other status protected by applicable laws.
The Company's HR systems infrastructure is a strategic priority and will further enable the function to transform through a significant reduction in manual processes creating the opportunity for the global HR team to focus on higher value-add activities. The post-holder is expected to play a leading role in the review and rollout a global Software as a Service (SaaS) HR solution in partnership with IT, Finance, external vendors and regional/country HR teams. A key focus of this role is to standardize HR systems, processes and interfaces across the globe.
As such, this position will report directly to the Global Head of HR. Key stakeholders within HR will be the MD of HR for the Americas and the Senior Director of Global LD. Key stakeholders outside HR will be the Group and Regional CFOs, members of the Executive Group, and the Head of Compliance.
Company Description
Fitch Ratings, a global rating agency dual-headquartered in New York and London with 51 offices worldwide, dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data. We transform information by offering knowledge and experience behind every opinion to deliver meaning and utility to investors, issuers and other market participants. Fitch Ratings' global expertise draws on local market knowledge, spanning the fixed-income universe. The context, perspective and insights we provide help investors make important credit judgments with confidence.
Since 2008, Fitch Solutions has offered a range of comprehensive data, analytical tools and risk services to fixed-income investors and other market participants. The firm also distributes Fitch Ratings' credit ratings, research and data through various platforms. Product offerings cover research services, risk and performance analytics, structured finance solutions, pricing and valuation services, quantitative analytics and training.
Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions are part of the Fitch Group. The Fitch Group is a subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., headquartered in Paris, France.
Fitch's Human Resources department supports Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions, a client group currently comprising a headcount of just over 2100. It provides a service in line with a business partner model, in partnership with a "Centre of Excellence" in Learning Development. Fitch has dedicated HR and LD teams in the regional hubs of New York, Chicago, London and Singapore. In addition, basic HR administration duties are fulfilled by Office Managers and Assistants in each office location. In April 2012 a Global Head of HR was appointed with the remit globalise and streamline the function and re-align it with the business.
The key accountability areas of the role are:
(i) Support, maintenance and development of the Company's Human Resource Information System (HRIS) in addition to other systems supported by the HR team.
(ii) Management of the Company's compensation programs.
(iii) Oversight of all management information and reporting on the Company's human capital
HRIS
As the manager of the Company's HRIS, the post-holder will serve as a technical point-of-contact and ensure data integrity; and oversee and conduct the testing of system changes, report writing, security control and analysis data flows for process improvement opportunities. The post-holder will also support HRIS upgrades, patches, testing and other technical projects as assigned. Although this position is not directly responsible for processing the Company's payrolls, it is responsible for maintaining a seamless integration of the employee data into the payroll process.
Compensation Program Management
The post-holder will be responsible for the overall analysis, development and delivery of corporate compensation programs based on business objectives, cost effectiveness and competitive practice. This includes management of the annual compensation review process in addition to serving, on a day to day basis, as the Company's primary resource for information, problem-solving, and communication with senior management for all areas pertaining to corporate compensation.
Management Information Reporting
The post-holder will manage the delivery of routine headcount and staff cost reports used within Executive functions and across the business, including liason with business and HR leaders to determine reporting and analytics requirements, understanding business processes and needs of HR and Finance, and providing consultative guidance where appropriate. The post-holder is expected to drive opportunities to increase the analytic capability of both their team and the wider HR function to create meaningful, value-added reporting while also seeking continuous improvement opportunities to streamline and automate reporting needs, reducing manual tasks and increasing team capacity for operational and/or unplanned work.
Line Management
This post will have two direct reports.
- Excellent project management, planning and organizing skills with proven ability to deliver on time and within budget.
- Ability to understand both high level strategy and also dive into detail as needed to accomplish objectives.
- Ability to design process flow maps and standard operating procedures.
- Ability to facilitate process re-engineering in collaboration with senior HR, Finance Payroll stakeholders to ensure seamless process alignment and connection points, using automation wherever possible.
- Excellent fact base decision making and analytical skills, including critical thinking, reasoning and problem solving.
- Proven ability to engage and influence all levels of the organization, and to establish credibility and respect of employees, peers, managers, and leaders. Ability to 'translate' between business and technical teams.
- Excellent oral and written communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
- Self-motivated and able to work under limited supervision.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise a high level of discretion.
- Excellent judgment and conflict management skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure with poise and professionalism.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office products at the following levels: Word, Outlook, PowerPoint: Intermediate level of skill. Excel: High level of comfort with Pivot tables, VLookup, etc. Access: High level of comfort with queries, joins, and macros strongly preferred
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