HR Assoc – Mobility & Benefits recruitment
Responsibilities
The HR Associate role is a key internal support role within the Asia-Pacific Human Resources and also has some client facing opportunity. The individual will be expected to build and maintain effective relationships with the HRG team and Recruiting team to facilitate their success in meeting their business clients? expectation and all other stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors by providing and addressing issues related to the HR Infrastructure functions.
The HR Associate will be expected to provide timely and accurate advice to the HRG team and Recruiting team and/or their clients in a number of HR Infrastructure functions within Asia Pacific. In addition, the HR Associate will assist with implementing effective Human Resources policies and practices for the purposes of achieving department and business objectives.
Key Accountabilities include:
Benefits Area
- This is a essential supporting role, in which the incumbent must partner effectively with peer Human Resources members to ensure that quality services are provided to client groups.
- Administrator all employee benefit programs in the region, such as group insurance plan, defined benefit and defined contribution plans, voluntary benefits, etc.
- Assist in compiling data to facilitate the annual revision of company's benefits plans and policies. Keep abreast of the latest market trends, practice and regulatory changes to ensure our benefits plans are competitive and in line with the market and local regulations.
- Proactively review the current procedures to ensure the Company is compliance with local regulations.
- Maintain and update benefit plan documents and summary plan descriptions and provide proper and timely communication to peers, managers and employees.
- Manage leave programs and disability programs.
- Ensure accuracy of employee information in company and vendor database and coordinate with respective areas to correct information.
- Reconcile headcount on benefit invoices to ensure accuracy.
- Measure and monitor vendor's performance to ensure service quality meets expectations.
- Conduct new hire orientation as related to benefits coverage.
- Be the primary contact to resolve employee benefit issues.
- Responsible for handling benefits surveys.
- Provide advisory and timely support to other HR teams facilitating them to be success in managing client's expectations.
Mobility Area
- Coordinate intercompany transfers including research of requirements and provide budget estimation and ensure all the covered services are initiated properly and ensure the expenses are within the approved budget.
- As the primary contact for expatriates hosted in the APAC region, this position is responsible to understand appropriate policies and address questions and concerns of expatriates.
- Escalate any exception issues to appropriate management and make sure to follow the proper practice in obtaining exception approval and maintain proper documentation for future audit.
- Ensure all appropriate parties are informed on the issues that related to their area of responsibility.
- Co-ordinate with legal on reviewing leases (for new or renewal cases) and negotiate with landlord on the terms and ensure the lease is execute in a timely manner. Ensure payment is carried out/set up properly and deposit is returned to the company upon termination of lease.
- Measure and monitor vendor's performance to ensure quality service is provided to our employees.
- Be the primary contact to resolve expatriates or other relocating employees' problems and concerns.
- Work closely with the generalist team and recruitment team to ensure early intervention in all communications on transfers and ensure to initiate the work permit application to facilitate the move/hire within the expected time frame.
- Back up the HR Administrator in handling all visa applications/renewals.
Other
- Update HR policies and processes where necessary.
- Maintain proper records for all confidential information according to the established guidelines.
- Develop relationships with staff in other departments to ensure appropriate support when required.
- Be available to employees and managers to provide operational support and guidance on local and corporate wide benefits and mobility programs.
- As required contribute to the rollout of HR projects and initiatives through research, project work and where appropriate the delivery of new or improved services ensuring individual contribution or delivery of project to plan, time, budget and agreed requirements.
- Partner with peer Human Resources members to ensure timely and effective communication, and implementation of local and corporate wide benefit programs as well as HR policies and practices.
- Participate in the ad hoc projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Technical Competencies
- Knowledge of HR Infrastructure functions; in particular, ares of functional specialty.
- Execution; develops innovative approaches to addressing challenges; capable of applying change to day-to-day operations in processes in which he / she is directly involved. Leverages HR applications functionality in area of specialty
- Personal Credibility; is credible to HR counterparts and business line managers; is capable of influencing colleagues of the same seniority in and outside of HR.
- Judgment; able to make good judgments in the process that he/ she is directly involved in; able to determine if he / she has enough information to make decisions and recommendations.
- Demonstrate ability to develop and sustain positive relationships and collaborates effectively with HR counterparts and business line managers and, in some cases, to senior management.
- Communication Skills; able to present effectively and persuasively in writing and orally to all levels of clients and management
- Diversity Inclusion; encourages development of inclusive work environment and supports company and department diversity / inclusion initiatives.
Qualifications, Experience Personal Attributes:
- Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline such as Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business, Psychology or Social Science will be highly regarded.
- Minimum 3 years work experience in a HR specialized role, ideally in compensation and benefits area and with solid experience in providing mobility support preferably within the global financial services sectors.
- Good knowledge of local employment law and compensation and benefits practices in Asia.
- Excellent coordination, organization and administrative skills.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
- High degree of integrity and confidentiality.
- Proven influencing, negotiation and time management skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to use discretion and deal effectively with uncertainty, change and ambiguity.
- Strong interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
- Creative and willingness to exercise initiative.
- Organized and results focused.
- Professional presentation.
Department
The Asia Pacific Human Resources department is divided into 3 functions covering Generalist Support (further divided by business entity: Moody's Investors Service, Shared Services and Moody's Analytics), Recruitment and HR Infrastructure. The Infrastructure team is responsible for handling issues related to compensation, salary planning benchmarking, payroll, benefits, global mobility support, analyst licensing and HR policies. The team supports across all line of business in Asia-Pacific locations: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand and partners with Human Resources Generalist (HRG) teams and Recruiting team to extend our presence and support in the region. The team provides advisory and specialist knowledge to our clients in the region and serves as an internal consultant for the HRG teams and recruiting team in all aspect of the HR Infrastructure functions based on local markets, employment law, best practice and legislation.
The approach of the team is professional, open and consultative.
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How To Apply
Interested applicants please apply at www.moodys.jobs by searching on job reference 012041.