Executive Manager HR Business Partner

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to partner with senior leaders, shaping strategic people initiatives that drive performance and culture across Retail Banking Services.

You will provide coaching, advisory support, and data-driven insights to enable workforce planning, organisational design and leadership development, while championing diversity and employee engagement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Human Resources with 5+ years as an HR Business Partner.
• Proven advisory, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for culture, learning and customer obsession.
• Strong commercial acumen and business knowledge.
• Ability to lead initiatives through change and ambiguity.
• Experience designing strategic and transformational people initiatives.
• Tertiary qualifications in HR; postgraduate preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to develop and execute the HR plan.
• Provide high-calibre advice and coaching with data-driven insights.
• Drive talent management, succession planning, and workforce design.
• Collaborate with HR teams to design and implement people strategies.
• Drive measurable people and business outcomes.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing workplace.

Skills

HR advisory

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Problem solving

Coaching leaders

Change management

Strategic thinking

Growth mindset

Education

HR degree

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

People are a key part of the Group's strategy and the HR team partner with our business units to help build a customer obsessed and learning culture. Human Resource Business Partners are both coaches and change agents, influencing decisions and creating positive impact across the teams they support.

This role partners with senior leaders across Retail Banking Services, providing strategic people advice to drive leading people strategies and optimize business performance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with leaders to develop and execute the HR plan.
• Provide high calibre advice and coaching to leaders, as well as using data and insights to drive continuous improvement and inform strategic decisions.
• Focus areas include talent management & succession planning, driving high performing teams, strategic workforce planning, organisational design and change, leadership coaching, organisational effectiveness, and championing diversity, equity and a positive employee experience.
• The role is also required to effectively partner with senior business leaders and key teams within HR including Group People Services, Centres of Expertise and Crew Leads to design and implement people strategies, plans and processes that respond to evolving business contexts.
• Drive measurable people, customer and business outcomes.
• Increase employee and business performance.
• Engage and develop a diverse workforce.

We're interested in hearing from people who have:

• Substantial, relevant experience within Human Resources or a related field.
• High calibre advisory, communication and stakeholder management skills with proven ability to influence senior leaders and quickly build trust.
• Passion for building culture, learning and customer obsession.
• Strong commercial acumen and business knowledge.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives and comfortably navigate change, ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving skills that lead to commercial solutions.
• Track record of effectively advising and coaching leaders on key business and strategic HR drivers.
• Successful design and implementation of strategic and transformational people initiatives.
• Thorough understanding of current best practice people, culture and engagement methodologies.
• Growth mindset and curiosity.
• 10+ years of experience in Human Resources, with 5+ years as an HR Business Partner.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualifications are desired but not essential.

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