Country HR Officer (CHRO) & Banking HR Advisor, France

11188 Citibank Europe plc France; Paris; Sur place; EUR 80 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading international banking institution in Paris seeks a Country HR Officer to head the HR function. The role involves providing strategic HR services, aligning HR priorities with business needs, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates must be fluent in French and English, with a strong background in delivering HR initiatives in complex environments. The position requires exceptional consultation and partnership skills, along with a degree in Human Resources or related discipline. This full-time role offers an opportunity to influence key HR practices within a global framework.

Qualifications

• Fluency in both French and English, written and spoken.
• Proven record in delivering HR initiatives in complex organizations.
• Experience in navigating a remote HR operating model.

Responsabilités

• Lead HR function, providing high-quality HR advice and governance.
• Align HR priorities with business strategy.
• Serve as trusted advisor to senior management.
• Implement HR initiatives and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Represent HR with local authorities and external networks.

Connaissances

Fluency in French and English

Consultation and influencing skills

Relationship building and partnership skills

High tolerance for ambiguity

Formation

Degree in Human Resources Management or Business

Description du poste

Team / Role Overview

The Country HR Officer (CHRO) & Banking HR Advisor leads the HR function in our dynamic and growing franchise in Paris, France. We employ around 450 staff members across two separate legal entities and are covered by one joint works council.

The successful incumbent ensures the highest standard and quality of HR services and functional governance, accomplishing results through the coordination of professional teams and specialist disciplines, integrating also subject matter and industry expertise. The role requires in-depth understanding of how HR specialist disciplines collectively integrate, collaborate, and contribute to the objectives of the entire function. It requires someone with excellent communication and diplomacy skills and sound commercial acumen to advise, influence and convince internal and, occasionally external, stakeholders.

Lead the HR function in the provision of the highest standard and quality of HR advice, service, and governance. Align and integrate HR priorities from a country, legal entity and business perspective. Serve as trusted advisor to the CCO & Banking Head to ensure the optimum and safe delivery of franchise, business, and HR goals. Provide best-in class French HR expertise and consultancy to a broad variety of HR stakeholders around the globe. Partner with HR specialist disciplines to implement HR initiatives across the full HR value chain, and compliant with prevailing law and regulation. Be an ambassador of the remote HR model, facilitating the efficient delivery of end-to-end, high-quality HR services. Drive enhanced performance and talent management practices for critical, country specific leadership roles and influence talent, performance, and mobility decisions in the best interests of the overall Citi franchise. Ensure and manage overall the HR governance, regulatory and legislative compliance from an internal and external perspective, covering the country as well as the related 2 legal entities. Represent Citi HR vis-à-vis local authorities, unions, auditors as well external industry bodies and networks. Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Citi policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

What you’ll do

• Lead the HR function in the provision of the highest standard and quality of HR advice, service, and governance.
• Align and integrate HR priorities from a country, legal entity and business perspective.
• Serve as trusted advisor to the CCO & Banking Head to ensure the optimum and safe delivery of franchise, business, and HR goals.
• Provide best-in class French HR expertise and consultancy to a broad variety of HR stakeholders around the globe.
• Partner with HR specialist disciplines to implement HR initiatives across the full HR value chain, and compliant with prevailing law and regulation.
• Be an ambassador of the remote HR model, facilitating the efficient delivery of end-to-end, high-quality HR services.
• Drive enhanced performance and talent management practices for critical, country specific leadership roles and influence talent, performance, and mobility decisions in the best interests of the overall Citi franchise.
• Ensure and manage overall the HR governance, regulatory and legislative compliance from an internal and external perspective, covering the country as well as the related 2 legal entities.
• Represent Citi HR vis-à-vis local authorities, unions, auditors as well external industry bodies and networks.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Citi policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

What we’ll need from you

• Fluency in French and English language (written and spoken)
• Recognised leader with proven record of successfully delivering HR initiatives and projects in a complex and matrixed organization, often under tight deadlines and high volumes of work.
• Proven ability in working within, and navigating, a remote HR operating model.
• Exceptional consultation, influencing and diplomacy skills.
• Highly effective relationship building and partnership skills, demonstrating a proactive and client centric attitude.
• High tolerance for dealing with ambiguity, on‑going change and shifting priorities.
• Resilient under pressure and self‑motivated in a fast paced and demanding environment.
• Able and willing to "roll up the sleeves to get it done" as well as being a strategic advisor.
• Keen focus on ‘process improvement’ to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the services offered.
• Relevant HR experience, incl. as HR Generalist in France, ideally in the financial industry.
• Degree or equivalent in Human Resources Management, Business, or related discipline.

This job description provides a high‑level review of the types of work performed. Other role‑related duties will be assigned as required.

Job Family Group: Human Resources

Job Family: Human Resources Management

Time Type: Full time

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