HR Business Partner

Affin Bank Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Affin Bank Berhad seeks an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to shape HR strategy across the business. You will lead workforce planning, employee relations, and talent development in collaboration with HR and business leaders.

Responsibilities include driving HR governance, supporting organizational change, and partnering with Talent Acquisition to meet headcount plans. A strong, proactive advisor who can influence senior stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related discipline.
• 8–12 years of relevant HR experience, preferably with solid HR Business Partnering experience.
• Proven experience in HR business partnering and providing strategic HR advice to business leaders, including workforce planning and organisation structure.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, industrial relations, disciplinary matters and employee grievance management.
• Experience in facilitating talent management, succession planning, performance management and employee development activities.
• Strong understanding of manpower planning, recruitment and resource requirements, including partnering with Talent Acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Management & HR Business Partnering to guide business direction.
• Manage Business Planning & HR strategy aligned with business goals.
• Develop and implement HR plans for employee relations, industrial relations, and related matters.
• Analyse trends and metrics to develop HR solutions.
• Provide coaching and development guidance to staff; support audits and risk findings.
• Lead communication plans with HR Strategy & Development teams.
• Act as change agent for reorganizations and organizational change initiatives.
• Collaborate with IR on staff grievances and decisions.

Skills

HR business partnering

Strategic HR advice

Workforce planning

Employee relations

Talent management

Succession planning

Manpower planning

Recruitment

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business Administration

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Create the future with Affin! You too can make a difference. We continuously innovate to transform our financial services landscape - making banking better and easier. Join us at AFFIN, where the open minds meet and be inspired by a shared commitment to great work. You too can make a difference.

Job Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Management & HR Business Partnering
• Manage Business Planning & HR strategy for the business by understanding the business direction and provide guidance where appropriate.
• Contribute actively to Business planning sessions and active participation of strategy formulation process.
• Develop HR plan for a variety of HR matters such as employee relations, industrial relations, union issues and other HR administrative related matters.
• Analyse trends and metrics for development of solutions.
• Provide proactive resourcing HR advice and guidance in relation to coaching, counselling, career development, disciplinary actions and mitigation for solution and corrective action from time to time based on Audit, Risk and Compliance finding.
• Develop and manage communication plan and awareness program working closely with HR Strategy & Development team.
• Act as change agent in managing organizational change where this relates to HR related activities - realignment/reorganization exercise etc.
• Industry / Employee Relations Provide affair and balanced hearing on staff grievance and provide options / solutions where appropriate guided by Bank’s policies, as well as provide consultative advisory and act as facilitator to internal stakeholders, collaborating with IR team.
• Monitor end to end disciplinary process together with IR team.
• Remuneration & Systems / Benefit Services Provide guidance to staff and rewards on appropriate benchmarks tied to productivity towards staff compensation and performance guided by policies & practices.
• Close collaboration with HR Rewards/C&B team.
• Involve in the performance management exercise, collaborating with Performance Management team.
• Recruitment & Organizational Development Responsible for the governance of manpower set out by the approved budget and to provide the approved justifications for expectations when required.
• Establish the business manpower issues and needs and make timely recommendation to address the issues.
• Work together with Business & Talent Acquisition team in forecasting and planning business headcount requirements in line with the business strategy.
• Conduct interviews to ensure the right candidate for the position.
• Learning & Development and Talent Management & Succession Planning Have first‑hand knowledge of who are the talents within his / her purview and be responsible to drive together with Learning & Development on the management of talent development.
• Facilitate the Talent Management and Succession Planning exercise with the respective Division Heads.
• Employee Point of Contact Provide ad‑hoc but substantiated feedback to appropriate channels on employee’s feedback.
• Facilitation of Communication initiatives Work with the relevant subject matter expert for the adoption, implementation and communication of HR policies, programs and practices.
• Represent the views of the function in the development and implementation of HR policies and practices.
• Change Management Responsible for identifying issues and work with line managers and relevant subject matter expert, i.e. Learning and Development, Org Development on change management interventions resulting from business, policy, people changes, etc.
• Support change initiatives that affect the business and to advise on the people management aspects.
• Team / People Management Manage and assist Head HRBP in providing full generalist support to business for their respective portfolios.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related discipline
• 8–12 years of relevant HR experience, preferably with solid HR Business Partnering experience.
• Proven experience in HR business partnering and providing strategic HR advice to business leaders, including workforce planning, organisation structure and people-related matters.
• Strong knowledge and hands‑on experience in employee relations, industrial relations, disciplinary matters and employee grievance management, with the ability to provide balanced and practical advice.
• Experienced in facilitating talent management, succession planning, performance management and employee development activities, with the ability to work closely with business and HR specialist teams.
• Strong understanding of manpower planning, recruitment and resource requirements, including partnering with Talent Acquisition to support business hiring needs.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the maturity and confidence to engage and challenge senior stakeholders while balancing business and employee needs.

People are the heart of AFFIN BANK. We have a positive and supportive environment where we celebrate people’s personal growth and encourage them to be the best versions of themselves, both in the workplace and in their community. Join AFFIN as we evolve to become a financial institution of the future, embracing innovation and technology to deliver unrivaled customer service. We're looking for colleagues who share our values and are ready to live them every day. Explore the exciting opportunities and make a real impact on the future of finance. Come be a part of our journey today!

“Always About You” At AFFIN, we strive to always connect and engage with our customers, to understand their changing needs and aspirations better. It represents our passion and commitment to the community we operate in, enabling us to quickly respond to changes and provide a personalised experience. At AFFIN, our people are aligned to our values of customer centricity, creativity and value creation. Our tagline “Always about you”, was crafted to drive loyalty and build our reputation as a creative and innovative financial organisation. Our people are at the heart of what we do and remain the focus of our customer centric culture. It’s about the initiatives we take in understanding and prioritising our stakeholders; our customers, employees and shareholders. As we venture through this metamorphosis journey, we are aware of their ever‑changing needs and are embracing the new ways of this digital dimension. We put our hearts and minds into everything we do, to ensure that everyone we touch, receives unrivalled customer service.