HR Business Partner

IMC Trading; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Health insurance

Job summary

IMC Trading in New York City is seeking a strategic HR Business Partner to align people strategies with business goals. You will partner with business leads to drive talent, performance, engagement, and development while coaching leaders through change.

This role shapes employee experience across teams, using data to anticipate challenges and deliver impactful people programs. You will influence policy and practice in a fast-paced trading environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in HR, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years as HR Business Partner in a fast-paced environment.
• Coaching leaders on complex people management issues and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to deliver talent strategy, structure, and development initiatives.
• Coach leaders to improve performance and support teams.
• Develop engagement action plans tailored to specific teams and employees.
• Analyze people data, trends, and interactions to address challenges proactively.
• Collaborate across HR to create a connected employee experience.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Coaching leaders

Communication

Data analysis

Change management

Talent management

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field

Tools

MBTI

Hogan Assessments

HRIS

Job description

We are looking for a strategic, thoughtful, and motivated Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) with a bias for action to join our team. This person will be a key partner to business leads in the New York City office. At IMC, the role of HRBP is one of a trusted and strategic people advisor and coach. This role is responsible for connecting the needs of the business to people strategies and initiatives.
As an HRBP, you will work closely with the leads you support to provide guidance and counsel on all people matters. This role will influence employee experience by architecting and executing people processes and partnerships that stimulate our employees' engagement, retention, development, and performance.
Role

• Work with business leaders to deliver effective talent strategy, structure, and development initiatives
• Enable individual and team performance by assessing talent, providing performance coaching, and supporting teams
• Develop effective engagement action plans to suit the unique needs of specific teams/employees
• Develop communications to equip leaders with the language to drive their message
• Analyze people data, trends, and interactions to address challenges proactively
• Operate as a change agent and employee advocate
• Address employee relations matters thoroughly and thoughtfully
• Collaborate across the HR department to build and deliver a connected employee experience
• Work with personal responsibility for delivering quality work
• Willing to iterate on past work to improve and maintain relevance in a changing marketplace
• Use a high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems
• Solve problems and get to the root cause of complex talent issues; develop and implement solutions
  

Requirements

• A Bachelor\'s degree or higher level of education in Human Resources, Business, or a related field; or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner in a progressive, fast-paced environment with a minimum of 2 years within this industry
• Proven experience in proactively coaching leaders and providing strategic guidance on complex people management issues and strategies (including team restructures, talent mobility, change, and widespread capability building)
• Superior communication skills – convey confidence, empathy, and trust via candor and diplomacy to build effective relationships; able to engage with front-line employees as well as senior leaders on a strategic and operational level
• Formal training and accreditation are preferred in coaching, adult learning principles, and psychometric assessments, including MBTI, Hogan Assessments, etc.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and present data-driven insights and trends
• Strong critical thinking skills to identify interdependencies between complex issues, data, and outcomes
• Ability to build credibility and trust with senior leaders as an advisor who effectively gives advice and follows through on commitments
• Ability to drive change in key people activities and organization shifts
• Ability to produce quality deliverables
• Ability to aggregate data, complete analysis, and display results visually
• Possess confidence in the handling of ambiguity and fluid situations
• Possess an abundance of common sense and pragmatism
• HR systems experience
  

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$160,000 - $200,000 USD

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.