Head of HR Planning & Control

Key Accountabilities:

HR Planning

1. Support CHRO to drive the HR teams in overall planning and formulation of HR strategies, tracking and reporting to management / board-level committees.
2. Act as focal point for leading exercises related to HR governance initiated by group companies. Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure effective and proper completion of such.

HR Policy & Control / Business Continuity

1. Be responsible for maintaining effective internal controls and for executing risk and control procedures and implementing corrective actions to address process and control deficiencies.
2. Identify, assess, control, and mitigates risks, guiding the development and implementation of internal policies and procedures.
3. Ensure adequate policies, procedures, guidelines and practices are in place to address all key risks applicable to Human Resources Group (“HRG”).
4. Serve as the primary contact point in HRG with all governance functions in the Bank and promulgate a positive risk culture and awareness of risk and controls within HRG.
5. Ensure recommendations appearing in internal and external audit or review reports are adequately addressed and implemented in an appropriate manner.
6. Act as core team member of the Banks Business Continuity Management team. Assess the risk associated and formulate and drive the implementation of HR measures at bank-level to mitigate impacts brought about by the triggering events.

Employee Voice

1. Act as point of contact for employee relations issues such as whistle-blowing within the Bank in order to manage and resolve highly confidential and complex employee relations issues.
2. Lead team to manage the employee voice channel to drive improvement of HR policies, procedures, and practices.
3. Collaborate and partner with HR Business Partners, Compliance function and Fraud Risk Management Team to investigate, evaluate and implement follow up actions and solutions. Review all staff violations cases and determine the disciplinary actions.
4. Lead to review and analyze any emerging / trend in conduct issues, coordinate improvement plan with the Bank Culture Reform Taskforce.

Requirements:

1. Degree holder in Human Resources Management or related disciplines. Degree in Law or qualifications in Legal Studies is an advantage.
2. Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in the banking industry.
3. Strong experience in HR risk and controls, employee relations, disciplinary cases handling, policy interpretation and investigations
4. Solid knowledge of Hong Kong Employment Ordinance, Banking Ordinance and all related regulatory requirements. Knowledge of HK Common Law is an advantage.
5. Preferably possess / obtain Core or Professional level of qualification under the HKMA Enhanced Competency Framework (ECF) on Operational Risk Management (ORM).
6. With logical mindset, good interpersonal and communication skills.
7. Good command of both spoken and written in English and Chinese (including Putonghua).
8. Proficiency in MS applications, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.