Human Resources Advisor / Business Partner - Newton Investment Management

As People Advisor, and a member of the Newton People Team, you will play a crucial role in supporting our dynamic team of professionals in achieving their goals as the company and the wider Investment Management industry undergoes a period of material and exciting change.
The Newton People Team is embedded within a global shared service human resources model. Key to this will be to navigate this model and collaborate with colleagues within it to deliver a cost effective, strategically aligned and good quality human resources offering to the fast paced, globally run and highly commercial stakeholder population.
A key aspect of the role will be that of a trusted specialist and coach to senior leadership. Responsible for providing comprehensive and highly commercial human resources guidance and support across the entire employee lifecycle, in support of the delivery of Newtons strategy.
It is an exciting time to join Newton's People team, as the business and industry is currently in a period of evolution. This is an opportunity to help shape the business through it's biggest asset, it's people.
Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted specialist advisor and coach to people leaders on matters covering the full employee lifecycle, including:


o Organizational design
o Restructuring and TUPE
o Performance management
o Compensation and Reward
o Succession planning
o Talent Management and Career Development
o Global mobility

• Take a leading role in the annual compensation review process


• Identify and act on opportunities to upskill people leaders


• Work in partnership with Finance, Compliance, and CAOs to support budget, headcount and risk management activities


• Establish strong working relationships with and provide oversite of People Team Centers of Excellence to ensure an efficient and effective service is delivered to Newton, identifying and acting on opportunities to improve and expand the service


• Contribute to the development and delivery of training and development programs


• Lead on the production of Executive Committee and Board papers
  
  Experience of delivering successfully as an independent thinking people advisor within a financial services environment


• Comprehensive practical experience of supporting UK individual redundancy processes


• Demonstrable experience of actively and successfully supporting and coaching leaders at Vice President level or higher


• A good working knowledge of UK employment law and practices


• A good working knowledge of UK regulatory requirements, so far as they relate to employment and reward


• Good experience of managing / coordinating projects


• Able to demonstrate an ability to apply policy or process in a highly commercial way


• Comfortable taking a data led approach


• Tenacious and solution oriented


• Collegiate and a natural team player


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills


Qualifications:

• CIPD qualified - preferred


• A 2:1 undergraduate degree or higher (or equivalent)
  
  Newton is a global investment management firm owned by BNY Mellon, with offices in London, New York, Boston, San Francisco and Tokyo. It provides investment services to institutional clients, including US and global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, registered mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles and other institutions, and, via BNY Mellon, to individuals. Newton uses an active, multidimensional and engaged approach in striving to deliver attractive outcomes to those clients.


Newton focuses on four key areas:

• Active Equities - Conviction-based, including global equity, small-cap, regional and thematic capabilities


• Income - Equity, fixed income and multi-asset


• Absolute Return - Fixed-income and multi-asset


• Multi-Asset Solutions - Systematic, outcome-orientated, relative balanced, bespoke and building blocks, For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark:

bnymellon.com/careers.

Passion for Excellence - We get it done; We strive to be extraordinary
Integrity - We do what is right, always; We challenge each other - even when it's uncomfortable
Strength in Diversity - We seek out who is missing and help everyone feel included We invest
in each other's success

Courage to Lead - We take the risks necessary to lead; We grow and move on from failure
BNY Mellon Investment Management is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer