HR Business Partner

Working Relationships

This role involves close and regular interaction with employees Group-wide, at all levels. The incumbent reports to the HR Director: South Africa, Mauritius, Israel and Middle East.

Overall Purpose

Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced HR Business Partner to join their team in Mauritius. As an HR Business Partner, you will play a crucial role in aligning HR strategies with business objectives, providing comprehensive HR support and guidance to designated business units. You will act as a trusted advisor to managers and employees, fostering a positive culture and ensuring compliance with all relevant Mauritian labour law.

Principal Elements and Accountabilities

• Business Partnership: Develop an understanding of the business, challenges, and opportunities within your assigned business units. Translate business needs into effective HR plans and initiatives that drive results, aligning with the Group HR Strategy and the regional HR focus.

• Talent Management: Collaborate with managers on workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning. Implement and adapt global talent management processes to the local context.

• Talent Management: Collaborate with managers on workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning. Implement and adapt global talent management processes to the local context.

• Performance Management: Support the implementation and execution of performance management processes, providing guidance on goal setting, feedback mechanisms, and performance improvement plans.

• Employee Relations: Serve as a point of contact for employee relations matters, providing advice and guidance to managers and employees, and ensuring fair and consistent application of company policies and Mauritian labour legislation.

• Compensation and Benefits: Manage and oversee payroll. Administer and communicate compensation and benefits programs, ensuring compliance with local regulations and market competitiveness.

• Collaborate with the Learning and Development Center of Excellence (COE) to assess the training and development requirements within the business unit and formulate action plans that address these needs effectively.

• HR Policy and Compliance: Develop, implement, review and maintain HR policies and procedures that are aligned with the company's values and fully compliant with all Mauritian labour laws, and other relevant legislation.

• Legal Compliance: Stay up to date with changes in Mauritian labour legislation, ensuring the company's HR practices and policies are always in compliance. Provide expert advice and interpretation of local laws to management and employees.

• HR Reporting and Analytics: Generate and analyse HR data to identify trends, provide insights, and support data-driven decision-making, ensuring compliance with local data privacy laws.

• Change Management: Support organisational change initiatives, providing HR guidance and ensuring effective communication and implementation in line with local requirements.

• HR Projects: Support the execution of key HR projects within the region and group.

Qualifications and Experiences

• Degree or relevant tertiary qualification.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Solid experience of working in a financial services or consulting is essential.

Skills

• Ability to deal with management and staff at all levels. Especially in difficult situations.
• Confidentiality and discretion are crucial skills.
• Ability to negotiate and mediate to successful and timely conclusion.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with all levels of staff and management within the Group as well as third party service providers.
• Understands and satisfies client needs at all times, takes full responsibility and accountability for all client matters including delegated tasks, has an aptitude for dealing directly with demanding and sophisticated clients.
• Demonstrate strong commitment teamwork whilst mindful of interdependency of tasks.
• Strong organisational, multi-tasking and time management skills essential.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite.

Competencies and Behaviours

• Schedules and manages workload effectively, thinks ahead, sets plans to achieve goal.
• Supports and works towards team goals, Shares information, is helpful and co-operative, works effectively with people outside immediate team and within wider group.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with all levels of staff and management within the Group as well as third party service providers.
• Understands and satisfies client needs at all times, takes full responsibility and accountability for all client matters including delegated tasks, has an aptitude for dealing directly with demanding and sophisticated clients.
• Demonstrates required technical knowledge, understands the policies, processes and systems in their area of expertise, keeps technical knowledge up to date.
• Considers the wider consequences of each decision, gathers and analyses information to find creative solutions.
• Takes prompt action and sees tasks through to completion.