People Advisor

Job Description:

• Serve as a trusted People Advisory partner to assigned business groups
• Develop understanding of business strategy, structure, talent priorities, and employee needs
• Advise leaders on employee relations, performance management, talent development, organizational change, and employee engagement
• Support annual talent and performance processes, including goal setting, talent reviews, check-ins, evaluations, calibration, promotions, succession, and compensation planning
• Analyze workforce and talent data and prepare decision-ready materials and recommendations
• Identify themes and risks and track agreed-upon actions through completion
• Coach leaders and performance managers on feedback, performance concerns, employee development, and sensitive employee matters
• Manage and support employee relations matters, fact-finding, documentation, workplace investigations, performance improvement, and involuntary separations
• Partner on workforce and organizational changes, organizational design, reporting-line and manager changes, onboarding, offboarding, restructuring, and employee transitions
• Contribute to firmwide People initiatives and improve processes and employee experience

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in human resources, business, or a related field
• Five or more years of relevant human resources experience in a complex, commercially oriented, matrixed organization
• Experience in professional services, management consulting, or a similarly dynamic client-service environment preferred
• Demonstrated experience supporting employee relations, performance management, talent management, employee engagement, compensation processes, organizational change, and employee development
• Experience supporting workplace investigations and employee relations matters; experience independently conducting investigations preferred
• Strong business acumen and ability to connect people priorities with business objectives
• Exceptional relationship-management and consulting skills
• Strong critical-thinking, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Practical, solutions-oriented approach
• Ability to adapt solutions to changing business needs and consider local, regional, and global implications
• High personal integrity, discretion, and courage
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with global People Office centers of excellence
• Strong project-management skills
• Experience partnering with executive- and partner-level leaders
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HRIS systems such as Workday
• Ability to analyze data and develop clear, decision-ready materials
• Ability to travel occasionally, as business needs require

Benefits:

• Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer
• Reasonable accommodation support for disabled job seekers