Director of Human Resources

Position Overview and Purpose:

Working under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Human Resources is responsible for providing comprehensive HR support across all functional areas. This role performs tactical HR duties with a focus on talent acquisition, employee relations, benefits and compensation administration, compliance, performance management, HRIS, 401K, and employee engagement. The Director of Human Resources will act as a trusted advisor to employees and management, ensuring HR practices are aligned with business goals while promoting a positive and compliant workplace culture.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain personnel, and medical records and information files.
• Administration of company medical leave programs, to include FMLA, short/long-term disability, and various state leave programs.
• Process paperwork and administer benefits systems and health and safety programs.
• Provide HR related information, assistance and advice to supervisors, co-workers, and former employees by telephone, in written form, e-mail or in person.
• Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
• Assist and advise management on Human Resource issues and organizational policy matters such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment. Recommend changes, as needed.
• Conduct exit interviews, identify and quantify reasons for voluntary employee terminations.
• Participate in the planning and presentation of new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives and provide new and prospective employees with information about employee benefits.
• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering guidelines and helping resolve work and benefit related problems.
• Analyze, evaluate and modify benefits policies to establish and maintain competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements. Analyze, evaluate and maintain employee health, safety and affirmative action programs.
• Analyze, evaluate and modify business insurance to maintain adequate coverage and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Develop and/or administer special projects such as newsletter, drug awareness, and health risk assessments.
• Study legislation and arbitration decisions to stay abreast of constant changes and industry trends.
• Work with Human Resources Committee to identify and address Human Resources issues and to make the Committee a secondary resource for human resources and personnel.
• Investigate and report any work-related injuries to insurance carriers.
• Coordinate and assist with recruitment efforts for all regular and temporary positions that will include helping writing position descriptions, posting open positions, help develop interview questions, tracking candidates, coordinating with hiring managers, making job offers, and ensuring that all post-job offer activities are completed properly.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education: A four-year, business and/or human resources degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience in human resources and/or benefits administration.

Preferred Experience: At least five years of related HR experience in a financial services environment.

Skills and Abilities Necessary to Succeed:

• The ability to effectively understand and convey complex subject matter and ideas in understandable terms in writing and to effectively speak and communicate information and ideas both one-on-one and in small group situations.
• The ability to listen and understand spoken information and ideas and to respectfully give full attention to what people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, and asking questions as appropriate.
• The ability to recognize when something is wrong or likely to go wrong and to apply general logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to the problem.
• The ability to maintain flexibility when interacting with others and understand differing points of view
• A basic understanding of and abilities related to the usage of technology such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and similar programs.
• Ability to quickly learn new programs and technologies.
• Self-motivation, with a proven ability to multi-task and work independently, as well as working as part of a team.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with vendors and co-workers.
• Accounting and payroll experience helpful but not required.
• Ability to prioritize and complete assigned tasks.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• SPHR certification a plus.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.