
People and Culture Business Partner
Lonsec
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • Australia
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About the role
- Partner with senior leaders to understand business priorities and deliver HR strategies aligned to organisational goals
- Provide commercially focused advice on workforce planning, organisational design, and talent management
- Act as a trusted advisor, offering insights and solutions to people-related challenges
- Contribute to a high-performance, engaged, and values-driven culture
- Provide guidance and coaching to managers on employee relations matters, including performance, conduct, and policy interpretation
- Manage employee relations issues end-to-end, including investigations, conflict resolution, and disciplinary processes
- Support performance management processes including goal setting, reviews, development planning, and addressing capability gaps
- Contribute to succession planning, leadership development, and remuneration decisions (salary reviews and promotions)
- Ensure consistent and fair application of HR policies and facilitate effective communication between employees and leadership
- Lead end-to-end recruitment, partnering with hiring managers to deliver timely and effective hiring outcomes
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies (e.g. LinkedIn Recruiter, SEEK) and build proactive talent pipelines
- Ensure position descriptions, hiring briefs, and recruitment processes are aligned to business needs and organisational structure
- Manage external recruitment agencies and ensure provider agreements are compliant and up to date
- Oversee HR operations across the employee lifecycle, ensuring efficient, compliant, and consistent people processes
- Maintain accurate employee records to support payroll, reporting, and compliance requirements
- Prepare and manage employment documentation, including contracts, letters, and organisational change communications
- Deliver HR reporting and analytics (e.g. workforce data, salary reporting, recruitment metrics, regulatory reporting such as ABS and WGEA)
- Manage regulatory and compliance requirements in collaboration with Risk and Compliance
- Oversee end-to-end onboarding and induction processes, including pre-employment checks and new starter experience
- Manage offboarding processes, including exit interviews, compliance requirements, and return of company property
- Analyse employee lifecycle data (e.g. exit feedback) to identify trends and inform retention and engagement strategies
- Continuously enhance the employee experience across the lifecycle
- Identify training needs and implement targeted learning and development initiatives in partnership with leaders
- Support employee development planning, including post-probation and ongoing capability building
- Source and coordinate internal and external training opportunities
- Support HR planning and organisational initiatives aligned to business priorities
- Contribute to continuous improvement of HR processes, systems, and policies
- Coordinate HR activities, meetings, and stakeholder engagement
- Support employee benefits and wellbeing initiatives
- Undertake additional HR projects and responsibilities as required
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- 4+ years experience in a HR Advisor or HR Generalist role within financial services
- Experience supporting leaders and managers with day-to-day HR advisory across the employee lifecycle
- Proven ability to manage employee relations matters, including performance management, conduct issues, and workplace investigations
- Experience contributing to or partnering on workforce planning, organisational design, and talent initiatives
- Exposure to end-to-end recruitment and onboarding processes
- Experience with planning of training and development activities for employees
- Experience with HRIS systems (Employment Hero or similar experience preferred)
- Strong attention to detail coupled with excellent writing skills.
- Strong time management skills to meet deadlines and coordinate responsibilities.
- Exceptional communication and relationship management skills in order to build rapport with candidates and manage external recruiter relationships.
- Ability to work in a close-knit team as well as autonomously, whilst taking responsibility for meeting personal objectives.
- MS Word
- MS Excel (intermediate to advanced)
- MS Outlook
Benefits
- Ongoing flexible working arrangements
- Family friendly work-life balance
- Paid parental leave
- Volunteer and Study leave
- Genuinely open and supportive culture with an approachable executive team
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Wellness program (including an annual wellness reimbursement for all staff to put towards health and wellness-related activities)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
employee relationsperformance managementworkforce planningorganisational designtalent managementrecruitmentonboardingtraining and developmentHRISHR reporting and analytics
Soft Skills
communicationrelationship managementattention to detailtime managementcoachingconflict resolutionproblem-solvingteamworkautonomyadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Human ResourcesBachelor's degree in Business Administration