Human Resources Business Partner

Overview

Description Smithbucklin
, a 650-person, employee-owned professional services company with more than 70 years of success serving the association market, with primary offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C. is looking fora data-driven HR Business Partner (HRBP) and Lead of HR Operations to join the Human Resources team in our Chicago office. This individual will report to the SVP & Chief People Officer, assist in leading the HR strategy, and collaborate closely with HRBP colleagues to ensure synergy and alignment across the business.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience proactively collaborating with leaders and key stakeholders in the development and implementation of HR programs to optimize talent, process, and culture. In addition, they will have experience managing HR Operations and successfully developing compensation practices. At Smithbucklin, we embody a culture driven by optimism, ambition, expertise, and thoughtfulness
, where every team member is empowered to exceed expectations and deliver exceptional results for our clients. Join us in shaping the future of association management, where our values serve as the cornerstone of our success.

• Partner with leadership and people managers to strategize and advise on talent, including on-boarding, talent review and assessment, career development, succession planning, engagement action planning, rewards and recognition, and keeping our company commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Exchange knowledge and work with HRBP colleagues to align thinking, deliver solutions and optimize processes.
• Coach executives and people managers, navigate and resolve employee relations issues and create solutions to retain our best talent.
• Steward HR programs, practices, and policies, with the overall goal of maintaining and nurturing a culture of connection and high performance. This includes facilitating manager training classes in person and virtually.
• Be a resource, coach, advisor, and champion to 15 other HR team members.

• Lead HR Operation function
• Deliver high quality HR data management.
• Own HRIS, acting as a super-user and oversee HRIS vendor relationship(s).
• Oversee the data flow between HR systems and ensure data accuracy.
• Identify, recommend, and own HR metrics and reporting.
• Ensure HR processes and policies meet federal and state compliance requirements. Oversee annual review of employee handbook and support execution of policy changes.
• Supervise, develop and coach HR Operations specialist.

• Oversee compensation practices across the company by ensuring adherence, and identifying improvements, to existing approaches.
• Lead market data collection, analysis and range recommendation.
• Develop systems to report salary ranges for internal equity and external job postings.
• Collaborate with HRBP’s and business stakeholders to support compensation related activities such as new hire offers, salary increases, and budget preparation.

• You can keep your cool and remain comfortable and effective in a fast-paced, matrixed environment; you can manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a hands-on manner, adjusting to issues as they arise without breaking a sweat.
• You are a driver and successful at simultaneously executing operational tasks while driving long-term strategic initiatives; you have an innate desire to drive change in the pursuit of excellence.
• You are a synthesizer and connect-the-dots quickly to assess a situation and know how to bring in the right resources at the right time; you are a holistic, creative problem solver and start your sentences with “yes, let’s see how we can achieve this…”
• You excel at service and provide efficient and effective service while implementing best practice, minimizing risk, and ensuring consistency and fairness; you keep your commitments and are trusted for your accurate, high-quality work and prompt delivery.
• You are a trusted confidante who maintains discretion; others seek you out for your pragmatism and business minded approach; you have a reputation for sound judgment and professional integrity.…