People Experience Business Partner

Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.

At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.

**How you’ll make an impact**

This role will work in a true partnership model, by creating and driving strategic people initiatives for a Global/Business Portfolio in Xero and being the primary support to the relevant senior leadership team.

You will work with your People Experience (PX) colleagues across all our regions to ensure consistent and impactful people programs are rolled out to ensure delivery to the global people strategy. This role will also incorporate a broad spectrum of HR advisory responsibility, including advice and support to Management on all people matters.

**What you’ll do**
- Provide coaching and generalist PX support to senior leaders across a global portfolio with a strong focus towards people capability, leadership and organisational design
- Communicate our people strategy and position on issues with credibility and influence
- Participate in team planning sessions across your portfolio to be the voice of People Experience and to provide advice on how the people strategy aligns with business strategy
- Manage and resolve complex employee issues
- Provide meaningful and accurate HR advice and guidance across the full spectrum of HR; including strategic alignment, legislative requirements, recruitment, on-boarding, performance management, organisational design, employee development, change management, remuneration, HR systems, benefits, health and safety, retention and departures
- Play a role in driving forward key people initiatives such as succession planning, career management, performance management and recruiting strategies
- Analyse trends and metrics to develop solutions, programs and action plans for your portfolio In partnership with the Talent team to ensure recruitment priorities are met and that Xero's employment brand and presence is known and valued
- In partnership with the OD team, develop programmes that support the ongoing professional development of your client group
- Work across the global teams to leverage the best of PX Programs and Centers of Excellence (Learning / Diversity / Remuneration etc)
- Provide remuneration advice and guidance, including helping to manage the annual remuneration review
- Identify and take action on coaching opportunities
- Support and coach PX Advisors who work alongside your portfolios
- Participate in Global PX projects and working groups, as needed
- Build a positive employee experience that leads to improved business performance and increased levels of customer engagement
- Strive to work across the function to test, experiment and improve how we work inline with our scaling and evolution
- Support the EGM PX Partnering as required on PXP initiatives

**What you’ll bring with you**

**Experience**
- Proven experience in a fast paced Business Partnering role, covering the broad generalist spectrum of HR
- Exposure to a complex / global environment
- Deep understanding of multiple HR disciplines, including compensation practices, employee relations, diversity, performance management, and relevant employment legislation
- Experience leading and managing significant change programmes
- Senior stakeholder management experience with the ability to influence senior leaders and quickly develop credibility and trust
- Experience working with and coaching senior executive stakeholders on complex people issues
- Degree, Post Graduate or equivalent work experience

**Critical competencies**
- Able to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity and creativity to changing needs and situations within the business
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Excellent communication skills including consultation, facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills
- Proven ability to deal with confidential information with discretion
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks at one time
- Able to work autonomously on a broad variety of HR projects

Why Xero?

At Xero we support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. We offer a great remuneration package including shares plus a range of leave options to suit your well-being. Our work environment encourages continuous improvement and career development and you’ll get to work with the latest technology.

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