Regional Head of HR Apac

Do you offer APAC HR leadership experience? Are you passionate about building an inclusive and high performing culture?

We are seeking a Regional Head of HR - APAC to work from our Pyrmont, Sydney office.

You will provide expert HR advice and support to senior leaders, specifically working very closely with the Regional Managing Director, Asia and Emerging Markets in driving business growth and making sure that we have the right talent in the right roles as well as building the overall talent pipeline

You will be accountable for delivering HR services and operational support to a diverse population of ~1,200 managers and employees. The main business units in the region are front lines sales as well as Reuters. The largest locations by headcount in the region are Australia, Singapore, China, Japan and Hong Kong.

You will be accountable for the leadership, policy, governance, and delivery of HR services to all Thomson Reuters Asia managers and employees (excluding India and the Philippines). The job holder will partner closely with business-unit HR colleagues and HR Centers of Excellence to develop promote and deliver a world-class suite of HR services. These services will include support of core/annual HR processes, as well as thought-leadership/collaboration on the design and implementation of new programs and initiatives.

**About the Role**:
In the role of Regional Head of HR APAC, you will focus on:

- **Talent and Employee Engagement**. Developing appropriate approaches to ensure that we build local engagement including a specific focus on Compensation and Benefits, Talent and Learning & Development. These are in support of our desire to be recognized as a "Top Employer".
- ** Resourcing.** Ensuring that the locations attract and retain the talent needed to deliver the stakeholders business goals, by developing and implementing high volume recruitment processes and attrition management tools.
- Involvement in strategic initiatives, projects, M&A as required.
- ** Act as "the voice" of the Region** in supporting global HR and business initiatives.
- ** Stakeholder Management.** Working across the matrix organization with focus on collaboration with business and HR teams as required.
- ** Service delivery** for hire to retire processes across the region, delivered through company systems policies and processes.
- ** Leading a team** of ~20 HR staff across the region, based in the largest locations Employee experience. Continue to evolve and improve across the region.
- ** Deliver HR service excellence** to internal customers in the region (employees, managers, HR colleagues, vendor partners) while continuously improving existing work flows and processes, HR policies and procedures, tools and infrastructure.
- ** Collaborate** with HR Business Partners, HR Centers of Excellence (Global Mobility, Talent & Development, Reward & Benefits and HRIS) to deliver service innovation and improvements.
- ** Provide guidance** on the regional/local interpretation of global policies and ensure consistency and compliance with local laws and governing bodies.
- ** Expand Workday** knowledge and expertise. Leverage knowledge and expertise to ensure integrity of data, efficiency of processes, and excellence of services offered by the regional team.
- ** Deliver performance** and value for money.
- ** Manage the regional budget** and drive cost effectiveness of regional processes.
- ** Establish, measure, and evaluate** service levels, volume, quality, costs, satisfaction levels, and other metrics as appropriate.

**About You**:
You're a fit for the role if you have:

- 15 years + HR experience both as a generalist and in an operations role
- Extensive Business partnering and HR Service Delivery experience, preferably in a large, complex environment
- Strong business orientation, with the ability to play an active and critical role in assisting, building and advising leadership teams.
- Experience in leading diverse HR teams across multiple locations catering to multiple teams/groups

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Demonstrated history of building relationships with business leaders that are based on mutual trust, insightful advice, and consistent delivery against expectations.
- Excellent leadership skills. Knows how to engage, coach and develop a high-performing and diverse HR team.
- Knowledge and experience in managing all aspects of HR Service Delivery through the entire employee life-cycle.
- Functional knowledge of compensation and benefits, mergers and acquisitions, talent management, organizational development, talent acquisition and employee relations.
- Strong delivery orientation, with ability to manage across multiple priorities to meet deadlines and budgets.
- Able to collaborate and work across a large, diverse, and highly-matrixed organization.
- Able to build strong collaborative relationships with business unit HR and other members of the HR community.
- Strong negotiation skills. Ability to deal with empl