Head of HR – Banking

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

• Developing, implementing & enforcing HR policies & practices comply with industry-specific regulations and standards.
• Well familiar with SBP and CGRF rules & regulations
• Develop and implement talent management strategies and initiatives to attract, retain, and develop top talent.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners, hiring managers, and business leaders to identify talent needs and workforce planning priorities.
• Develop and manage talent assessment and succession planning programs to identify high-potential employees and future leaders.
• Exposure in employee benefit, Severance scheme & Golden shake hand schemes.
• Managing employee relations, conflict resolution, and fostering a positive culture includes; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• Collaborate with other HR functions, such as compensation and benefits, L&D and performance management, to ensure alignment and integration of talent management initiatives
• Implement HR technologies/ systems and data-driven analytics to streamline processes and enable informed decision-making.
• Developing Culture & Change Management Strategy, work plan in collaboration with the respective stakeholders, set objectives, performance measurements, standards and results expected to ensure effective execution.
• Evaluating the risk of change and providing actionable guidelines on reducing the impact and manage anticipated resistance.
• Initiate projects and engage stakeholders, where development, maintenance and ongoing enhancement of process controls is required.

Essential Qualifications:

Education: Minimum Bachelor’s degree from HEC recognized University/ Foreign University. A Master’s or MBA in HR is highly desirable.

Professional Experience: Minimum 07 years of relevant experience, with minimum 05 years in Financial Institution with sound knowledge of Corporate Governance Regulatory Framework & Labor Laws. Preference shall be given to the candidates having banking/ financial or fintech experience.

Behavioral Skills and Competencies:

The candidate must have the following qualities:

• Understanding of regulations and compliance specific to the banking/ financial or fintech industry.
• Good knowledge of Corporate Governance Regulatory framework, labor laws and SBP regulations.
• Understanding the importance of culture in the workplace, and strategies to promote it.
• Excellent communication skills for effective interaction with employees, management, and external stakeholders..
• Results-oriented professional, with the ability to drive projects from the inception to execution stages.
• Strong leadership and team management capabilities.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.

Note:

1. Individuals shoulds be Karachi resident or currently working in the Karachi Market.
2. Should have minimum 05 years of experience working with Banking/ NBFC/ DFI/ Holding Co.
3. Candidate who can join immediately, will be preferred.