Trusted by thousands of counterparties within the global FX ecosystem, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars worth of currency flows through our systems each day. Created by the market for the market, our unrivaled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so you can put your capital and resources to better use. Our complementary products are designed to enable you to manage your risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.

Job information:

Functional title – VP, HR Business Management & Transformation
Department – Human Resources
Corporate level – Vice President
Report to – Director, HR Business Management & Transformation
Location - London
Base pay / salary (New York) – N/A

Job overview:

The Vice President (VP), HR Business Management & Transformation, plays a critical role in driving strategic HR initiatives, business planning, operational effectiveness, and transformation programs across the Human Resources function. The VP acts as a key partner to the HR Director, ensuring alignment of HR strategies with organizational goals, while enhancing efficiency, governance, and innovation. This role is central to driving process optimization, HR transformation, and control adherence within a dynamic and technology-driven financial services environment.

What you will be doing:

This is a varied role, where priorities are likely to evolve each week across the BAU and change agenda, the ability to flex between both, is essential within this role.

HR Business Management

Partner with the HR, Director on the creation, administration, planning and performance tracking of the HR Strategy, KPI’s & annual priorities.
Work with the HR Leadership team, annually, to track, coordinate and support progress and deliverables within the HR Strategy, ensuring delivery of actions.
Co-ordinate & project manage cross-functional HR projects, ensuring timely delivery, e.g. overseeing the tracking of the end of year performance & pay-review process.
Support with the HR annual budget planning processes, in addition to the ongoing oversight and management of actual spend, in collaboration with Finance BP.
Collaborate with HR Governance and Business, Risk & Control on HR governance oversight and reporting matters, including known CAPs, Issues & Actions.
Work in alliance with the HR Analytics team, to ensure all strategic management reporting is adhered to in a timely manner.
Develop and administer dashboards and KPIs to monitor the performance of HR initiatives.
Support with the creation of quarterly business reviews for EMC head of Division.
Partner with the Director, Employee Engagement for relevant HR communications and engagement deliverables, relevant to HR Bus Man or HR Transformation.
Manage vendor relationships and contracts for HR-related services and platforms, which impact your role, performing the Service Owner (SO), responsibilities.
Partner with the HR EA to plan the monthly HR Team meeting agenda’s, ensuring a mix of team collaboration, governance oversight and business delivery / insights.
Support with the planning of the fortnightly HR Leadership Meeting, where required.
Support with any analysis, documentation & co-ordination required to meet deliverables for quarterly Board meetings and monthly EMC and/or OpCo meetings.
Evolve the HR annual BAU calendar, to provide insight into holistic deliverables impacting HR capacity and employee experience.
Support the with ad-hoc deliverables that arise, ranging from administrative tasks to strategic business challenges, solving complex issues or managing relationships.
Keep abreast of external trends and HR thought leadership, contributing additional ideas and knowledge into the team.
In support to the HRLT, provide ideas and co-ordination for the broader HR team, to continue to develop trust, engagement, skillset, and fostering wellbeing.

HR Transformation

Support the design and execution of the HR transformation program, focused on digitalization, process optimization, and service delivery model enhancements.
Creation of HR project and program governance documentation, in partnership with broader project team.
Partner with external vendors and internal CLS departments to plan, co-ordinate, test and implement HR Transformation deliverables.
Partner with HR Centres of Excellence (COEs) and HR Technology teams to identify opportunities for automation, efficiency, and improved user experience.
In collaboration with relevant SME’s, facilitate change management, including stakeholder engagement, communication strategies, and training initiatives.
Support the HR Program Manager and HR, Director with oversight and creation of monthly HR Transformation deliverables, including admin related tasks.
Collaborate with HR Director and HR Program Manager to ensure all deliverables related to the Program governance and steering committee are managed on time.
Provide support to the Director, HR Tech Transformation & the broader working groups as established from the identified HR Transformation projects.
Deliverables related to HR Transformation will continue to evolve as the HR Transformation Program is established over the months to come, ability to flex between this ambiguity and delivery required for a variety of tasks, is essential.

What we’re looking for:

Proven experience in HR strategy or HR transformation, business strategy or change, preferably in Financial Services organization.
Proven experience managing HR projects or transformation projects.
An understanding of HR technology platforms (e.g., Workday, Oracle HCM), process improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma), and change management.
Financial acumen and ability to manage budgets and reporting.
Exceptional analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex information to senior leaders.
A thorough attention to detail, ensuring work is accurate and reflects relevant information.
A ‘can do’, creative attitude, with the desire to roll up their sleeves and get involved with any tasks that are required to get the job done well.
Experience in managing deliverables cross-functional teams or leading through influence.
An ability to scan the environment for opportunities to collaborate and drive efficiencies, consistently look ahead to anticipate needs before they arise.
Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Professional qualifications / certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Business Management, or related field of expertise.
Project Management certification is preferred.

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
Annual flu vaccinations.
Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.

Vice President, HR Business Management & Transformation

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