Head of Human Resources, ANZ

The Position

Are you a strategic enterprise leader with experience shaping business outcomes through organisational design and development, people strategy, executive stakeholder influence, cultural leadership, and governance of the full HR agenda?

As a member of the ANZ Executive Leadership Team, you are accountable for the overall people agenda, organisational capability, culture, governance and HR function performance across the organisation. In alignment with the General Manager, the Leadership Team and Regional/ROPU HR leadership, the role sets and leads the local HR strategy and ensures the effective delivery of all HR activities and services – spanning organisational development, talent, culture and diversity, reward, employee relations, industrial relations and HR operations.

Your role is primarily focused on providing strategic workforce and organisational leadership rather than primarily delivering HR solutions.

Task and Responsibilities

1. Enterprise & HR Strategy

• As an active member of the ANZ Executive Leadership Team, shape and contribute to enterprise-wide plans and business direction
• Set the local HR strategy and align it with business priorities alongside the GM and Leadership Team
• Provide strategic workforce and organisational leadership, translating business strategies into people and capability plans

2. Executive Advisory & Business Partnership

• Act as executive advisor to the GM and Leadership Team on organisational and people matters, and as the main contact person for the GM and the ANZ Executive Committee on all HR topics
• Bring an outside-in, enterprise perspective to Leadership Team decisions on structure, people and change

3. Organisational Development, Transformation & Change

• Drive organisational transformation and change with a strong focus on organisational design and development
• Lead company culture enhancement and support the business in driving change management

4. Culture, Talent, Diversity & Employer Branding

• Lead culture, talent and diversity strategies across the enterprise, including talent identification and support for their growth
• Champion Openness, Respect and Opportunity, and strengthen the employer brand in the marketplace to attract and retain critical talent

5. HR Function Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead the full HR function and ensure effective, timely delivery of all HR activities and services – spanning employee management, compensation and benefits, recruitment and talent acquisition, training, employee development and employee relations programmes
• Set and execute HR priorities and operating plans, and ensure the implementation, administration and budgeting of a range of HR programmes in line with ROPU HR direction
• Lead the HR team and build HR capability through coaching, feedback and development, fostering psychological safety, Organisational Development, Transformation & Change accountability and engagement

6. Governance, Compliance & Industrial Relations

• Establish and reinforce HR policies and procedures for ANZ, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and working conditions, and that all BI internal and external legal requirements and rules are fulfilled
• Manage industrial relations and employment legal matters as the primary contact, including engagement with works councils, unions or employee representative bodies where these exist

About Our Future Employee

• Degree in Business Administration, HR Management or similar discipline
• Proven senior HR leadership experience, supported by 8-10 years of progressive HR experience and strong HR functional expertise.
• Experience leading the HR function as an HR Head for at least 3 years is highly desirable.
• Track record of operating at executive/leadership-team level, advising senior leaders and shaping enterprise strategy
• Demonstrated experience in organisational design and development, transformation and change, and leading a full HR function
• Experience managing industrial relations and employment law matters in the ANZ context
• Strategic, enterprise mindset – able to provide organisational leadership rather than primarily delivering HR solutions
• Executive influence and gravitas – credible advisor and challenger to the GM and Leadership Team
• Strong organisational development, culture and talent leadership capability
• Sound governance and industrial/employment-law judgement
• Agility in acting quickly with an open mind to face internal and external challenges