Senior HR Business Partner

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partners with the business leaders to support employee relations, workforce planning, training, leave programs, safety, affirmative action, employment equity programs, DE&I initiatives, and personnel research;
• Supports Human Resources functions and administration involving the maintenance of related records within multiple HR systems;
• Supports complex organizational and operational structures for workforce of up to 230 US employees, with global collaboration with wider FH HR team (highlight development opps with CXP, DE&I, U.K. etc);
• Leverage multiple sources of workforce data and analytics to provide business unit leadership with intelligent insights about their workforce, emerging trends, and best practices;
• Effectively use workforce and market/industry data to power analytics and modeling that informs and influences business unit leaders' decisions on talent strategies, programs, and initiatives;
• Manages confidential and complex employee relations investigations;
• Provides support and advice to department leaders on methods and approaches to resolve employee performance issues and support employee development efforts, and engages legal advisors as needed;
• Administers corporate Human Resources policies, programs, and procedures and provides HR guidance and occasional training across the organization in support of corporate policies;
• Supports Human Resources Operations personnel for HRIS entry, weekly reporting, unemployment claims, workers compensation claims filing, incident reporting, new hire, and benefits orientation, benefits eligibility management, audits, and leave administration;
• Participates in the development and updating of Human Resources programs and procedures to communicate and effectively implement to the organization; and
• Analyze trends and metrics in partnership with the Human Resource group to develop solutions, programs, and policies.
• Maintain compliance with Avalere's policies, procedures, and mission statement;
• Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Avalere's Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times concerning any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position;
• Fulfill those responsibilities and duties that Avalere may reasonably provide to achieve the operational and financial success of the Company;
• Uphold responsibilities relative to the separation of duties for applicable processes and procedures within your job function; and
• We reserve the right to change this job description from time to time as business needs dictate and will provide notice of such.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of seven years' progressively more responsible and complex HR experience, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, performance management, and federal and state respective employment laws;
• Detailed understanding of common Human Resources concepts, systems, procedures, and regulations/laws (ADA, FMLA, EEOC, FLSA, etc.);
• Exceptional and effective verbal and written and communication skills; must be comfortable handling difficult conversations and able to adapt communications to all levels of the organization;
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint;
• Demonstrate a moderate-to-high level of confidence and competence in sourcing, analyzing, and interpreting workforce and HR-related data;
• Experience with ADP, TriNet, or Oracle ERP and payroll and HCM systems desired;
• Must enjoy a fast-paced and continuously changing environment and be able to handle multiple priorities simultaneously without continuous direction effectively; and
• Must very effectively and consistently maintain and operate with the highest levels of confidentiality and discretion.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent career experience is required;
• Formal HR certifications are strongly preferred; specifically PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP