Employer: DWS Group

Title: HR Business Advisor

Location: London

Job Code: #LI-MB1 #LI-02

About DWS:

Today, markets face a whole new set of pressures – but also a whole lot of opportunity too. Opportunity to innovate differently. Opportunity to invest responsibly. And opportunity to make change.

Join us at DWS, and you can be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence. You can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing. You can support our clients, local communities, and the environment.

We’re looking for creative thinkers and innovators to join us as the world continues to transform. As whole markets change, one thing remains clear; our people always work together to capture the opportunities of tomorrow. That’s why we are ‘Investors for a new now’.

As investors on behalf of our clients, it is our role to find investment solutions. Ensuring the best possible foundation for our clients’ financial future. And in return, we’ll give you the support and platform to develop new skills, make an impact and work alongside some of the industry’s greatest thought leaders. This is your chance to achieve your goals and lead an extraordinary career.

This is your chance to invest in your future.

Team / division overview

The Human Resources (HR) Relationship Management team provides generalist and advisory support to the DWS business, executing on the people strategy – delivering alignment between the business strategy and the people strategy. The HR team interacts with employees and managers across all professions in our asset management business, acting as a trusted advisor and providing expert advice and guidance to Global managers on people issues, culture change, and HR products. The team act both as HR Relationship Managers, providing advice and support to managers and employees, as well as playing a leading role in HR transformation initiatives.

Your responsibilities:

As an HR Business Partner, you will be responsible for:

• Partnering with the business, to implement an HR people agenda that is aligned and integrated into their business strategy.

• Demonstrate personal focus on building and maintaining trusted relations by giving expert advice and guidance to business clients, in addition to executing lifecycle process tasks.

• Supporting company transformation and helping in embedding the change whilst also operating as a control function to ensure good governance and adherence to relevant policies and processes.

• Coaching Managers in leading Global/Regional teams, in living the values and modelling the required leadership behaviours and in conforming to DWS standard policies/processes.

• Implementing change initiatives in new organisational models, including advice and execution around restructuring, organisational design, near shoring and deliverables.

• Ensuring corporate HR programmes are delivered to the business client effectively and efficiently.

• Implementing a workforce strategy which has been agreed with the business, and with Talent Acquisition and Development to develop resource and development requirements.

• Supporting performance management activities, including annual performance reviews, feedback activity and management of underperformance.

• Managing employee relations cases, monitoring employee relations issues from a HR functional specialist point of view, to identify trends or business impacts and recommending corrective actions.

We are looking for:

• A proven background in HR Advisory/Business Partnering within a financial services environment.

• Experience of managing employee relations cases throughout the complete life-cycle.

• Strong stakeholder capabilities in a matrix organisation.

• Experience of supporting and delivering HR change/transformation initiatives.

• Strong analytical skills and commercially astute, with the ability to make effective decisions that impact local and regional businesses.

• Educated to degree level or with relevant professional experience.

What we’ll offer you:

At DWS we’re serious about diversity, equity and creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can be themselves and it’s important to us that you enjoy coming to work - feeling healthy, happy and rewarded. At DWS you’ll have access to a range of benefits including, but not limited, to the below:

• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, comprehensive leave policy, personal and volunteer days

• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits

• Access to best in class trainings, in role development and career progression opportunities

If you require any adjustments or changes to be made to the interview process for any reason including, or related to a disability or long-term health condition, then please contact your recruiter and let them know what assistance you may need. Examples of adjustments include providing a change to the format of the interview, or providing assistance when at the DWS office. This will not affect your application and our recruitment team will discuss options with you.

We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.