Senior HR Manager (12 Months Fixed Term Contract)

Are you a confident, hands-on HR professional, looking for an opportunity to partner and support a group of business clients at Thomson Reuters**.**    Thomson Reuters is a global enterprise Company, requiring HR to work together in a cohesive and collaborative manner to drive the strategic people agenda.    

We are looking for a Senior HR Manager to join our EMEA Regional HR Team on a 12 month contract.   This role will be responsible for providing first class HR service and support to a group of business clients as well as supporting the strategic agenda built by the HRBP’s. 

As a Senior HR Manager, you will possess a solid knowledge of all core HR related topics impacting the employee life cycle.  Responsible for the implementation of our corporate policies, processes and procedures.  You will drive for improved service delivery. You will lead on projects or contribute to global initiatives when required, in full support of the Business you are aligned to. 

About the Role  

In this opportunity as Senior HR Manager you will:  

• Provides service, support and advice to the wider HR Community and employees in the delivery of the HR cycle, i.e. bonus/pay review, Talent Management, Probation, Performance Management, Recruitment and Employee Survey, Succession Planning. 

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, utilising the HR Function to deliver value to the business unit 

• Manages BU specific projects with client group in line with overall project plan (e.g. RIF’s, organizational restructures) 

• Seek opportunities to act as a change champion and influence business stakeholders on key change initiatives within client group (e.g. values and behaviors) 

• Analyse internal and external data to identify people and culture trends relevant to the business unit 

• Provide sound counsel to Senior Management of the designated business unit in relation to all people, diversity and Inclusion and culture strategies and plans 

• Highlight areas of people risk to the business unit, key stakeholders and HR function 

• Be a role model for the UKI People team in coaching/supporting them 

About You 

You’re a fit for the role of Senior HR Manager if your background includes:  

• Experience of managing and driving HR initiatives in a fast-paced, highly-matrixed environment 

• Broad experience in all aspects of HR Partnering including reward, employee relations, talent, succession planning, restructuring and leadership 

• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders 

• Good presentation skills both internally and client facing 

• Solid Business Acumen mindset 

• Very sound knowledge of localized Employment Law  

• Capacity to challenge the status quo 

• Agility, comfortable with change 

 (Desirable) 

• Business, HR, or relevant university degree (CIPD Preferred in UK) 

What’s in it For You? 

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your 

personal and professional growth through: 

• COVID-19 Response: Currently, as part of our COVID-19 a majority of our employees are working remotely and following local COVID-19 bylaws and guidelines, with the majority of our offices planning to embrace a hybrid work environment consisting of in-office and remote work in 2022. 

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more 

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing 

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking 

• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact 

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency.  Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.  

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 25,000 employees across more than 75 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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