HR Specialist - Governance & Compliance

Job Description

Job Purpose

You will apply process improvement and standardisation frameworks, quality assurance (management & control) principles and continuous monitoring compliance controls across process, system, and data landscapes and support Enterprise Strategic Themes such as Regulatory Compliance, Business Agility & Efficiency, Business Growth, and Employee Experience.

• Enable process governance by conducting process landscape assessments across the HR departments and the organisation's activities to determine process effectiveness and eliminate inefficiencies, and support the implementation of innovative solutions.
• In collaboration with the HR Governance & Compliance Manager, implement an internal quality and control framework for the efficient functioning of all processes across all sections within the HR department. Evaluate process risk profiles, design and implement steps to cover the risks identified and continuously monitor and improve the effectiveness of internal control.
• Facilitate training & adoption of process and data governance for the entire HR department team through coaching, lean academy, business privacy lead and analytics power users training and development, systems and process/SOP training and data management practices that ensure compliance data governance.
• Ensure that all processes related to the entire employee lifecycle are fully GDPR compliant and in line with international best practices.
• Support industry research activities that proactively identify best practices on process governance with regards to improved and automated business processes, and accordingly validate and collate current & future process/technology/data needs of the HR department.
• Implement the HR data governance strategy in alignment with Emirates Group corporate governance and compliance requirements across the three main dimensions of Data Governance, i.e. Data Protection (Access, Security, and Privacy), Data Quality Assurance, and Metadata Management.
• Perform data governance operational activities with a network of business data stewards from across the HR department to ensure that people data is governed correctly and treated as a corporate asset across all technology and analytics assets in own source systems and the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP).
• Support the HR Data & Analytics function in the definition of the analytics self-service model for business users across the HR department and metadata management necessary for the construction of quality data models and relevant metric and KPI definitions.
• Support knowledge management practices by curating and monitoring the content and compliance of process-related documentation to ensure they remain a relevant and accurate key source of information.

Qualifications & Experience

To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements:

• 5+ years relevant experience including one or more of the below (but not limited to):
• Process improvement techniques such as supply chain management, Lean, Six Sigma etc
• Project Management and business consultancy in operational and supporting areas
• Innovation and Robotic Process Automation techniques
• Industrial Engineering
• Experience working with consultancy, compliance, or audit function within a business

• Collaborative contributor with experience building trusted relationships and wide networks across a range of teams and individuals to deliver business benefits
• Ability to multi-task and work across various departments with strict deadlines and to navigate competing interests across stakeholders
• Business presentation and effective communication skills, both written and verbal, at all stakeholder levels
• Ideally possess some level of knowledge of HR user/functional environment, Oracle ERP system and/or other leading HR Systems related to different business areas, to become a knowledge contributor for the various business stakeholders
• Be digitally dexterous in his/her everyday work and possess strong analytical skills with proven ability to produce and analyse reports of high quality
• Ability to contribute intelligently in translating data to actionable insights and in developing specific metrics to help business stakeholders navigate their business
• Strong understanding of industry best practices in analytics, systems, and governance within a large organisation or business unit
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural expatriate environment