HR Business Partner - Compliance & Transformation

About the role

A well-established multinational with a significant Australian workforce is undertaking a major uplift across its people, employment compliance and manager capability frameworks. It is looking for an experienced HR professional to lead several high-priority projects, including employee relations, employment compliance and AML/CTF regulatory uplift. This is a hybrid position based in Sydney.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a significant employee relations and employment compliance portfolio, giving practical advice on complex ER matters, employment legislation, awards, classifications, contracts and employee risk.
• Review and strengthen the Australian HR compliance framework, including award coverage, employment arrangements, payroll compliance and remediation of gaps.
• Lead the people-related parts of a broader AML/CTF regulatory uplift, including role classification, employee screening, training, governance and remediation.
• Partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Payroll and senior HR stakeholders to assess risk, validate findings and implement practical, sustainable controls.
• Identify and manage employee, financial and regulatory exposure, develop remediation plans where needed and close issues properly.
• Review and improve HR policies, processes, contracts, documentation and employee lifecycle controls so they are legally sound.
• Develop and embed a manager capability program covering employment law, procedural fairness, protected rights, complaint management and decision-making.
• Deliver clear, commercially minded advice to senior stakeholders and drive a complex six-month transformation program.

Required profile

• Strong employee relations experience, including workplace investigations, performance, conduct, grievances and sensitive issues.
• Knowledge of Australian employment law, modern awards, classifications and contracts.
• Experience in a complex, regulated organisation, ideally across a broad HR or people-risk portfolio; financial services experience is ideal.
• Demonstrated experience leading HR compliance, remediation, governance or transformation projects from assessment to implementation.
• Ability to partner with senior leaders, Legal, Payroll, Risk and Compliance, and to operate autonomously.

What we offer

• 6-month contract with a well-established multinational.
• Broad portfolio spanning employee relations, compliance, regulatory uplift and manager capability.
• High-level exposure across HR, Legal, Risk, Compliance and senior business stakeholders.
• Flexible working environment and a collaborative, professional culture.
• Immediate start preferred.