Executive Manager

**Your organization**:At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people’s financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets, and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organisation, your initiative, talent, ideas, and energy all contribute to the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things.

**Job Title**:Executive Manager - Workplace Relations

**Location**:Bangalore

**Business & Team**:Human Resources is committed to creating a workplace where our people can deliver on our purpose, bring out the best in each other, and achieve their potential. Our role is to ensure our people who serve our customers - including those who support and design and deliver the bank’s products and services - have the ambition and motivation, the capability and are recognised and rewarded to deliver the very best possible outcomes for our customers every day. Human Resources are the custodians of the employee experience. We support each of CommBank’s business units from recruiting for their talented teams, through to leadership development and training, internal mobility, advising on employee relations, and delivering remuneration and benefits programs. People are a critical part of the Group’s strategy.

**Your Impact & Contribution**:A role with impact, purpose, and huge opportunity. This is an exciting opportunity to become a part of CBA India’s growth journey. This role will have organization wide responsibility for Employee Relations, Policies and Workplace Health & Safety including Employee Well-being and HR Risk & Compliance. The incumbent will facilitate and manage employee relations on behalf of CBA. Build strong relationships, partner, and collaborate with internal stakeholders including the Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs and Compliance, Legal, Employment Law to ensure the right outcomes are achieved.

**Reporting Lines**:The Executive Manager - Workplace Relations will report into the General Manager - Human Resources.

**Responsibilities**:

- Review HR policies and formulate new/revised HR policies in close collaboration with the Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs) and the Office of the Legal Advisor. Continually assess the adequacy of existing HR policies to meet the emerging workforce and program needs.
- Identifies the need for new and revised Staff Regulations and Rules, Administrative Directives, Information Circulars, etc. human resource policies and HR procedures tailored to the specific requirements of CBA environment.
- Uses surveys, interviews, and other studies to conduct research regarding human resource policies, compensation, and other employment issues. Researches and explains laws and legal affairs concerning employment to managers, supervisors, and employees.
- Represents organization in contract negotiations, meetings, and negotiations with employee and labor organizations.
- Collaborates with leadership on matters of policy and terms of memoranda of understanding before and throughout negotiation process.
- Collaborates with legal counsel and departments in the preparation for and participation in negotiation with employee and labour groups.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Create sound internal controls and monitor adherence to them.

**Skills and Experience**:

- 12 - 15 years of experience with minimum 3 years’ experience in a Workplace Relations role
- Thorough understanding of state laws concerning labor relations.
- Thorough understanding of negotiation techniques, dispute resolution and compensation administration.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build trust across levels.
- Strong Risk Mindset and analytical mind able to “see” the complexities of procedures and regulations

**Education & Qualification**
- Master’s degree in human resources/law
- Ability to remain tactful, calm, and persuasive in controversial and/or confrontational situations

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