HR Generalist

Job Description:

Job Title: HR Generalist

Location: Saudi Arabia

Corporate Title: Up to Assistant Vice President

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Role Overview:

We are looking to hire a country-based HR Generalist for Saudi; supporting and covering the MENA region (KSA, UAE, and Qatar). Responsible for supporting and providing a full range of largely transactional HR services.

The role is a key resource to providing HR services to the country and business line manager(s) and other support functions (Legal, Finance, Corporate Services, etc.) in order to handle a variety of employment related queries, solve problems, develop and implement solutions and administration typically for HR related issues.

Being a control function and part of the wider EMEA/MENA HR team, we partner with other functions such as Compliance to ensure employees and the organisation remains compliant with all aspects of local employment law, corporate HR policy, CMA regulation etc.

Responsibilities:

• You will partner with our regional HR teams (Compensation & Benefits, Recruitment, Global Mobility, Payroll, Learning & Development, HR Service Centre) to provide local market insight, to support employees locally

• You will support line managers on performance management matters including issues resolution: career development, promotions, performance improvement, pay increases, and disciplinary actions

• You will partner with Legal (internal & external), updating employee policies and guidelines, ensuring they remain in compliance with the MLSD (Ministry of Labour & Social Development) and payroll teams regarding GOSI (General Organisation for Social Insurance) verifications and submissions

• You will be responsible for administering and processing MLSD related tasks and requirements, helping to ensure compliant Saudisation levels and that employee records are correctly and accurately captured

• In partnership with Global Mobility, you will assist in the transfer of employees (inbound and outbound), ensuring employment documentation is in place. You will initiate and support the processing of visas and residency permit renewals and issuance in Muqeem and assisting in the administration of visa invitations and letters with the Saudi Chamber of Commerce

• You will provide reports/information for both internal and external audit partners, linking in internal teams where required i.e. Headcount reporting, organisation charts, etc.

• You will partner with relevant teams in the management of vendors (i.e. legal, insurance, recruitment and compensation and benefits consultancy firms)

• You will manage access to the Riyadh Municipality portal – ensuring the licence for Merrill Lynch Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MLKSA) is updated annually in partnership with the Corporate Services team and the MENA Chief Operating Officer (COO).

What we are looking for:

• A Saudi national who is fluent in both written and spoken English and Arabic is essential.

• A degree in Business Administration, or Human Resources Management is preferred.

• Proven HR experience, ideally with international exposure i.e. with a global Co or multinational will be advantageous

• Confident interpersonal, judgment and influencing skills

• A problem solver who is good at identifying, analysing, and solving issues

• Good implementation skills, a ‘doer’

• Consultancy approach, an individual who is good at working with others

• Pragmatic, proactive and able to use their initiative

• Hands-on and prepared to get involved and work at all levels

• Attention to detail is essential, self-motivated team player

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.