HR Manager - Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC)

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing Human Resources (HR) strategies that impact large, complex business units within a major Line of Business (LOB). Key responsibilities include developing and executing tactical plans at the business unit level to achieve strategic objectives and organizational effectiveness. Job expectations include driving a wide range of HR activities and supporting functions across the bank such as talent acquisition, compensation, employee relations, regulatory compliance, performance management, and employee engagement and development.

Global Markets:

Global Markets offers sales and trading services globally, including research, to institutional clients across fixed-income, credit, currency, and commodity and equity businesses. Global Markets product coverage includes securities and derivative products in both the primary and secondary markets. Global Markets provides market-making, financing, securities clearing, settlement and custody services globally to our institutional investor clients in support of their investing and trading activities. We also work with our commercial and corporate clients to provide risk management products using interest rate, equity, credit, currency and commodity derivatives, foreign exchange, fixed-income and mortgage-related products.

Located in New York, NY the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) HR Manager will join the Global Markets HR Team to partner with line-of-business executives to execute HR strategies. The HR Manager will support various business line(s) within Global Markets to develop and execute tactical, data driven plans at the business unit level to achieve strategic objectives. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational development skills and change management skills, along with core HR skills (organizational design, diversity & inclusion initiatives, data analytics, talent acquisition, compensation and employee relations). This role may be responsible for HR projects that span across Global Markets and serve as a key integration point across the generalist and specialist teams. Strong project management skills are required.

The Human Resources Manager will join the Global Markets HR Team to partner with line-of-business executives to execute HR strategies. The HR Manager will support various team(s) within Global Markets to develop and execute tactical plans to achieve strategic objectives, which combines strong organizational development skills and change management skills with core HR skills help the business achieve its objectives. This role may be responsible for HR projects that span across Global Markets and serve as a key integration point across the generalist and specialist teams. Strong project management skills are required.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic HR direction and support to Senior Executives/Client Organizations in a fast-paced environment

• Manages the strategic delivery of Enterprise and Line of Business (LOB) specific Human Resources (HR) priorities in addition to ensuring organizational effectiveness across talent acquisition, performance management, talent development and learning, succession planning, compensation, etc.

• Applies lenses of operational excellence, organizational health, and diversity and inclusion across all HR people processes

• Partners with business leaders to ensure that programs and practices are in alignment with Enterprise culture and conduct principles, serving as a trusted advisor to leadership

• Manages and influences critical workforce activities, including but not limited to headcount reporting and analytics, financials/expenses, promotions, diversity and inclusion, performance, talent management, and key cross-HR initiatives

• Collaborates with compensation, talent acquisition, and business partners to provide appropriate guidance on employee compensation, both at an individual level as well as in aggregate, while maintaining a focus on expense management

• Leverages reporting and data to inform effective and strategic decision making

• Leads and participates in LOB HR initiatives

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of HR experience, preferably prior generalist experience.

• Experience in client management around complex strategic HR issues such as talent management, org design/development, change management, etc. 

• Experience working directly with/consulting a business leader on HR strategy and partnering effectively with Talent, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, ER, Shared Services, and Finance

• A proven track record in developing strategy and driving change to help drive business results and execute on key initiatives

• Experience managing in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, and highly complex environment.

• Demonstrated ability as an enterprise thought leader who can proactively drive change and innovation.

• Deep technical HR competence with the ability to influence using a balance of technical HR expertise, business acumen, judgement, and relationship skills.

• Superb relationship management skills, and the ability to develop strong interpersonal alliances at all levels and connect with senior executives

• Project management experience including attention to detail

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, written/verbal presentation skills

Desired Qualifications:  

• HR Generalist Experience

• Experience working with global businesses

• Experience leading projects

• Knowledge of global markets and the regulatory environment

• Deep and broad business acumen with a strategic and risk management mindset to uncover hidden opportunities that create value through improved process and innovation

Skills:

• Adaptability

• Executive Presence

• Leadership Development

• Prioritization

• Relationship Building

• Consulting

• Decision Making

• Fiscal Responsibility

• Problem Solving

• Workforce Planning

• Business Acumen

• Influence

• Project Management

• Strategy Planning and Development

• Workforce Analytics

Shift:

Hours Per Week: