Senior HR Compliance & Employee Relations Advisor

Overview

In this Senior HR Compliance & Employee Relations role, you will manage complex employee relations matters and conduct thorough investigations across regions. You will contribute to global HR compliance frameworks while applying regional rules to support consistent, risk-aware practices. You’ll coach leaders on employment decisions, policy interpretation, and regulatory implications to balance people impact with business needs. This position offers exposure to cross-regional projects in a Fortune 200 insurer, with meaningful work shaping HR governance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage complex employee relations matters from intake through resolution, including performance, conduct, workplace conflict, complaints, accommodations, separations, and other sensitive issues; assess risk and escalate as needed.
• Plan and conduct timely, impartial workplace investigations, including harassment, discrimination, and misconduct matters; interview, assess evidence, maintain confidentiality, and prepare findings and recommendations.
• Coach and advise managers and HR colleagues on employee relations matters, balancing employee experience, business objectives, legal requirements, and risk.
• Advise on HR compliance and employment law implications of business initiatives; identify risks and recommend compliant approaches with counsel as appropriate.
• Support workforce reductions, redundancies, reorganization, and position eliminations, ensuring legal and policy alignment across jurisdictions.
• Lead cross-functional projects with global scope, coordinating stakeholders and delivering compliant solutions.
• Develop, review, implement, and maintain handbooks, policies, controls, and guidance in partnership with regional/global teams.
• Support risk assessments in HR compliance and employee relations, including controls design and remediation actions.
• Prepare and maintain case documentation and records in the designated system with confidentiality and privacy compliance.
• Analyze data to identify trends and risks; propose preventive actions and improvements.

Key requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Eight or more years of progressive HR experience including employee relations, investigations, performance management, discipline, and policy development
• Experience interpreting employment laws and translating them into practical guidance for leaders and stakeholders
• Experience supporting operations across multiple jurisdictions within a global matrix
• Strong knowledge of HR compliance, investigations, and workplace standards
• Excellent policy drafting and governance abilities
• Ability to manage high volumes of complex matters with risk-based prioritization
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and HR case management tools

• excellent written and verbal communication
• strong analytical and judgment capabilities
• conflict resolution and negotiation
• Microsoft 365 applications
• HR case management
• reporting and data analysis tools

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