People & Culture Manager (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

About Lonsec

The Lonsec group is one of Australia's leading investment research houses, providing financial product ratings, market insights & portfolio construction tools to empower financial advisers, advice licensees, fund managers and super funds. Our mission is to help financial intermediaries & investors leverage our knowledge & expertise, and to equip them with the tools & insights they need to deliver high quality investment solution

About The Role

The role of People & Culture Manager is to own the provision of People & Culture services to the business. This is achieved through direct interactions, coaching of people managers and implementation of policy. You will work closely with the Executive Team and be responsible for implementing policy and strategy, as well as managing transformation programs across the Lonsec Group. The measure of success in this role is to ensure business objectives are achieved whilst maximising employee satisfaction. This role is responsible for managing the People & Culture team.

This is a 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract role, commencing May 2025 . Based in either Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane (Hybrid working model).

Position Responsibilities:

HR Policies and Procedures

• Prepare, update, and support the implementation of People policies, practices, and procedures for employees across the Lonsec Group
• Maintain accurate HR records and prepare relevant reports for management

Strategy

• Develop and implement employee engagement strategies to enhance job satisfaction and productivity
• Monitor and measure employee satisfaction (through our annual staff survey) and develop action plans to address areas of improvement
• Lead efforts to enhance the organisation's diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Undertake annual People Planning (including workforce and succession), people management and training initiatives to ensure organisation talent requirements are met

Recruitment

• Oversee the People & Culture Coordinator to ensure recruitment-related activities are successful

Performance & Remuneration Review Process

• Ensure remuneration and performance reviews are conducted in a timely and accurate manner
• Support managers during the performance review process by assisting with setting KPIs and benchmarking roles
• Conduct bi-annual remuneration benchmarking via selected third-party provider. Make recommendations for improving the effectiveness of existing company programs

Performance Management

• Endeavour to solve any issues that arise through mediation to actively avoid escalation
• Ensure performance management matters are handled appropriately to mitigate reputational and litigation risk to the business

People and Culture Planning

• Contribute to building and maintaining the organisational culture
• Ensure compliance with labour laws and regulations, and keep up to date with industry trends
• Communicate and meet with all businesses across the group as and when required / Collaborate with department heads to understand their future staffing needs
• HR and related operational project work as required

Organisational restructure

• Lead organisational restructuring and ensure smooth transitions
• Work with leadership to implement new structures and role changes
• Support affected employees and ensure legal compliance

Risk & Compliance

• Monthly turnover reporting for each business unit
• Annual Risk Register - identify People & Culture risks and their priority level, mitigation strategies and the risk owner
• Manage the RG146 process, this includes: enrolments, tracking of progress, removing ex-staff from Kaplan

People Management

• Undertaken twice yearly Performance Reviews for all direct reports compiling training and development requirements for each financial year
• Provide ongoing guidance, support and mentoring to direct reports to enable them to achieve their career goals

Other

• Assist the payroll process by providing information on new starters, terminations, and changes effecting payrates etc.
• Work with the office coordinator to ensure the Melbourne office is operating efficiently.
• Arrange monthly "Mind Pump" sessions for the business, including external and internal guest speakers
• Assist with the planning of our annual Wellness Week
• Complete the Annual WGEA survey
• Other ad-hoc reporting as required

Prerequisite Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in Human Resources, including involvement with awards and conditions
• Previous experience dealing with organisational restructure
• Previous experience with payroll or an understanding of the payroll function would be highly regarded
• Previous experience in the finance industry would be an advantage
• Previous experience using BambooHR or a similar HRIS
• High level of organisational skills and ability to prioritise and delegate
• Flexible and enthusiastic with a high level of self-motivation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrable ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines
• Consistent delivery of high-quality work with strong attention to detail
• Maintain effective communication across all businesses
• High level of maturity, professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion at all times
• Proficiency with Microsoft suite of products

Essential qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources or related discipline

Highly regarded qualifications:

• Formal Mediation and Industrial Relations experience

Working for Lonsec

We are Australia's leading financial research company, rating more funds, stocks and managers than our competitors. Our values lead our culture, centered around the principles of Client Focus, Innovation, Integrity, Independent Thinking, and Collaboration.

• We believe we're better and smarter together and our values reflect our commitment to creating a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive environment
• We offer a flexible hybrid working environment, 2 days in the office (of your choosing), the rest can be worked remotely
• We're passionate about setting our people up for success and providing the training, tools and environment to enable you to perform your best and develop your career at Lonsec
• "Work from Anywhere" policy, allowing up to 4 weeks of the year to be worked interstate or from overseas!
• We take care of our people through our free access to our Employee Assistance Program, and generous leave entitlements (e.g., Paid Parental Leave, Bonus day of Life leave, Public Holiday swap and much more!)
• Annual "Wellness Week" which includes lots of fun activities plus a reimbursement towards a gym membership or fitness related activities for all staff.
• Monthly social and charity events as well as our much-loved quarterly Individual and team Awards.

Please note:

• Only candidates with full-time working rights in Australia will be considered eg. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.