IFS delivers award-winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™.

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As our HRBP you will join our Human Resources team in the Nordics where we strongly believe that working hard and having fun are two compatible elements.  

This role has some specific regular tasks but also has many ad hoc tasks.
In this role, you will be joining the Nordic HR team during an exciting time of transformation.

This is a fantastic opportunity where you will be accountable for delivering a hands-on, operational end-to-end HR service on the full employee lifecycle: from hiring to employee relations, performance management, compensation, and benefits, etc across the Nordics.

You will be providing a complete HR generalist service where you will drive best practices, ensuring that process and documentation are being developed and implemented in the best way possible whilst observing local laws and in line with global policies.

As the Resources Business Partner, you will provide fundamental contributions to IFS culture and staffing. You will strive for excellence and support the business in delivering people-related processes, vision, and strategy. Driving alignment in support of the wider HR strategy to support business goals.

Tasks include but are not limited to:
•    Manage and support or organizational design with the operations/regional team  
•    Provide coaching, guidance, and support to Management across a range of ER issues, managing any complex cases to mitigate risk to the business 
•    Manages union co-operation and H&S work for Finland
•    Work with the leadership team to define a highly business-focused HR plan, translating the outputs into operational actions  
•    Build effective relationships with the operational management and leadership team, demonstrating the business value that can be added by the HR function  
•    Encourage the integration of HR best practices into working practices and business planning  
•    Coach the operational and leadership team, supporting them in developing their capabilities 
•    Drive employee engagement including championing the engagement survey, and ensuring the feedback is turned into tangible actions at business, regional, and market unit levels  
•    Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention  
•    Ensure HR policies, processes, and procedures are implemented to the required standard across the business  
•    Support the learning, training, and development agenda; identifying and acting in areas that need attention and improvement; drive high training standards across all divisions, highlighting the need for new training initiatives, where required also to support the design and delivery of them  
•    Undertake talent and succession planning reviews, ensuring that there is a constant drive to raise the levels of capability across the business  
•    Support the salary and bonus review processes  
•    Work with the wider HR function, sharing best practice and supporting HR initiatives  
•    Analyse trends and metrics with the HR department  
•    Act as a general point of contact for Managers and Employees for all HR related Operational queries  Finland (possibly Denmark)
•    Work closely with the Market Unit Leaders to ensure that optimal structures and headcount are in place at all times  
•    Work in partnership with the operational management teams to identify opportunities and areas of improvement to support improved organisational and people performance in line with business needs  
•    Consistently deliver an accurate and timely response to transactional activity and business issues  
•    Implement all initiatives being driven by the central HR team (e.g. annual pay review, internal communications and cascade of new initiatives)  
 

Professional / Technical Skills and Experience 
 
•    Proven track record as an HR Business Partner across a  large region
•    Well suited to work for a company with high growth in a  dynamic and entrepreneurial environment
•    Strong generalist HR skills 
•    Microsoft Office skills 

Interpersonal Skills 
•    Strong relationship-building skills 
•    Excellent communication and presentation skills 
•    Ability to energize teams 
•    Ability to execute tasks 

 Team Orientation 
•    Strong team working skills 
•    Able to work across teams on a range of projects 
•    Desire to contribute to team effectiveness 
•    Able to work on own initiative 

Personal Effectiveness
•    Self-motivated 
•    Innovative and driven to find new ways to work more effectively 
•    Excellent planning and organizing skills with the ability to prioritize 
•    Able to work on under pressure 
•    Strong sense of integrity 
•    High-quality output in all areas 
•    Strong level of attention to detail 
•    Strong customer focus 
•    Strong commercial awareness 
•    Has a flexible hands-on and pragmatic approach 
•    Positive outlook and willingness to find solutions 

Speak fluent English and Finnish(Swedish – advantageous)
 

Interviews and selections will be carried out continuously. If you are interested, please apply or contact me at [email protected]

As a step in our recruitment process, all final candidates will undergo a DISC assessment to help us understand our future employees, please note that this is not a decision-making tool, & is used to supplement our recruitment process.

We respectfully decline all offers of recruitment and/or advertising assistance.