Herbert Smith Freehills Hiring for HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEMS CONSULTANT – 12 TO 18 MONTH CONTRACT Job at Sydney Full Time

We have an exciting opportunity for a HR Systems Consultant to join our Human Resources team, on a maximum term contract for 12 to 18 months, based in our Sydney office.

As a HR Systems Consultant, you will provide Human Resources systems support for Herbert Smith Freehills and reporting for the firm’s key people systems. Your main objectives will be to:

• Act as a key point of contact for the HR team and other relevant stakeholders in relation to the use of the whole range of our HR systems including our key Chris21 system and other HR related systems

• Play a pivotal role in the maintenance of the firm’s HR technology processes

You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the efficient use and proactive development of the Human Resource Systems, including:

  • System configuration & development; including legislation & STP changes

  • Regular and ad hoc reporting;

  • Maintaining data integrity;

  • Undertaking data audit activities;

  • Resolving functionality issues;

  • Undertaking project management & execution of maintenance and system upgrades to key HR systems

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  Technical Human Resource Projects: liaising with IT payroll and external vendor providers regarding HR technical needs and issues

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  Reporting:

  • Prioritisations of reports for Requests for Tenders, global data requests, and day to day adhoc requests.

  • Ongoing development of a suite of reports for Human Resources, Business Development, Management and other key stakeholders to run.

  • Evaluate requests for ad hoc reports and determine the most efficient way of delivering the information.

  • Assist users with report writing from time to time with a view to transfer skills.

  • Undertake analysis of data when required by the Human Resources Director or other key Human Resource Managers

  • Run and analyse regular audit reports in conjunction with the Payroll Manger.

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  Training:

  • Ensure user effectiveness in the on-going operation of Chris 21 and related people systems by providing suitable and timely training

  • by Maintaining documentation associated with HR systems.

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  Maintenance:

  • Problem analysis and resolution.

  • Ensure system availability and performance.

  • Plan, coordinate and implement any annual or ad hoc upgrades or patches to key HR systems.

  • Test critical functionality after application of upgrades in conjunction with Payroll Manager.

  • Liaise with IT regarding database copies, back-ups, restores.

  • Maintain system users, including creating and deleting users to key HR systems.

  • Assist in the implementation and communication of new functionality / changes to users to key HR systems.

  • Ensure systems administration manuals and procedures are current and published.

  • Maintaining and regularly reviewing system’s security.

  • Make authorised bulk data upload / changes as required.

  • Attend to annual data cleansing and deletion protocols according to inhouse and legislative requirements

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience in supporting Chris 21 (Frontier Software).

• Proven experience in Excel at an Intermediate to Advanced level.

• Confident working with different systems like Lotus Notes databases.

• Experience in providing advice for improving HR systems and processes.

• Strong technical aptitude and analytical skills.

• Problem identification and resolution.

• Proven ability to design and map new processes to abide with government regulations and business needs.

• Proven ability to communicate to all levels internally and externally both verbally and in writing.

• Strong organisational skills, ability to set priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines.

• Completion of relevant tertiary or vocational studies.

• Experience managing HR systems in a comparable professional services context.

• Some business or professional services experience would be desirable.

Our competitive advantage is our people and our culture. Our Human Resources team works closely with leaders and people across the business to recruit exceptional people, nurture their development and guide their careers. As a member of our HR team, you will be working in a supportive and collaborative regional and global team of professionals that deliver HR business partnering, graduate and lateral recruitment, HR operations and compliance, global mobility, reward and remuneration, organisational development and diversity and inclusion.

What we offer:

• At Herbert Smith Freehills we value flexibility. For most roles, we work an average of 60% of the time in the office, taking into consideration individual, team, client and learning needs.

• To continue to support our staff working from home as a part of Agile 60, we offer an allowance for home office furniture as well as IT equipment.

• We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.

• We aim to support our people through their career and life milestones. We offer 26 weeks paid parental leave, which includes superannuation on both paid and unpaid parental leave up to 52 weeks. Our policy applies to parents regardless of gender, subject to six months of continuous employment at HSF.

• At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus, and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

• People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.

• To view our benefits in Australia, please copy this link into your browser – https://sites-herbertsmithfreehills.vuturevx.com/20/21553/landing-pages/benefits-in-australia.pdf