HR Business Partner (HRBP)

JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a HR Business Partner, you won't just be resolving HR issues, you'll be driving transformation. This role is the bridge between People & Culture and our client-facing practice areas, helping leaders and teams grow, adapt, and succeed. If you're passionate about shaping a people-first, purpose-driven, and progressive workplace, this is your stage.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Business Partnering

• Serve as the primary HR advisor to assigned business units (e.g., Tax, Audit, Advisory, Shared Services).

• Partner with line managers to build workforce strategies that align with business goals.

• Actively participate in strategy planning, forecasting, and performance reviews of assigned units. • Use data and people analytics to provide insights on attrition, engagement, and productivity.

2. Employee Experience & Engagement

• Champion our EVP

• Drive engagement programs tailored to team needs using pulse surveys and feedback mechanisms.

• Resolve employee concerns by balancing empathy and business needs.

• Facilitate timely action on employee lifecycle moments: promotions, transfers, recognitions.

3. Talent Development & Performance

• Partner with Learning & Development to deliver leadership and technical capability programs based on PAGT talent framework and internal career tracks.

• Guide managers in implementing our performance management process with coaching, fairness, and follow-through.

• Identify high-potential talents and co-create development plans for succession and mobility.

4. Culture and Change Champion

• Embed firm values and inclusive behaviors in everyday practices.

• Support leaders in navigating change, from new systems rollouts to org changes.

• Promote DEI initiatives, helping ensure inclusive and equitable practices in hiring, promotions, and policies.

5. Operational Excellence

• Ensure timely and accurate implementation of HR processes: onboarding, offboarding, contract management, etc.

• Collaborate with Total Rewards, HR Operations, and Talent Acquisition for seamless service delivery.

• Support internal audits, compliance checks, and records management.

Qualifications:

• at least 3 years experience in a professional services or client-facing, fast-paced environment is preferred.

• Strong stakeholder management and coaching skills.

• Proficient in interpreting HR metrics and using data for decision-making.

• Knowledge in labor laws, performance management, and employee relations.

• Certified in any HR frameworks or tools (e.g., DISC, StrengthsFinder, Korn Ferry, etc.) is a plus.

Key Traits:

• Business-savvy yet people-first. You understand that success comes from empowered teams.

• Inclusive and empathetic. You see diversity as strength and belonging as non-negotiable.

• Curious and adaptive. You look at problems and think how else

• Collaborative and communicative. You're great at building trust, even in tough conversations.

• Disciplined executor. You get things done with integrity and clarity.