About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:
- Pivotal purpose
- Trusted guardian
- Targeted innovation
- Facilitate connections
- Delivering excellence
- Inclusive culture
Job information:
- Functional title – AVP, Talent & Organizational Development
- Department – Human Resources
- Corporate level – Assistant Vice President
- Report to – Director, Talent & Organizational Development
- Location – Iselin, NJ
- Base pay / salary - 115k-120K
What you will be doing:
Reporting to the Director of Talent and Organizational Development, this is an exciting opportunity for someone with excellent organizational and communication skills, with a keen insight and passion for talent management. The incumbent will be a member of the HR team with responsibility for supporting effective delivery of CLS’s talent management agenda. This role will have responsibility for managing and coordinating the end-to-end talent management timeline and provide updates, meeting minutes and follow-ups to HR stakeholders. The role will partner closely with the Director of Talent and the HR business partners to coordinate materials and data for key talent management programs (e.g. Promotions, Succession Management, etc.). The role will also support with administration and coordination of learning and leadership development programming.
- Manage end-to-end talent management timeline, keep up to date, proactively communicate with stakeholders and track actions.
- Provide coordination and support for key talent processes including Promotions, Succession Planning, Talent Reviews, etc.
- Responsible for updates to procedural and job aide documents for talent processes.
- Maintain and update competency documents and resources and manage communications and initiatives to bring these to life for the business.
- Support with training coordination, scheduling and attendance management.
- Responsible for coordination and administration of leadership 360s including stakeholder management with participating leaders.
- Manage participation and communication for mentorship program.
- Support with delivery of internal information sessions and new manager orientation sessions.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience in HR, Talent and OD or related fields
- Experience managing and coordinating project timelines and tasks across various workstreams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Stakeholder management mindset with ability to communicate proactively to various stakeholders
- Action oriented- self-starter, takes on new challenges with a sense of urgency and enthusiasm
- Collaborative- partners through proactive communication with stakeholders; able to influence without authority
- Extremely proficient with MS Office Suite and related program software
- Innovative - develops engaging and innovative solutions to talent and OD issues
- Experience working with/administering a learning management system
- Experience coordinating training within an organizational context
- Knowledge of key talent management & OD models and industry trends
- Ability to research and evaluate training options and alternatives
Professional qualifications / certifications
- HR certification a plus but not essential.
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
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What We Do
In 2022, we celebrate 20 years of delivering unprecedented levels of risk mitigation, liquidity optimization and operational efficiencies.
Trusted by thousands of counterparties within the global FX ecosystem, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivaled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so you can put your capital and resources to better use.
Our complementary products are designed to enable you to manage your risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
