Position Description
The main purpose of the HR Associate is to provide support to HR Business Partners based in Singapore. The position performs a variety of human resources duties in mainly Singapore and across the South East Asia (SEA) region as needed. This will include providing HR support in workforce planning, reward and recognition, manage the recruitment, selection and induction of new staff, be involved in terminations and exit procedures, provide general policy advice on employment related matters, participate in regular performance review as well as ad hoc projects.
This, like all roles within CITIC CLSA’s HR team is a hands‐on role and requires the ability to multi‐task while maintaining a keen eye for detail and a commitment to quality, timeliness and first class client service.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Recruitment Joiner and Transfer Process:
End to end management and execution of the recruitment, joiner, and transfer process, including:
- Posting jobs on the Careers site and external job platforms as required
- Engaging recruiters and ensuring terms of business are agreed and work closely with Talent Acquisition team to onboard new recruiters (if required)
- Advising managers on the hiring process and assisting to secure all appropriate approvals
- Scheduling and coordinating interviews on behalf of managers, and conducting interviews as required
- Preparation of offer letters and all other documentation
- Ensuring appropriate pre‐employment checks are completed, thoroughly reviewed, issues resolved and signed off in a timely manner
- Management of the relocation process, ensuring relocations are executed efficiently and effectively in accordance with company policy
- Liaison with Compliance and other departments as required for the onboarding of new and transferred staff
- Ensuring joiner documentation and audit trails relating to new joiners are complete
- Delivering joiner inductions for own client groups as needed
Leaver Process:
- Providing advice to managers on termination processes and leaver administration
- Co‐ordination of termination process, including ensuring all paperwork is correct and processes are
- followed to ensure the business is protected from loss and disruption
- Conducting exit interviews, and ensuring exit statistics are captured for all staff voluntarily resigning
Correspondence and Documentation:
- Ensure that the appropriate correspondence is in place to confirm key employment milestones such as
- probation confirmation, salary confirmation, promotion letters, contract extensions, etc. with the assistance of HRBP support
- Ensuring confidential invoices are processed in a timely manner
- Maintenance of Org charts, Role Overviews and Job Descriptions
- Completing all other administrative elements supporting the Client Relationship / Generalist HR function
Learning & Development:
- Ensure HR mandatory training are administered and monitor attendance
- Co‐ordinate and arrange in house training sessions as required
- Ensure all training attendance is tracked and recorded
Compensation & Benefits:
- Bonus checking and coordinating the efficient and effective distribution of Total Compensation statements within the relevant client groups (in conjunction with the project lead and C&B team)
- Support and execute the bonus communication process in region of responsibility
Reporting tasks
- Ensure all regular reporting are completed with the appropriate level of detail and within time deadlines e.g., recruitment activity, work permit expiry, contract expiry, probation expiry, leave reports, etc.
Team support
- Providing back up cover for other team members as required
- Assisting with internal team training and continual improvement processes as required
- Leading by example and providing support and guidance to the wider HR team
Accountabilities:
- Ensuring full service HR support is provided to all clients the role comes into contact with
- Ensuring all work is presented accurately, usefully, and in a timely manner
- The timely and accurate completion of tasks, processes and assigned projects
- Ensuring confidentiality and integrity of employee information is preserved at all times
Key Competencies / Skills:
- Minimum 5 years relevant HR generalist experience, ideally from Banking and Finance industry
- Degree qualified
- Self‐starter, strong analytical skills and high attention to detail
- Enthusiastic, positive, proactive, team player, willing to roll up the sleeves to get the job done
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills especially in Excel (Formula / advanced Spread sheeting)
- Client service oriented
- Excellent command of English ‐ written and verbal
- Experience in using Workday system will be an advantage
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Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of relevant HR generalist experience
- Degree qualification
- Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel, formulas, and advanced spreadsheet functions
- Excellent written and verbal command of English
- Client service orientation
- Self-starter, proactive, enthusiastic, and able to work effectively as part of a team
- Experience in banking and finance
- Experience using Workday
CLSA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CLSA and has not been reviewed or approved by CLSA.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Base pay for junior bankers was increased significantly in 2021 to stay competitive in a hot market. This indicates willingness to adjust compensation when talent risks rise.
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Healthcare Strength — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in healthcare aligned to local markets, with added travel health and security support via International SOS. This points to solid core medical coverage with global-travel assistance.
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Retirement Support — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in pension plans aligned to local markets. A group retirement plan is administered regionally, signaling formalized retirement benefits infrastructure.
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What We Do
CITIC CLSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform. Established in Hong Kong in 1986, CITIC CLSA is Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, committed to driving the growth strategies of global institutional investors, corporations, governments and high-net-worth individuals. CITIC CLSA’s award-winning research, extensive Asia network, direct links to China and highly experienced financial professionals set CITIC CLSA apart from global investment banks and regional players. Over three decades, CITIC CLSA has built an extensive Asia network with deep local knowledge and connections. Globally, we operate from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit clsa.com









