The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.
Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.
That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.
Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.
For our business, for clients, and for you
Apex Group is looking for a Senior HR Business Partner for the North Americas Region. The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, whilst contributing to a larger global HR team. The role requires a high level of autonomy, decision making, managing, and coaching abilities and strong experience in a similar role.
Job specification
- Partner with senior stakeholders on complex/ strategic HR topics (such as but not limited to restructuring/ organizational design activities and employee relation cases/ legal topics)
- Understanding employment laws and requirements by state and country .
- Experience in successfully executing employee relation cases, separation agreements, terminations, redundancies; in line with state wise laws
- Strong alignment to the regional Head of HR to provide backup, drive consistency across the business and to share best practices
- Work closely with the local and global HR team for regional input into global projects;
- Create and maintain action plans for HR policy and procedure changes, ensuring they are in line with local legislation and regulation, as well as align to Group standards
- Coordinate the regional delivery of the people strategy and key employee lifecycle activities (such as the compensation review process)
- Provide day to day support for managers and senior stakeholders on People and Culture topics
- Advise and consult on employee strategy and hiring strategy working in partnership with the Talent Acquisition team; driving succession and talent planning.
- Aid and lead in change management activities
- Drive M&A related activities ensuring a smooth integration aligned with business strategy
- Manage, coach and develop extended team members as required
- Ad hoc projects which may occur in business requirements.
Skills Required:
- Experience working closely with senior stakeholders, with the ability to influence and challenge when needed
- 8+ years of experience
- Certified Senior HR Professional Membership credentials is not a necessity but would be a plus
- Significant experience gained in a similar role and industry
- Solid knowledge of employee relations processes and relevant employment legislation.
We pride ourselves in our commitment to fostering a connected and inclusive culture, all our opportunities at Apex have four days in office requirement.
Salary ranges from USD $110,000.00 – USD $130,000.00 plus additional discretionary yearly bonus based on corporate and individual's performance. Final Compensation for this role will be within this range and is dependent on individual's skills, experience and qualifications.
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Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of HR experience
- Experience working closely with senior stakeholders with ability to influence and challenge
- Understanding employment laws and requirements by state and country
- Experience executing employee relation cases, separation agreements, terminations, redundancies in line with state laws
- Significant experience in a similar HR Business Partner role and industry
- Solid knowledge of employee relations processes and relevant employment legislation
- Experience leading restructuring and organizational design activities
- Experience driving M&A integration activities
- Ability to manage, coach, and develop extended HR team members
- Ability to work independently with high autonomy, decision-making and coaching abilities
- Certified Senior HR Professional membership credentials
- Four days in office per week (hybrid) requirement
Apex Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Apex Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Apex Group.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are positioned as being tailored by country, with localized packages and perks that can differ by jurisdiction. Mobility options such as the JUMP program add a non-cash element that can increase the perceived total rewards value for those who can access it.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is described as including EAPs, mental-health workshops, mentoring support, and local lifestyle perks like gym or cycle-to-work schemes. These offerings broaden the benefits mix beyond purely financial rewards.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is described in at least one jurisdiction as including an employer match structure and an additional automatic contribution after tenure. This can strengthen the non-salary portion of total compensation where offered.
Apex Group Insights
What We Do
We are a single-source financial solutions provider dedicated to driving positive change while supporting the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices around the world. Established in Bermuda in 2003, we have continually disrupted the industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in fund and asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. As a pioneering data and fintech-enabled company, we are a disruptor driving digital tools into fund and asset servicing. However, our vision to drive positive change extends beyond the industry. The Apex Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, is our passionate commitment to empower sustainable change
