HR Officer, Associate

The BlackRock Human Resources team strives to transform the human resources function in the same way we are transforming access to financial well-being. We are students of the market and technology that are passionate about finding, growing and retaining the best talent to help deliver on the Firm’s purpose to help more people build a strong financial future.

Our EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) HR team lives our values, understands how our culture comes to life, and possess a deep knowledge of the business and delivery of all HR services to internal client groups to drive outstanding performance.

This role will serve as a HR Officer, aligned to a series of Continental European countries, playing a critical role in enhancing HR support to the aligned countries by partnering with operational teams across the region, HRBPs and beyond to ensure a smooth employee experience. To be successful in this role, you will need to build strong relationships across HR and the Firm, learn the business, its leaders and organizational structure and problem solve across a wide range of HR topics.

Main activities :

• Work in close partnership with HR Operational teams as well as HRBP striving to scale and streamline processes and ensure all processes are compliant. The role will lead the ongoing work to address process gap and issues for the countries in scope.

• Ensure processes and methodology are documented and shared with the appropriate team members in HR Ops to capitalize the experience and further use

• Initiate implementation of small/mid-size project teams within HR when encountering complex and recurring issues

• Partner with relevant operational teams to drive local operational deliverables such as local regulatory reporting (leveraging Workday reporting), 2nd level support for local HR requests

• Point of contact for local authorities for execution of external obligations, working closely with partners in HR Operations, such as Reward Operations and DEI

• Assist EMEA HR Operations in triaging local operational issues

• Drive working groups across HR Operations team to solve escalations and operating events with a mindset of continuous improvements

You need to have:

• 3+ years of experience as an HR professional or HR consultant across a number of Continental Europe countries, working for a global firm

• HR knowledge and experience in France

• Native in French, fluent in English. An additional language like Italian or Spanish is a plus.

• Demonstrated reporting and analytical skills, fluency with MS Office, and ability to summarize information tailored to different audiences

• Strong analytical skills with keen attention to detail and high standards for accuracy

• Strong project management skills with ability to anticipate and hit deadlines related to client deliverables

• Fast learner, proactive, agile, adaptable with ability to function in a fast changing, global environment

• Ability to identify process improvement opportunities, and can partner regionally and globally to facilitate these improvements

We’d love to see:

• Knowledge in the Asset management/Finance or Software industry

• Experience with Workday

• Excellent interpersonal and partnership skills

• Commercial acumen and demonstrated interest in financial services and/or technology

• Ability to communicate to a professional standard

Education Requirement:

• BA/Bsc degree or equivalent; (certifications and course work in specific areas of HR expertise preferred)