HR Business Partner

About Clear Street:

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets.

We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex, global market. Clear Street’s proprietary prime brokerage platform adds significant efficiency to the market, while focusing on minimizing risk, redundancy, and cost for clients. Our goal is to create a single source-of-truth platform for every asset class, in every country, and in any currency.

By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we’re building the essentials to compete in today’s fast-paced markets.

 

The Team:

The People team is a small team of highly motivated and collaborative individuals on a mission to create and evolve a world class HR function here at Clear Street.  As Clear Street grows, our team is scaling the infrastructure that touches every aspect of the employee lifecycle. The team is currently composed of Total Rewards, Recruiting, and People Operations professionals that look after a variety of HR functions.  As we continue to evolve how we deliver for our employees, we are seeking a HR Business Partner (HRBP) for the People team.  

 

The Role:

The HRBP will serve as the primary HR business partner to client groups at Clear Street that are passionate about our mission and our people.  We want to continue to build a collaborative culture and that starts with our people.  The role will focus on delivering a wide range of HR services to our internal client groups consisting of the our front office (Investment Banking, Sales, Trading, and others) and some of our Corporate Functions.  The HRBP will help our leadership drive outstanding results through our most valuable asset.  You will act as a strategic advisor to our managers and members of the leadership team as they work with their staff throughout the employee lifecycle.  This role requires an individual capable of balancing both the hands-on tactical execution with the strategic advisory responsibilities.

 

Responsibilities: 

• Partner with managers on organizational planning, performance management, employee engagement and development, team effectiveness, and developing best practices to promote employee engagement
• Lead HR initiatives and projects aligned with broader company initiatives
• Serve as a main point of contact for employees and management to address leaves of absence, employee relations and resolve workplace issues, conflicts, and concerns fairly and objectively
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency 
• Manage the full 90 day onboarding program – from preboarding, induction and 30 / 90 day check ins.
• Manage all aspects of employee learning and development, including planning and delivering programs to ensure employee development and competency.
• Drive key annual processes including goal setting and performance review process, promotion and talent management.
• Provide regular reports on key HR metrics, identifying trends and recommending action plans as needed.
• Partner with People Operations to help assess and manage immigration cases for employees
• Other ad hoc projects as assigned

 

Requirements:

• At least eight (8) years working in human resources, specifically dedicated experience as a HR Business Partner within a FinTech or financial services firm supporting the front office functions
• Bachelor's degree;  Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred
• Prior experience as a trusted advisor to  both senior leadership and their teams, should have a strong desire to be client facing as well as tactical
• Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws guidelines, regulations, ordinances, and policies
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, negotiation, conflict resolution, and organizational skills, and attention to detail
• Experience managing change initiatives.
• Ability to remain tactful, calm, and persuasive in controversial and/or confrontational situations
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills along with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proven ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with integrity and discretion
• Ability to multitask and prioritize for dealing with competing priorities
• Thorough understanding of state laws concerning labor rela