Human Resources - HR Business Partner - Credit & Insurance, Associate

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Business Unit: Human Resources, New York

Job Title: HR Business Partner, Associate

Job Description:        

The Human Resources Associate will join a team of HR Business Partners covering the Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) platform to enhance operations and effectiveness across a broad variety of HR initiatives and processes. This role will help drive strategic business and talent objectives forward by preparing, analyzing, and advancing work across the HR life cycle. The HR Business Partners operate in close partnership with the business to drive forward the talent agenda, which will afford the Associate with ample visibility and learning opportunities.  Additionally, the team works in seamless collaboration with the HR specialist functions, Centers of Excellence, to build out differentiated global solutions to advance our talent attraction, development, engagement, and retention efforts and track our success.     

This role will provide an excellent opportunity for broad-based experience with best-in-class approaches to engaging, managing, and developing our human capital.  Areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:           

• Preparing materials and sourcing data to enable Talent Assessment, Development, Performance, and Promotion processes

• Shaping, monitoring, and tracking ongoing talent development initiatives

• Analyzing and digesting data to promote data-driven decision making that will help the team establish new initiatives

• Partnering with the HR Business Partners and Recruitment team to facilitate a streamlined recruitment process and candidate experience by reviewing job descriptions and interview slates, managing feedback trackers, and more

• Working in partnership with onboarding leads to manage the new hire onboarding process to ensure a smooth integration

• Preparing documentation to track personnel changes, including relocation, transfer, on- and off-boarding, work authorization, etc.

• Actively participating in the employee performance management process by guiding managers and compiling detailed feedback

• Collaborating with the business to deliver engagement initiatives including social and community impact events, mentorship programs, and training programs

• Partnering with Business Partners on exciting ad-hoc projects

Qualifications:           

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, and have demonstrated excellence and sound judgment in prior endeavors. In addition to exceptionally strong organizational skills, the successful candidate should have:

• Bachelor's degree

• 3+ years of relevant HR experience; financial industry is a plus

• Ability to multi-task across projects and businesses, with ability to adapt to changing priorities

• Highly organized and analytical with strong attention to detail

• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) are essential

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Intellectually curious with strategic thinking skills (e.g., big picture, long term implications)

• Resourceful self-starter and solutions-orientation

• Collaborative with the ability to create excellent working relationships

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and work well under pressure

• Ability to handle with discre