HR Business Partner

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

This role is based in our Jersey City, NJ location with hybrid flexibiity and a minimum of 2x a week in-office. Ability to travel to our Holmdel NJ location is also required on a weekly basis.

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven HR Business Partner to align our People Leadership & Culture initiatives and functions with business objectives and business needs.  The responsibilities of the HR Business Partner will include: 

• TALENT MANAGEMENT: Support talent management initiatives including making training recommendations for employees.  Work closely with Talent Development to monitor, track and support education and training programs, policies and their outcomes. Uses analysis, strategy and operational prioritization to assess performance of teams and individuals. Support Leaders with the succession planning process.
• CONSULTATIVE GUIDANCE: Consult with managers and employees on a myriad of questions, partner with HR leaders and the legal and financial teams as needed to reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance concerning employment.
• WORKFORCE PLANNING: Support, sustain and improve HR’s programs in support of Verisk’s workforce. Maintain the workforce plan and collaborate with Finance to track hiring.
• MARKET AWARENESS: Understand business goals, customers’ needs and strategies in order to partner to support objectives, productivity, and development of HR best practices and policies within respective business unit.
• PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: Meet with employees and managers and develop performance improvement plans. Conduct effective, thorough and objective analysis and guidance of performance related issues, and partner with colleagues to improve them. Track progress of employee completion to report to BU.  Conduct exit interviews.
• OWNER OPERATOR: Provide expertise in the following areas: career planning, performance management, understanding top talent needed for business acceleration, coaching, data analysis, compensation and rewards, employee relations, learning and development, recognition programs.
• CULTURE INNOVATOR: Partner with HR Leaders and drive specific steps and action plans to cultivate engagement.  Utilize diagnostic and project management orientation to drive change, build trust and deliver visible results. Build culture through engagement, programs, defining values, developing people and creating an inclusive and diverse workforce.  Build a performance oriented inclusive culture where people feel welcome, engaged and connected in persistent service to our customers.
• PROJECTS:  Participate and contribute to business wide special projects as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience supporting regional and/or functional business needs.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience.
• People Leadership within Operations, Technology, Finance, Marketing or Data Analytics experience welcome.
• Additional eligibility qualifications such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR Certification are preferred.
• Ability to manage competing, high-priority demands and prioritize workloads while managing projects and multiple responsibilities against strict deadlines.
• Solid practical knowledge of talent management disciplines, such as: performance management, succession planning, talent planning, competency development, compensation, employee relations, and talent analytics.
• Demonstrated business acumen to drive organizational and people-related strategies and outcomes.
• Effective communicator with the ability to build relationships with leaders and stakeholders to drive organizational change

Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient,