HR Generalist

Job Title: HR Generalist – Talent & People Operations

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Reporting to: HR Manager

Type: Full time & permanent

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland is part of the leading global financial services firm. Cantor Fitzgerald has offices and trading desks in all the major financial service centres throughout the world. Cantor Fitzgerald specialise in equities, investment banking, real estate, fixed income and currencies. Cantor Fitzgerald's affiliate businesses include: BGC Group (BGC), Newmark (NMRK), and GFI Group (GFI). Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland provides a full suite of investment services, primarily wealth management, fund management, debt capital markets and corporate finance.

Summary

We are seeking an experienced and passionate HR Generalist to play a key role in both recruitment and generalist HR functions within our regulated financial service environment. This role is an integral part of our company's success that will drive talent acquisition strategies while supporting the full employee lifecycle, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and industry regulations. You will influence hiring decisions at an early stage and your goal will be to attract the best talent in the market. You will be a trusted partner to candidates as you work to build a personal and friendly experience that is representative of our brand. This role will also include People Operational activities, and the role holder will be responsible for assisting the HR team in areas such as onboarding, employee relations, Fitness & Probity requirements and project work.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our senior management teams to fully understand their hiring needs.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment process from sourcing and screening to interviewing and onboarding.
• Partner with hiring managers to define job requirements that align with regulatory requirements including Fitness & Probity assessments.
• Lead on early careers programmes to form relationships with universities and be responsible for the Company's intern and graduate programmes.
• Develop employer branding initiatives to attract top talents by actively promoting Cantor Fitzgerald.
• Keep candidates informed with quality communications throughout the interview process ensuring all receive an excellent recruitment experience.
• Provide timely reporting of recruiting metrics and insights to drive decisions and improve processes.
• Assist in salary benchmarking, benefit administration and HR reporting.
• Work with Global Head of Talent and Group TA teams on Oracle projects including ATS, Onboarding and LinkedIn systems.

• Assist in the onboarding and offboarding process in line with company and compliance requirements, including Fitness & Probity.
• Provide line manager support, coaching and development in the area of people management for designated teams/divisions.
• Support induction programs for new hires and relevant training plans for employees in collaboration with the relevant heads of department and in line with Compliance function requirements and consistent with group policy.
• Maintain accurate HR records including contracts, family leave applications and benefit administration through various HR systems.
• Contribute to HR strategy initiatives.

Key Requirements

• Experienced HR professional with a strong focus on recruitment and generalist HR functions.
• HR Degree or CIPD qualified or related field.
• Experience working with Graduate and Intern recruitment is an advantage.
• Experience of working in financial services sector, preferably in a regulated business.
• Excellent knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter, MS Office combined with general proficiency in IT systems including Oracle HCM (Journeys), absence management system and Performance Management systems is a benefit.
• Outstanding sourcing and talent research skills, experience sourcing technical and sales roles is an advantage. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of an integrated team.

Additional skills

• Strong ethical attitude and full accountability.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail.
• Transparency, trustworthy, passion for the role, strong compliance orientation, sense of priority and rigorous working method to align with and support the corporate procedures, maintaining constant relationship with senior managers.
• Ability to work by objectives.