HR Advisor

Job Title: HR Advisor

Location: North-West region – Preston based with travel to other offices in this region and Scotland

Who we are

Here at MHA, we take the time to create great relationships with our clients to become not just their trusted advisers, but valued partners that face the future together.

As a Top 11 firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers, we work in partnership with clients ranging from entrepreneurs and individuals to multi-national corporations. We work together to navigate an ever-changing business world and proactively identify the opportunities that tomorrow presents.

Leveraging our national network of offices, we offer a comprehensive range of financial and business strategy services to clients across the UK, enabling them to achieve profitable growth and build sustainable long-term success.

As a member of Baker Tilly International, we have a global reach that allows us to offer our insight and expertise wherever our clients need us to be. We believe this makes us a national and international partner of choice for entrepreneurs and multi-national enterprises across the world.

Our agile and responsive approach means we are always on hand to have the right conversations about with clients at the right time, allowing us to identify their goals and business needs both now, and in the future.

Purpose of the role

We are seeking a Regional HR Advisor with a ‘can do’ attitude to provide outstanding HR service to an internal client group in our North-West region and Scotland.

You'll work closely with trainees and their managers to provide generalist HR support across areas including resourcing, on-boarding, employee relations and rewards. You'll also work closely with the Regional HR Managers to implement the people plan for the region and the firm's HR strategy.

Duties

On-boarding Process

• Inform all the relevant departments of the new starter’s arrival.
• Ensure through the relevant office contacts that we have received the relevant right to work documentation and insurance details and documentation if they are using their car for business.
• Ensure that all compliance activities are completed for new starters.
• Support Managers on the on-boarding of new starters, providing support and guidance to better engage the new recruit.
• Lead the firm wide Induction days for our new trainees, including attendance at residential induction and presentation support.
• Conduct office inductions for new starters.
• Advise Payroll of new starter, providing all relevant information.
• Chase and support with on-the-job assessment forms and probationary reviews ensuring reviews are completed in a timely fashion.

Performance Management

• Assist with administration of the job assessment forms and appraisal process, i.e. send out reminders to offices when appraisals are due, log training requests.
• Support Managers with performance Management conversations and processes.
• Keep track and report on employee’s performance across the region.
• Attend and support with meetings including investigation and disciplinary meetings.
• Manage employee data in advance of HR Development Committee meetings in conjunction with HR Manager.
• Ensure HR Manager is up to date with performance issues across the Region, and suggest ideas for training/development needs for the offices.

Employee Lifecycle

• Ensure that both electronic and paper-based files are kept up to date at all times.
• Providing monthly data reports for People Operations Partner, highlighting key points to note.
• Administer and support Managers with maternity, paternity, SPL, parental and adoption leave requests.
• Keeping in touch with staff that are on PHI, yet to join or on maternity to keep them informed of vacancies or relevant changes where appropriate.
• Liaise with IT on updates to HR documents/information on the intranet and website.
• Provide statistical information as required.
• Manage flexible working requests as and when received, ensuring they are responded to in accordance with our policies. Following up with line managers on trial periods.
• Provide Manager training on a quarterly basis on ‘hot topics’.
• Conduct trainee review meetings with Manager and People Operations Partner, as part of HR Development Committee actions.

Absence Management

• Ensure that records on MyHub are consistent with those on VPM.
• Send out reminders to individuals to ensure they are completing the information on MyHub.
• Highlight any areas for concern with the HR Manager. Support the Line Managers with absence management processes and meetings.
• Assist the HR Manager with any occupational health requests and PHI claims.

Exit Process

• Conduct exit interviews and ensure an effective leaver process.
• Communicate themes with People Operations Partner and HR Manager, suggesting ideas for improvement.

Engagement Survey

• Support HR Manager with data review prior to engagement survey.
• Encourage participation amongst offices.
• Acknowledge and respond to comments when required.
• Produce analytical reports for each office in conjunction with HR Manager.
• Input ideas into Regional People plans.

Rewards

• Encourage the use of firm wide recognition tools.
• Support with annual salary and bonus review with input and communication.
• Review monthly payroll reports.

HR Team Support

• Support Regional HR Manager with the development and action of local people plans.
• Assist with firm wide HR projects.
• Design and develop policies, processes and procedures.
• Overall support to Regional HR Manager.
• Contribute and bring forward new ideas to help improve the HR function Provide feedback and support to the wider HR team where required.
• Support on the wellbeing/ D&I committee.
• Updating and suggesting policy changes. Writing policies as and when required.

Experience/Qualifications

• 3 +year’s HR experience in fast paced HR Co-ordinator/advisory role, operating to strict deadlines and handling conflicting priorities.
• Ability to travel across offices.
• Professional services experience (desirable but not essential).
• Willingness to ‘muck in’, assist as necessary and carry out routine tasks when required.
• CIPD level 3 (desirable but not essential).
• Ability to work on your own as well as a team.
• The ability to handle a heavy workload with minimal supervision.
• Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to intermediate level, for the production of letters, spreadsheets and organisation charts.
• Proficient in the use of Outlook for diary management, emails and arranging meetings.
• Experience in using databases is desirable.
• Good interpersonal skills – polite and helpful at all times.
• The ability to communicate with all levels of staff in a professional yet friendly manner.

What we can offer you

• Genuine work life balance.
• Accredited Investor in People.
• New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy up to 5 days.
• Competitive salary.
• Amazing employee referral scheme, paying up to £4000 for a successful referral.
• Paid CSR time.
• And more!

Our application form takes just a few minutes to complete and includes some diversity questions. MHA is a committed member of Access Accountancy and as such, we track our diversity stats and actively work to improve on these, year on year, looking at new ways to promote our roles to the widest audience. Any data collected is fully anonymised before sharing with any external parties, as per our Data Protection Policy and is not visible to hiring managers, or used in any way during the selection process.

Req ID: 2616