HR Advisor

**Description**

**Sr HR Advisor**

Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
**WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE**

**Why Syneos Health**
- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
- We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

**Job responsibilities**
- Responsible for HR Advisory for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- Primary HR contact for the employees in the assigned local office, acting as a liaison between the employee and the Corporate HR department
- Partners with employees and local management to communicate various HR policies, practices and Company guidelines, ensuring adherence to legislation and statutes by country. Seeks senior HR involvement and Legal guidance as applicable.
- Works closely with department and local business unit leadership providing HR guidance (i.e. coaching, workforce planning, disciplinary advice). Provides HR partnership on business unit initiatives and projects as needed.
- Consults with all levels of Company management regarding policy interpretation; conflict management resolution; and performance management. Provides advice and counsel to managers and employees regarding personnel policies, practices and employment law.
- Leads or assists with the investigations of potential policy violations including employee misconduct, discrimination, retaliation, etc. Develops and recommends appropriate action for management consideration.
- Consults with all levels of Company management regarding policy interpretation; conflict management resolution; and performance management. Provides advice and counsel to managers and employees regarding HR policies, practices and employment law.
- Counsels management through the stages of progressive discipline, termination and involuntary exit procedures. Liaises with and provides analysis to the Legal department and executive management when involuntary separation is identified.
- Analyzes new employee and exit interview survey data, sharing results. Recommends new approaches and procedures to effect continual improvement and retention of staff.
- Maintains current knowledge and expertise in Human Resources and applicable industry including country specific regulations, competitive and trend information.
- Conduct new hire onboarding and induction, explaining HR Policies, local benefit, etc
- Handle general queries from employees which may include payroll or benefit concerns, referring to specific COE functions as needed
- May assist with coordinating payroll information with Finance and payroll provider
- May assist employees with immigration matters, coordinating with the Legal department and external counsel
- Manages exit process to include employee exit interview, benefit documentation, manager self
- service transaction entry and return of company equipment/ property.
- Manages employment contracts, document retention such as Personal Files
- Participates in Company projects and initiatives, coordinating events in local office
- Manages employee relations. Responds to complaints, conducting thorough and objective investigations, per HR policy guidelines.
- Represents the Company at unemployment hearings and appeals. May assist in EEOC complaint response. (U.S. only)

**Qualifications**

**What we’re looking for**
- HR Generalist experience is required within a commercial and/or regional business role.
- Exceptional organizational, planning and communication skills are required.
- Be a proactive team player with strong customer service and problem solving skills, able to manage relationships and conflicting priorities.
- Experienced in supporting line managers through change.
- Able to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion and diplomacy