Nordic Head of HR Operations

We have already transformed 4 HR-operations into One, even though a few steps remain. We are looking for someone guiding us into the next leap, hereby how to advance on AI together with our brilliant colleagues worldwide, always with our people and key deliveries in sight.

As the Head of HR Operations, you will play a critical role in overseeing and enhancing the HR operations function of our organization. You will lead an experienced team of specialists within payroll, HR services, HR technology, Compensation & Benefits and HR governance.

You will be responsible for managing HR processes, policies, and programs that support our workforce while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. This role requires strategic thinking, strong leadership skills, and the ability to drive HR initiatives that align with the company's overall business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor the HR team, providing guidance and support for their professional growth

• Develop our HR Operations to be cost efficient and accurate. Hereby leading implementations of HR tech

• Optimize the benefits of belonging to One Global HR Operating model

• Secure our HR-operation is compliant to GDPR

• Secure availability of data for decision making

• Secure updated personnel handbooks and internal information for HR cycles

• Secure that we are compliant to HR policies

• Align and maintain our Compensation & Benefits framework, models and vendors

Personal Characteristics:

• Relation builder, open and inclusive

• Strategic mindset with tactical eagerness

• Communicates and act calmly when facing complexity

• Inspire and execute transformation

• Leads by example

Competencies & Skills:

• Nordic labour law

• Payroll and HR administration processes

• Project lead and ownership

• Negotiations

• Fluent in English

Experience & Education:

• + 10 years of experience within HR

• Deep insight into HR operations, hereby automation

• Insight into HR government

• Union negotiations

• Benchmark processes

• Connection Local-Regional operating model

• Educations within Psychology/ Economics/ Social Science/ Administration/ Engineering

We offer

• An experienced and inclusive HR Team

• International and diverse community

• If you enjoy handling some complexity and grow, you will love us

• Competitive terms & conditions

We are reviewing applications continuously, so don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions or wait with sending in your application for this exciting opportunity.

We are a Nordic bank with more than 1,200 colleagues in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, and proud to be part of Banco Santander, one of the largest banks in the world with a solid history going back more than 160 years.
Our purpose is to help people and businesses prosper and we aim to be the best retail and commercial bank, earning the lasting loyalty of our people, customers, shareholders and communities - through simple, personal and fair banking.
In our organization we foster and value an engaged, challenging and passionate environment that provides opportunities for personal and professional growth. We operate in an ever changing environment, and believe the key to success is innovative involvement, a playful approach to active learning and continuous improvement in our daily work.
We are firmly committed to being a responsible bank in the way we operate, our culture, caring for our environment and giving back to society. Banco Santander is recognized as the most sustainable bank in the world following the publication of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for 2019.
Read more about responsible banking on our global webpages.
Santander Consumer Bank is one of the largest Nordic banks providing loans and credits, credit cards, deposits and insurance to private customers.
To learn more about Santander in the Nordics, please visit our local webpages
https://www.santanderconsumer.no/
https://www.santanderconsumer.se/om-oss/
https://santanderconsumer.dk/om-os/
https://www.santanderconsumer.fi/