People & Culture Business Partner

About us

At GBST, we're inspiring wealth innovation for wealth management and advice organisations globally. Our commitment to excellence, track record of successful delivery and product excellence has earned us the trust and partnership of the world's leading financial services organisations. We've invested heavily in transforming our technology stack to bring a truly immersive and digital experience to the front and back-office.

The opportunity for you:
We're seeking an experienced People & Culture Business Partner to join our People Culture team and help shape the employee experience across the business. In this role, you will partner with leaders and teams to deliver pragmatic people solutions that support GBST's strategic priorities and enable a high-performing, inclusive culture. You will have the opportunity to influence talent practices across multiple functions and contribute to continuous improvement of our people processes. You will also contribute to the broader P&C team through project support and cyclical P&C activities.

You'll be joining a collaborative, diverse team in an Australian-based company and working with high-performing colleagues across Australia and globally. Reporting to the Head of People & Culture, this role is ideal for an HR professional looking to develop their business partnering capability while gaining exposure to a range of strategic, tactical operational P&C initiatives.

This is a permanent full-time opportunity based in Sydney. Take a look and see if this is the next career step for you at GBST & U.

What you will do:

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, partnering on workforce planning, performance management, employee relations, and change initiatives

• Manage employee relations matters, investigations, and disciplinary processes with fairness, confidentiality and sound judgement

• Coach managers on performance conversations, goal setting, development plans and retention strategies

• Support talent acquisition by partnering with hiring managers on role design, selection processes and onboarding

• Partner with People & Culture colleagues to implement people programs, policies and People & Culture initiatives

• Analyse people data and provide insights to leaders to inform decision-making and measure the impact of initiatives

• Support learning, capability building and career development activities across the business

• Help drive initiatives that promote diversity, inclusion and psychological safety

You will be someone with:

• 3+ years demonstrable People & Culture generalist experience, including previous experience working as a Business Partner or HR Advisor

• Client focused with demonstrated experience building and maintaining strong, meaningful relationships with key stakeholders

• Communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills with a collaborative, solutions-focused approach

• Sound judgment and experience managing people related issues with stakeholders at all levels

• Key understanding of employment law

• Technologically savvy and preparedness to learn relevant systems

• Team oriented

• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment

• Experience using HRIS systems and comfort working with people analytics and reporting

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in human resources, business or a related field (desirable)

You will ideally have these skills too:

• Experience supporting organisational change and restructures

• Familiarity with modern performance frameworks and continuous feedback cultures

• Experience designing or delivering learning and development programs

• Certifications in HR, coaching or mediation (desirable)

GBST & U benefits:

• 2 days flexible/hybrid working arrangement

• Additional GBST & U day off every year

• Swapping public holidays with a day of significance for you

• Paid parental leave

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Study Assistance Program

• Annual Flu Vaccination

• Discounts with major retailers

• Novated car leasing

• Discounted private health insurance

If you're looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact on culture and people outcomes-and be part of exciting innovation- we want to hear from you!