Financial Adviser

2 days ago


Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Acosta Sales & Marketing Full time

Remote is solving global remote organizations' biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out / how-it-works to learn more or if you're interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines, check see here.

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us

The Position

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Senior People Partner, joining our People team. As an individual contributor, the Senior People Partner will focus on enabling and supporting Remote through extraordinary growth. In working closely with the People team, the Senior People Partner will lead employee relations related conversations, act as a partner and coach to leadership, and contribute to the creation and iteration of resources, programs and tools implemented for employees along with the overall people enablement strategy.

Requirements
  1. Experience in a People team, with experience in a People Partner capacity, supporting a global organization.
  2. Tech start-up and hyper growth experience is nice to have but not required.
  3. Commitment to encouraging all of Remote's values within the team and the greater organisation.
  4. Demonstrate discretion and sound judgment while working with sensitive and confidential materials.
  5. Proven ability to solve complex problems and identify root causes; highly resourceful and takes initiative to seek internal or external advice when needed for the most effective outcome.
  6. Ability to support and influence across all departments of an organisation, more specifically with our company values, patience and empathy in mind.
  7. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build relationships with employees to continuously support the organisational growth.
  8. Writes and speaks fluent English.
  9. It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.
Key Responsibilities
  1. Act as a partner, enabler, and coach to leadership throughout the organization.
  2. Own, manage and resolve employee relations issues in a kind and effective way.
  3. Proactively create, contribute to and implement initiatives, resources, tools and strategies to support the organisation through extraordinary global growth and sustainability.
  4. Advocate for and serve as a resource for internal Remote employees.
  5. Collaborate and enable colleagues globally to ensure a vibrant and effective workplace.
  6. Partner with leaders through topics such as leadership, organizational design, performance management, business strategy, difficult conversations, and non-traditional management approaches.
  7. Serve as an escalation point on moderate People Partner and general People issues.
  8. Collaborate and partner with other departments and act as a key stakeholder for People initiatives, ensuring our business readiness aligned to Remote's vision & strategy.
  9. Own and execute the global offboarding process with the Legal Team while ensuring a positive, values-aligned experience.
  10. Mentor fellow People team members.
  11. Identify trends, patterns and gaps across the organization, share feedback then take initiative to address these with long term outcomes considered.
  12. Partner closely with the rest of the People team on various people programs and initiatives.
  13. Analyze people data and trends to contribute to decisions on strategy and programs.
  14. Exhibit a growth mindset with a high level of emotional intelligence in daily work and your own development.
  15. Be an ambassador of and contribute to Remote's Handbook.
Practicals

You'll report to: Director of People Partners

Team: People

Location: EMEA

Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hire globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $82,000 - $X,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

Application Process
  1. Interview with recruiter
  2. Interview with hiring manager
  3. Interview with team member
  4. Interview with executive leader
  5. Interview with Stakeholder
  6. Bar raiser Interview
Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at / r / benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits / perks are for all Remoters:

  1. Work from anywhere
  2. Flexible paid time off
  3. Flexible working hours (we are async)
  4. 16 weeks paid parental leave
  5. Mental health support services
  6. Stock options
  7. Learning budget
  8. Home office budget & IT equipment
  9. Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How You'll Plan Your Day (and Life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at / async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now

How to Apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardized language we use here at Remote. If you don't have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead. We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it's important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

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