HR Lead

At Validus, we help clients understand and manage their financial risks, through hands-on advice, trade execution and award-winning technology. Our clients include some of the most respected names in private equity, private debt, institutional investment and corporates.

This is a genuinely exciting time to join us. We're growing fast, and we need someone to help us do it well.

The Role

This is a HR Lead position based in our Midtown Manhattan office and it's as much about building something as it is about running it.

You'll be the HR lead for our NYC team (currently 9-11 people and growing), with responsibility extending across our Toronto office too. Day to day you'll report into our UK based HR Director and work closely with our global HR and Talent teams.

It's a proper generalist role, you'll be across the full employee lifecycle, handling real employee relations work, keeping us compliant across federal, New York State and NYC employment law, and making sure our people feel supported and set up to do their best work.

But it's also more than that.

You'll take ownership of the office itself, the kind of role where you'll find yourself sorting out a payroll query in the morning, advising a manager on a tricky conversation in the afternoon, and making sure the office feels like somewhere people actually want to be. That might mean coordinating open enrolment, leading onboarding for a new hire, or making sure Pancake Day doesn't pass by unnoticed.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as the main HR point of contact for NYC and Toronto - the person people come to when they need help, guidance or just a straight answer.
• Owning US HR compliance - federal, New York State and NYC and making sure our contracts, policies, documentation and employment visas stay accurate and up to date.
• Managing the full employee lifecycle, from offer to off boarding, with everything in between handled properly.
• Coordinating US payroll and benefits, including open enrollment.
• Handling employee relations matters - investigations, disciplinaries, performance conversations, with fairness and good judgement.
• Supporting and coaching managers so they're equipped to lead their teams well.
• Partnering with Talent Acquisition on hiring as we grow.
• Keeping a close eye on trends and risks before they become problems.
• Taking real ownership of the Midtown office, making sure it's a productive, welcoming environment where people feel part of something.