Senior HR Manager - ANZ

Senior Human Resources Manager – Australia & New Zealand

Frazer Jones is partnering with a well-established international organisation on a confidential search to appoint a Senior Manager o f Human Resources for Australia & New Zealand.

This is a broad, hands-on leadership role with responsibility for the end-to-end HR agenda across ANZ. Working closely with the local leadership team and regional HR stakeholders, the successful candidate will lead a small HR team while remaining close to the business across HR operations, employee relations, organisational change, talent and workforce planning.

The Role

Key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the day-to-day HR function across Australia and New Zealand, providing leadership and direction to the local HR team.
• Partner closely with senior leadership on workforce planning, performance, organisational effectiveness and broader people priorities.
• Oversee core HR operations including payroll, HR systems, policies, processes and people data.
• Lead headcount planning, personnel budgeting and HR reporting, providing meaningful workforce insights to support business decisions.
• Manage complex employee relations matters including performance management, grievances and disciplinary processes.
• Support organisational change, restructures and workforce transformation initiatives.
• Ensure appropriate employment practices and compliance across Australia and New Zealand.
• Lead the local talent agenda across recruitment, onboarding, development, succession and talent reviews.
• Oversee compensation and benefits activities including annual salary reviews, benchmarking and employee recognition.
• Partner with regional HR colleagues to ensure local priorities remain aligned with the wider people strategy.
• Continue to improve HR processes, policies and ways of working to create a more effective and commercially focused HR function.

The Successful Candidate

We are looking for an experienced HR professional with 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including experience operating at Senior Manager or HR Lead level.

You will have strong hands-on experience across HR business partnering, HR operations and employee relations, together with a solid understanding of Australian employment legislation.

Previous experience within an international, matrixed organisation would be particularly valuable, as would exposure to an operationally complex business.

You will be commercially minded, pragmatic and confident engaging senior stakeholders, with the communication skills and judgement to operate as a trusted advisor to the leadership team.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a substantial ANZ HR remit within an established international business, combining local leadership responsibility with exposure to a broader regional HR organisation.

The breadth of the position makes it particularly attractive for an experienced HR Manager looking to step into a genuine country-level HR leadership role, while remaining highly connected to the commercial organisation.

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