Description
We are seeking an Employment Legal Compliance Senior Manager to be part
of Salesforce’s Global Labour & Employment team. This person will
partner closely with key internal business partners - Employee Success
(HR), Payroll, Business Technology, as well as other compliance teams
to proactively identify and prioritise employment legal-related risks
globally to help the business design and operationalise compliance
requirements and to monitor and audit controls. This role reports to the
Senior Director of Employment Law for JAPAC, which includes India, ASEAN
countries, Japan and Korea and Australia and New Zealand and will join
a team of two lawyers based in Sydney.
Position Overview:
The role will focus on developing our compliance requirements in
existing and new locations and translate them into compliant business
processes with our key internal partners. The individual will need to
have experience with the broad array of HR compliance requirements and
understand country, regional and local differences and requirements.
This role will help strengthen our compliance landscape by partnering
with teams around the world to help design, build and test compliant
business processes consistent with our focus on employee experience. The
individual will need to be comfortable working in a constantly changing
external and internal environment, running with the pace of the business,
working amidst ambiguity, and delivering on multiple simultaneous
priorities.
Roles & Responsibilities:
We are seeking candidates with substantial experience and subject matter
expertise in APAC HR-related compliance, employment law, and/or HR
operations, understanding of the employee lifecycle processes and
Workday system design, process improvement and project management
experience.
This hire will enjoy untangling the complexities of compliance
requirements, have the ability to explain them simply, and be
comfortable working with cross-functional partners to translate those
requirements into business process and system requirements. They will
work closely with the lawyers on the team to analyse new and existing
compliance requirements and translate those into easily understandable
steps for the business to implement. This role requires creative
thinking and excellent problem solving, and attention to detail to
deliver an excellent timely work product. The ability to build
relationships and communicate and collaborate well both within the team
is critical for success in this role. They will also work across time
zones, geography and topics and will be expected to present their work
to executives in both ES and LCA in regular verbal and written updates.
We want to create and maintain a legal team that is representative and
supportive of the communities in which we operate and look forward to
applications from applicants with a disability, LGBTIQ+ candidates and
candidates who can bring different experiences to the team. This role is
to be based in Sydney, and office attendance on average three times per
week is expected.
Required Skills/Experience (Basic Qualifications):
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Experience synthesising legal and compliance requirements into business
processes
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At least five years of experience in HR compliance, corporate
employment law, or HR operations
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Workday experience from design to implementation and problem solving
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At least three years’ experience managing and implementing projects and
reporting on project performance
- Expertise in developing process documentation and flowcharts
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Experience testing, monitoring and auditing HR-related business
processes; collaboratively developing remediation plans; and
documenting the same
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Excellent communication, collaboration, teamwork and interpersonal
skills across all levels of the Company
- Cross-cultural experience particularly in the APAC region
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Experience working in or with multinational companies (particularly in
the tech sector)
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Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high growth, rapidly evolving
workplace
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Ability to simultaneously manage complex workloads, multiple client
demands, and shifting priorities under tight deadlines
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Creative, proactive and resourceful with strong problem-solving skills
- Sound, reasonable professional judgment and business acumen
- Ability to see the big picture, whilst focussed on the detail
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Openness to feedback, comfortable with direct, transparent
communication
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Embrace Salesforce’s culture and operate with high ethical standards
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Capability to work flexible hours to accommodate global time zones as
needed
- Ability to travel internationally 2 or more times per year
Additional Skills/Experience (Preferred Qualifications):
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Salesforce, Slack, Tableau, Workday, Gsuite and/or Quip experience is
a plus
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Familiarity with the development of AI assisted systems or agents
- Bilingual or other language proficiency
- HR Certification
At Salesforce we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples. Salesforce Australia is committed to walking
together with the Traditional Custodians of this land, Australia’s
First Nations peoples, as we forge a path to reconciliation. Please
see our
Reconciliation Action Plan
for more information.
