Vice President of Human Resources

Exciting opportunity to join a strong company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. This role will oversee all areas of HR including employee relations, strategy, performance management, employee engagement and culture, etc. Strong opportunities for career growth and development. This will oversee domestic and international HR.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead the talent acquisition effort for the location and partner jointly with hiring managers in defining role requirements, recruitment strategies, candidate selection, reference checks, and background screening.
• Process new hire paperwork, create and develop onboarding experience that engages and integrates new employees into company culture and goals and manage the full employee lifecycle after that.
• Manage and resolve employee relations issues. Conduct effective, thorough and objective investigations; administer corrective actions and performance improvement plans.
• Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to management
• Ensure compliance of employment practices and the payroll department per federal, state and local laws.
• Provide interpretation of HR policies, practices, and procedures to employees and managers.
• Build an effective benefits communication strategy and measure its results.
• Performs annual audits of key practices and maintain documentation and records for personnel files including current job descriptions
• Audit compliance I-9’s and to all EEOC complaints; oversee the coordination of training and employee engagement efforts; represent the organization at any unemployment hearings.
• Plan and coordinate onsite and offsite events and activities, as per management directives.
• Take on Ad-hoc projects

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and relevant experience.
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) credential preferred.
• Minimum of 9+ years human resources experience in a generalist role or higher
• Solid proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state laws that affect HR policies and procedures, including EEOC, FLSA, FMLA, I-9, and other regulatory and compliance laws.
• Excellent critical thinking, project management and organizational skills.
• Bilingual (English and Spanish)