Employment Law Compliance Senior Manager

Job Description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category: Finance About Salesforce: We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too - driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good - you've come to the right place. 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): Experience synthesising legal and compliance requirements into business processes At least five years of experience in HR compliance, corporate employment law, or HR operations Workday experience from design to implementation and problem solving At least three years' experience managing and implementing projects and reporting on project performance Expertise in developing process documentation and flowcharts Experience testing, monitoring and auditing HR-related business processes; collaboratively developing remediation plans; and documenting the same Excellent communication, collaboration, teamwork and interpersonal skills across all levels of the Company Cross-cultural experience particularly in the APAC region Experience working in or with multinational companies (particularly in the tech sector) Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high growth, rapidly evolving workplace Ability to simultaneously manage complex workloads, multiple client demands, and shifting priorities under tight deadlines 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 Openness to feedback, comfortable with direct, transparent communication Embrace Salesforce's culture and operate with high ethical standards 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): Salesforce, Slack, Tableau, Workday, Gsuite and/or Quip experience is a plus 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. Accommodations: If you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form. Posting Statement: At Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. Each of us has a responsibility to drive Equality in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, inclusive benefits, and more. Learn more about Equality at and explore our company benefits at Salesforce is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. 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