The Company
Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, Hopper, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.
Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.
Our People are
Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired
Our People are not
Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious
The People Business Partner is responsible for providing strategic HR support to the business, including employee relations, benefits, onboarding, offboarding, performance management, and HRIS management. The ideal candidate will be a highly skilled and experienced HR professional with a strong understanding of Australian employment law and best practices.
This role will be based in our Sydney office and will be a hybrid working role. What does hybrid mean here at CG? Monday, Tuesday and Friday in office. You can enjoy plenty of flexibility with the added benefit of one wellness day a month available.
Responsibilities:
Provide strategic HR support to the Australia and APAC business
Manage employee relations, including handling grievances, disciplinary matters, and terminations
Oversee the onboarding and offboarding process for new and departing employees
Help ensure data integrity in the HRIS system
Stay up-to-date on Australian employment law and best practices
Provide HR coaching and development to managers and employees as needed
Work closely with the regional People Business Partner team to ensure a positive and productive work environment
Assist with the leave management process for Australia to ensure accurate reporting and timely communications
Assist with day-to-day people-related items and inquiries
What you will bring to this role:
Bachelor's degree in human resources or a related field
5+ years of experience in HR, including 3+ years in a business partner role
Strong understanding of Australian employment law and best practices
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Understanding of other APAC HR policies and procedures is ideal but not required
Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?
• Flexible Work Environment - we are outcome focussed and understand that for our people to perform at their best flexibility is critical.
• Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.
• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.
• Social Initiatives -
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Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!
* Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
