Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for providing input into the development of Human Resources (HR) strategies that impact large, complex business units within a major Line of Business (LOB). Key responsibilities include developing and executing tactical plans at the business unit level to achieve strategic objectives and organizational effectiveness. Job expectations may include driving a wide range of HR activities and supporting functions across the bank such as talent acquisition, compensation, employee relations, regulatory compliance, performance management, and employee engagement and development.

The HR Consultant will support Merrill Wealth Management. The individual in this role will partner with the HR Generalists to support, lead and serve as a resource on key initiatives. The HR Consultant must be a demonstrated self-starter with an excellent track record of success in his/her current environment. The HR Consultant must also be a strong, decisive, results-oriented professional who can develop and manage relationships across the business with a wide variety of partners based on trust, teamwork and knowledge.

Merrill Wealth Management is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment products and services for individuals, companies, and institutions. Merrill Wealth Management is one of the largest businesses of its kind in the world specializing in goals-based wealth management, including planning for retirement, education, legacy, and other life goals through investment advice and guidance.

Responsibilities:

• Supports the strategic delivery of Enterprise and line of business specific Human Resources (HR) priorities in addition to ensuring organizational effectiveness across talent acquisition, performance management, talent development and learning, succession planning, compensation, etc.

• Applies lenses of operational excellence, organizational health, and diversity and inclusion across all HR people processes

• Partners with business leaders to ensure that programs and practices are in alignment with Enterprise culture and conduct principles, serving as a trusted advisor to leadership

• Supports critical workforce activities, including but not limited to headcount reporting and analytics, financials/expenses, promotions, diversity and inclusion, performance, talent management, and key cross-HR initiatives

• Collaborates with compensation, talent acquisition, and business partners in partnership with HR Managers to provide appropriate guidance on employee compensation, both at an individual level as well as in aggregate, while maintaining a focus on expense management

• Leverages systems and reporting tools (i.e., Workday and Tableau) to inform effective and strategic decision making for HR Managers

• Support projects & initiatives

Required Qualifications:

To be minimally qualified for this role, a candidate must have:

• 2+ years of HR experience in a variety of HR disciplines preferred

• Strong attention to detail and quality control

• Intellectual curiosity; always questioning how to take work to the next level

• Able to anticipate the needs of HR generalists

• Project management experience

• Strong analytical skills – experience gathering, organizing, analyzing and presenting large amounts of data

• Complex problem resolution skills

• Outstanding communication (verbal & written) and presentation skills assimilating data into a results-based story

• Excellent interpersonal skills and integrity

• A strong team-player work ethic with the ability to engage with all levels of the organization

• Ability to handle confidential and proprietary information with discretion and balance risk and reward with a strong focus on compliance

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products, with emphasis on strong Excel (familiar with lookup's, pivots, conditional formulas) and PowerPoint skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Proficiency with HR systems i.e. Workday, Tableau

Skills:

• Adaptability

• Attention to Detail

• Data Visualization

• Prioritization

• Reporting

• Collaboration

• Data Collection and Entry

• Data and Trend Analysis

• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

• Relationship Building

• Analytical Thinking

• Continuous Improvement

• Data Mining

• Executive Presence

• Written Communications

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