About Us

With a multinational global team, Davies Group is a specialist professional services and technology firm working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated, and global businesses.

At Davies Group, we help clients to manage risk, operate core business processes, and to transform and grow. We deliver operations, consulting and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, transformation, and change management.

Within our Davies US headquarters in Nashville, we’re laying the groundwork for the expansion of world-class service offerings with a small but mighty team eager to shape the future. If you are energized by an entrepreneurial environment and are seeking opportunity to grow, Davies Group might be the place for you.

Job Overview

Have you always wanted to have meaningful input into the creation of the Human Resources function in your company? Do you enjoy an entrepreneurial environment where creativity and hard work are valued, and red tape is minimal? Are you excited about the idea of having a blank slate and building workflows that make sense and fit the needs of the business? If these ideas sound like something you might be interested in, Davies US wants to talk to you!

The VP/HR Business Partner function is new to our team. So not only will you be a functional HR professional, but you also need to understand the basics of business to bring the most value to this position. This role has the potential to be a trust partner for business leaders for all aspects of People strategy, build culture and impact the employment experience for many colleagues.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Partner with division and entity leaders to execute the People strategy for the division/entity in line with business objectives
• Coordinate closely with US Group HR Project team(s) to assure alignment between Division and US and to reduce redundancy and preserve resources
• Help to establish and reinforce transition to a matrixed corporate environment and identifying and working with stakeholders on resolutions to any challenges
• Facilitate effective communication between Centers of Expertise and functional groups to provide visibility to upcoming HR initiatives and employee issues
• Analyze, evaluate, and redesign HR operations and procedures within and between entities, seeking maximum efficiency
• Diagnosing performance issues with the business and working with business leaders to design and implement solutions
• Work closely with recruiting resources and business leaders to identify top talent and retain teammates in various locations
• Coach managers on policy application and interpretation
• Lead, manage and coach HR team in the division
• Ensure Davies culture and Group employee engagement is factored into business operations
• Partner with operational leaders to ensure change is managed, planned, communicated, and reinforced
• Lead the integration process when new acquisitions join the Field Services division
• Lead special projects for the division that involve researching, compiling data, and creating and preparing reports and action plans
• Understand and analyze data and trends and make recommendations to management team(s) for improvement
• Other duties as assigned

Skills & Experience

Essential

• High level of experience in an HR generalist role
• Knowledge and compliance with US employment laws and best practices around labor issues and knowing when expert advice is required
• Possess strong business knowledge and know how to find answers to questions and identify the right stakeholders in each scenario
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and being able to relate to any position within the organization
• Ability to pivot quickly to assist the business in new projects as needed
• Strong organizational skills and ability to develop processes where none currently exist
• Possess independent discretion/decision making skills
• Must have US work rights

Job Expectations

This role is a remote, full-time, salaried, exempt role. This position operates in a home-based office and routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptops, printers, and phones. While performing the duties of this job, the individual will be required to regularly hear and talk. This is a sedentary role that requires the ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk, reach outward, use a phone, use of fingers to use office equipment such as a keyboard, mouse, phone, printer, copier, and to reach above the head, bend, or stand, as necessary.

Diversity & Inclusion

Davies is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, we welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, and belief (or lack thereof).

Rewards & Recognition

We embrace innovation and run an annual competition available for all colleagues to submit their ideas. The top 10 finalists travel to the current year’s location where they pitch their ideas to our investors. The winner receives funding to bring their idea to life and the runners up receive a reward for their involvement. Some of our colleagues have moved across into brand new positions to further develop their ideas/projects!