Human Resources Director

GFG Holdings is seeking an experienced Human Resources, AVP to lead the company’s people function. This role is ideal for a hands-on HR leader who can balance strategic planning with day-to-day execution in a growing, high-performance finance environment. 

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring alignment with business goals, leadership priorities, and organizational growth.
• Support an employee-oriented culture focused on continuous improvement, accountability, teamwork, professional growth, and high performance.
• Partner with senior management and department leaders on employee matters, organizational planning, workforce needs, and people-related decision-making.
• Oversee core HR functions, including talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, compensation, benefits, compliance, retention, and performance management.
• Lead the annual performance management cycle, including performance review coordination, manager support, feedback sessions, documentation, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain and improve career paths, job levels, role expectations, and internal growth frameworks.
• Manage employee relations matters with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment, including performance concerns, morale issues, workplace conflicts, and organizational productivity challenges.
• Maintain and update the employee handbook, job descriptions, HR records, timekeeping processes, licensing administration, employee reporting, and related HR documentation.
• Lead recruitment and retention efforts to attract and retain high-quality talent across all levels of the organization.
• Conduct new hire orientations, exit interviews, employee check-ins, and other key employee lifecycle processes.
• Lead annual compensation reviews, including market benchmarking, internal equity analysis, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support employee benefits strategy, including annual plan review, benefits enrollment, vendor coordination, employee communication, and ongoing administration.
• Coordinate immigration matters, employee relocation assistance, and related employment support processes as needed.
• Manage ad hoc HR and organizational projects on behalf of senior management.
• Oversee office management matters, including vendor relationships, office budgets, records, facilities coordination, and administrative operations.

Professional Experience

Minimum of 5 to 10 years of working experience, in an HR Generalist role, for the investment management industry.

Specific Knowledge / Qualifications / Skills

• Superior knowledge of HR practices.
• Outstanding Leadership, Organizational and Project Management skills.
•  Solid problem-solving skills.
•  Demonstrated ability to maintain standards of strict confidentiality.
•  Demonstrated ability to mentor and create a healthy and high-performance work environment.

Educational Background

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field is required.

SHRM Certification preferred.

Languages

Fluency in English/Spanish is required.