HR Project Manager

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the 7th largest financial group in the world. Across the globe, we’re 160,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment?

We are currently recruiting for a HR Project Manager for our Human Resources Division in Amsterdam.

MUFG Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest ranked Financial Groups in the world in terms of assets. A world-class set of businesses and more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.

For more than 50 years MBE offers commercial banking services to both Japanese and non-Japanese corporate customers in The Netherlands and, through its branches, in Central and East Europe. The goal is to be among the top performing foreign-owned banks operating in The Netherlands, providing value-added banking services and excellent operations, fulfilling both Japanese and non-Japanese customers' needs.

At MBE we are committed to contributing to a more sustainable future. Thus, we will encourage you to embed environmental, social & governance (ESG) factors in your everyday work and in our culture.

The MBE subsidiary based in The Netherlands is a network of branches, managed from Amsterdam.

Our vision? To become the world’s most trusted financial group. You’ll help us achieve it.

Your impact at MUFG:

The HR project manager is responsible for the implementation of high impact and engaging HR-related programs and initiatives across MBE. The incumbent contributes to organization development by assisting the Head of HR MBE and stakeholders in the business to achieve MUFG’s vision to Empower a Brighter Future.

The role involves understanding business and HR requirements to make recommendations, and take a lead role in project managing, testing and implementing improvements across various HR specialisms.

The HR project manager builds and maintains relations within the MBE HR team, the EMEA HR team and stakeholders with different business lines, working in close connection with HR Business Partners, HR Shared Services, Recruiting, Reward and the EMEA Organisation Development.

The HR project manager creates and oversees project teams as required and delivers projects of high quality that are aligned with the HR and business strategic objectives

Function positioning:

The HR project manager reports directly to the Head of HR MBE who reports to the President of MBE, with a matrix management line to the EMEA CHRO.

The MBE HR team consists of a designated HR team in Amsterdam and Düsseldorf and counts approx. 20 employees.

The role includes the following:

• Initiating, leading, coordinating and implementing key HR related projects in line with MBE, EMEA and Global HR strategy.
• Assisting the head of MBE HR in the design and implementation of a strategic HR model for MBE.
• Coordinates and supports annual and cyclical HR processes including compensation, performance reviews, talent management, promotion processes and the employee engagement survey.
• Coordinates and supports Culture and Learning & Development initiatives.
• Develops and manages HR project plans and monitors progress, and documents project deliverables
• Recommends and initiates new HR projects by following market trends, in order to support the development of a high performing workforce and HR function.
• Develops and coordinates HR communications, working with colleagues to ensure employee communications are delivered in a clear and engaging way
• Looks for opportunities to continuously improve existing HR processes and working with specialist teams to integrate and re-engineer existing processes and policies as appropriate.
• Responsible for developing informative materials for management and governance bodies.
• Leverages HR reporting systems to develop useful MI and analysis for the business in order to show progress and support decision making.
• Assists the Head of HR in high quality dashboards and presentations for senior leadership.
• Key contact person for HR and business lines regarding HR related projects and changes to current strategies, practices and processes.

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

• Degree educated or relevant qualification in Project Management/ Human Resources or equivalent Project Management / Human Resources experience.
• Proven experience as HR Project Manager or Consultant leading multiple projects simultaneously preferably in a Financial Services organization and/or International business
• Prior experience understanding business requirements and formulating project plans in order to implement change
• Previous experience using HR Management systems
• Experience leveraging people analytics to create valuable management information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Language proficiency in Dutch and German is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office and competency working with Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple priorities at the same time
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to maintain a professional manner in a busy environment
• Strong interest in People development with a passion for making a difference
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build & manage relationships, as well as influence
• Collaborative approach to working with a range of stakeholders across teams, divisions & locations
• Proactive, self-motivated, organized approach, able to navigate and simplify complexity

Personal requirements:

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity
• Customer Focus
• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results
• Collaborate and Build Partnerships
• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others
• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement
• Think Strategically
• Manage and Develop Talent

What do we have to offer:

We offer you a role in one of the largest banks of the world in a growing and international environment. You have various opportunities to develop yourself and we will support you with that by offering various training and development possibilities.

Besides that we will offer you:

• Gross salary based on experience and consistent with the market
• 8% holiday allowance and 13th month payment.
• Bonus under discretion of the Management board (max. 20%)
• 30 vacation days per year. Optional you can buy 15 additional days.
• Commuting allowance based on annual public transport 2nd class, most economical way, or € 0,19 per km with a max of 75km one way.
• Remote working allowance (max €60,- a month)
• Possibility to order Office Equipment’s (up to €500,-)
• Possibility to order a mobile phone (up to €800,-)
• Bicycle plan (fiscal benefit)
• Company fitness (fiscal benefit)
• Employee contribution towards Pension insurance (max 5%, currently 2%), our pension scheme is based on a defined contribution scheme.
• Training & development possibilities paid by the bank (internal rules)
• Health insurance: Collective premiums offered, for own expense.