Catherine Tsiakoulas
Sydney,NSW
Summary
HR Professional with over 5 years' experience in the HR field, skilled in Employee Relations, HR Business Partnering and HR Generalist roles in the Technological, Professional Services, Financial, Retail and Construction Industry. Results driven and people centric professional, with an aim to partner with senior stakeholders of a business to influence positive HR cultural change and lead key cyclical HR processes.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Strategic HR Business Partner - People and Culture (Construction)
Lendlease
07.2023 - Current
- Providing P&C advice & support to the business by closely partnering & contributing to the implementation of P&C programs, policies and processes which align to organisational & P&C strategies, whilst also complying with local legal requirements
- Attend and represent cases on behalf of Lendlease at the Fair Work Commission (Conciliations)
- Coordinating implementation of key P&C initiatives, such as performance management, workforce planning & management, financial governance, talent management and leadership and development programs with a global lens
- Implementing change management plans to ensure the successful delivery of P&C programs
- Supporting the ongoing development of our people managers and employee capabilities to meet the workforce requirements and effective succession planning
- Monitoring and reporting on the development and implementation of employee engagement action plans in partnership with business stakeholders
- Promoting and fostering a performance culture of accountability, ownership and delivery whilst also championing Lendlease's core values to facilitate continuous improvement learning & performance.
People and Culture Manager
Pro-invest Group
02.2023 - 07.2023
- Oversee the implementation of People & Culture strategy across the employee lifecycle to enable a superior employee experience
- HR point of contact for over 100 staff in Sydney office, Business partnering with C suite to build out HR strategy
- Roll out HRIS system for entire company - Employment Hero
- Key lifecycle areas include: attraction of talent, recruitment and selection, onboarding, performance reviews and performance management, learning and development, retention and separation
- Manage internal and external People and Culture/HR enquiries, respond to information requests and maintain information flows with business areas regarding People and Culture/HR processes
- Coordinate administration of Work Health and Safety matters and related activities
- Develops and administers human resource and ESG programs, HRIS, procedures and guidelines to help align the workforce with the strategic goals of the Group
- Monitor and track completion of activities such as induction programs and probation reviews, and undertake administration related to cyclical people activities such as performance reviews and salary advancements.
HR Advisor /BP- Employee Relations and HR Projects
EY -Ernst and Young
05.2022 - 02.2023
- Deliver consistent, best practice, and commercially sound employee relations advice, balancing the relevant risks to the firm Oceania wide
- Awards (Clerk Award, Banking Financial and Insurance award) Subject Matter Expert, leading the legislation project Oceania wide
- Coach stakeholders on employee relations capability and increase the confidence, effectiveness, and accountability of People Leaders
- Leading Performance, Health, Negotiated Exit, Termination cases, Facilitated conversations as well as being an accredited Mental health officer
- Leading complex employee relations matters such as workplace conduct restructures and redundancies, investigations, and disciplinary matters
- Assists with the business following legal compliance - with all levels of management within the firm
- Conduct and lead workplace investigations, Performance Improvement Plans, Negotiated Exits, Mediations, Oceania wide
- Manage workstreams for cyclical macro processes such as Annual Performance, Remuneration Reviews, and employee engagement surveys
- Support the delivery of firm-wide projects by working collaboratively with the team to identify and complete required projects in EY - including Annual Compensation Review, Modern Award project, Acquisitions
- Leadership skills - mentoring and leading consultants, interns and coordinators in the wider talent team.
Senior Talent Attraction + Acquisition Specialist
EY -Ernst and Young
07.2021 - 05.2022
- HR Business partner for Graduates - point of contact for all graduates within Assurance service line - probation, terminations, graduate performance management
- Full recruitment cycle from attraction to hire
- Learning and development presentations/sessions for graduate cohorts
- Liaise with graduates to ensure wellbeing is positive, assisting with Employee Relations queries on a daily basis
- Schedule performance reviews, payroll queries and help facilitate learning and development initiative
- Onboarding of over 100 graduates and Employment Contract creation
- Mentor and manager for recruitment co-ordinators within team
- Sydney Project manager - Cadet/Co-op program
- Forecasting headcounts and budgets for financial years in the assurance practice at EY
- Arrange and facilitate Assessment Centres
- Attend seasonal university events and present to large audiences
- Deliver presentations and workshops to group of students and graduates, as well as Podcasts for universities
- Resource planning and ad-hoc onboarding
- Presented the EY Innovation award 2022 at the GradConnection top 100 awards night.
HR Consultant
FDM Group
01.2020 - 07.2021
- First point of contact - HR queries, performance management for consultants, development surveys, probation terminations, workplace investigations - bridge between sales team and consultant experience (Employee relations)
- Liaise with HR director to improve values, culture and wellbeing of internal staff and consultants
- Talent and succession planning
- Develop technological awareness into SQL, Excel, fundamentals of python and the Software Development life cycle
- Create content/workshops for local and international audiences (Singapore, China, Hong Kong)
- Instilling the FDM values through hosting various training sessions
- Employee relations queries supporting the HR National manager
- CRM Exposure- Salesforce
- Finding new clients in the fintech industry and pitching FDM model
- Account Management- Commonwealth Bank client presence.
HR Employee Relations Consultant
'Who in the Zoo' Fashion and Design Recruitment Agency
02.2018 - 01.2020
- End to end Case Management- Employee relations Workplace investigations, Redundancies, Performance Management
- Leading people and culture initiatives - Wellbeing initiatives
- Leading workplace investigations - misconduct, grievances
- Post, update and remove job ads from job boards, careers pages and social networks
- Review and distribute company policies in digital formats or hard copies
- Participate in organising company events and careers days
- Screen resumes and application forms- using Voyager software
HR Employee Relations Consultant
Alice McCall Sydney
02.2017 - 02.2018
- Head office- HR Contract creation, Retail award exposure, Case Management (shadowing complex cases), Performance management template creation
- Point of contact of staff with HR ER matters
- Knowledge of the Retail landscape from a HR perspective and Award interpretation
- Evaluate employee performance and identify hiring and training needs(In-house Recruitment).
Education
Graduate Certificate in Human Resources and Industrial Relations -
University of Sydney
2022
Bachelor of Business Human Resources And Marketing -
University of Technology Sydney
2019
Higher School Certificate - ATAR:93.25
St Scholastica's College, Glebe
Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic HRM Planning
- Coaching Leadership
- Managing Employee Relations
- Leading Cyclical HR Processes (Talent Calibration, Annual Compensation Reviews)
- Strategic Workforce Planning
Accomplishments
- Top HR Consultant in second quarter 2020- FDM Group
- Sports House Captain
- Netball representative for NSW CSSA and CGSSSA- 2011-2015
References
Available upon request
Certification
Accredited Mental Health First Aider - August 2022
Timeline
Strategic HR Business Partner - People and Culture (Construction)
Lendlease
07.2023 - Current
People and Culture Manager
Pro-invest Group
02.2023 - 07.2023
HR Advisor /BP- Employee Relations and HR Projects
EY -Ernst and Young
05.2022 - 02.2023
Senior Talent Attraction + Acquisition Specialist
EY -Ernst and Young
07.2021 - 05.2022
HR Consultant
FDM Group
01.2020 - 07.2021
HR Employee Relations Consultant
'Who in the Zoo' Fashion and Design Recruitment Agency
02.2018 - 01.2020
HR Employee Relations Consultant
Alice McCall Sydney
02.2017 - 02.2018
Graduate Certificate in Human Resources and Industrial Relations -
University of Sydney
Bachelor of Business Human Resources And Marketing -
University of Technology Sydney
Higher School Certificate - ATAR:93.25
St Scholastica's College, Glebe
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