HR Business Partner II (Finance & Legal)

Location: Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Salary: $89,600–$149,300 annual (USD)

Company

M&T Bank is a banking and financial services organization.

What you will do

• Provide strategic HR support, coaching, and consultation to senior and mid-level managers across assigned Finance and Legal business lines.
• Lead human capital plans, workforce planning, talent alignment, and organizational structure initiatives.
• Drive annual employee engagement, talent calibration, performance management, and compensation programs.
• Support organizational change, communication planning, employee engagement impacts, and transformation workstreams.
• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence and internal functions including Technology and Finance to improve HR services and solve human capital challenges.
• Use HR system data and analytics to provide recommendations while maintaining risk, regulatory, audit, and internal control standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in Human Resources or relevant business roles; alternatively, 9 years of combined higher education and work experience including at least 5 years in relevant roles.
• Proficiency with relevant software and HR analytics tools.
• Experience influencing others and building relationships with cross-functional partners and leaders.
• Knowledge of talent management, human capital planning, and organizational change.
• Role location: Buffalo, New York, United States of America.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree.
• SPHR or SHRM-SCP certification.
• Experience with HR systems and report generation.
• Knowledge of the supported business lines.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on leadership accountability, employee engagement, and a culture of belonging.
• Work with HR Centers of Excellence and business partners across functions.
• Compensation is market-informed and based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Responsibilities include adherence to company risk, regulatory, audit, and internal control standards.