Director, Human Resources

The Opportunity:

Freedom Financial Network (FFN) is looking for a strategically-minded Human Resources leader with a proven track record of success to partner and advise our fast-growing teams. This new position will be responsible for driving strategic HR initiatives and simultaneously being a "hands-on" leader who quickly grasps the details of tactical execution. Our ideal candidate is highly analytical and has proven success leveraging data and metrics to inform and drive overall talent engagement and retention improvement.

You will be working with all levels of leadership to drive excellent service across all HR-related functions as we continue to drive a performance-based business.

Reporting to the EVP, Human Resources, the Director, Human Resources will connect FFNs strategic direction to its human capital needs in a way that is consistent with the Companys culture and values and help drive objectives that will allow teams to move forward with the right talent and plans in place.

How Youll Contribute:

• Collaborate with the business leadership, including executives and EVP Human Resources to establish HR plans and solutions for the business client organizations to achieve strategic business initiatives and deliver results.
• This role will own and drive programs to completion, learn the business and anticipate, recommend and champion people strategy.
• Partner with executive leaders and their teams to develop and execute the HR strategies and activities that cultivate growth, innovation, and organizational effectiveness. This includes taking ownership for creating, building, and implementing programs, processes, and tools to help set up managers and employees for success.
• This position is fast-paced, and the needs of the business are ever-changing. You must be nimble and adaptable.
• Assess the human resources needs in areas such as performance management, employee relations, career development, and leadership development as well as drive the appropriate solutions in these areas.
• Lead performance management efforts to ensure that managers and employees understand Freedoms strategic objectives and goals.
• Provide HR leadership to a team of business partners including coaching, mentoring, and professional development for the team.
• Partner with business leadership to identify opportunities to attract, develop and retain people to achieve their fullest potential across a fast-growing business.
• Coach and counsel managers on maintaining positive employee relations for a wide range of issues.
• Leverage dataand metrics to inform and drive talent strategies such as engagement and retention.
• Support the analysis and facilitation of leadership and cultural initiatives. Use influence and coaching skills to cultivate a culture that reflects our core values.

What Youll Bring:

• 7 + years of HR Business Partner leadership experience and a proven track record of highly effective HR Business Partner experience.
• Extensive knowledge of HR policies, procedures, compliance, and best practices as well as experience in developing, executing, and maintaining HR projects and programs.
• Proven experience building, coaching and mentoring a high performance HR Business Partner team.
• Proven success at owning initiatives from start to finish in a dynamic, fast-growing organization such as retention of talent, engagement and culture.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with different levels of the organization, across multiple locations, to achieve results.
• Strong ability to diagnose problems using critical thinking skills and identifying and driving appropriate solutions.
• High-energy attitude geared towards achieving continuous improvement.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Proven ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Bachelors degree required

About Us:

Freedom Financial Network is a leading digital personal finance company, built to help people. We do what traditional banks dont: Put people first. We believe in treating people like humans, not account numbers. We help everyday people get on, and stay on, the path to a brighter financial future, with innovative technology and personalized support at every step. We help people control expenses, manage debt, save money, plan ahead, and make better financial decisions. By leveraging our proprietary data and analytics and artificial intelligence we offer solutions tailored for each step of a consumer's financial journey, including personal loans, home equity loans, help with debt, and even financial tools and education.

With 2,400 employees across California, Arizona and Texas, we have served more than 1 million customers, resolved more than $15 billion in consumer debt and originated $6.5 billion in loans over the course of our 20 years in business.

Driven by our core values, were passionate about supporting our communities and proudly awarded over $500,000 in grants distributed by the Freedom Foundation Fund and the Freedom Family Fund in 2021. We believe in a culture led by diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourage our employees to bring their full selves to work every day. Our diversity-focused Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are open to all, whether a member of the ERG community or an ally of the group and we are a member of the Fintech Racial Equity Coalition to address and improve inequality in the fintech industry.

And finally, we take great pride in our achievements. This year we topped the list of Best Place to Work by the Phoenix Business Journal, were a top 100 Corporate Philanthropist by the San Francisco Business Times, a 2021 Most Admired Company and a Tech Company with the Best Company Culture by BestCompaniesAz, a 2021 Top Work Places winner by AZcentral, a BuiltIn Best Places to Work winner, and one of Phoenix Business Journals 2022 Healthiest Employers, to name a few.

Attention Agencies & Search Firms: We do not accept unsolicited candidate resumes or profiles. Please do not reach out to anyone within Freedom Financial Network (FFN) to market your services or candidates. All inquiries should be directed to Talent Acquisition only. We reserve the right to hire any candidates sent unsolicited and will not pay any fees without a contract signed by FFNs Talent Acquisition leader.