Job Description
Overview
Old National Bank has been serving clients and communities since 1834. With over $70 billion in total assets, we are a regional powerhouse deeply rooted in the communities we serve. As a trusted partner, we thrive on helping our clients achieve their goals and dreams, and we are committed to social responsibility and investing in our communities through volunteering and charitable giving.
We continually seek highly motivated and talented individuals as our people are critical to our success. In return, we offer competitive compensation with our salary and incentive program, in addition to medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401K, continuing education opportunities and an employee assistance program are also included in our benefit suite. Old National also offers a variety of Impact Network Groups led by team members who are passionate about driving engagement, creating awareness of diverse backgrounds and experiences, and building inclusion across the organization. We offer a unique opportunity to join a growing, community and client-focused company that is firmly rooted in its core values.
Responsibilities
This role will promote, support and maintain HR compliance best practices and governance while ensuring adherence to relevant local, state, and national employment laws and regulations and in accordance with Old National Bank's culture, purpose and values, Code of Conduct, strategies and other enterprise policies and guidelines.
This role functions as both a subject matter expert and a key partner across HR and other partners across the organization. The role provides high-level HR guidance and serves as a strategic advisor on compliance matters.
Salary Range
The salary range for this position is $81,700 - $165,100 per year. Final compensation will be determined by location, skills, experience, qualifications and the career level at which the position is filled.
Key Accountabilities
• Stay up to date on existing and proposed federal, state, and local employment laws, assessing their impact within ONB footprint to ensure company practices remain current and compliant
• Review handbook policies and assigned HR procedures providing recommendations for updates and changes
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive alignment on compliance strategies. Partner with HR leadership, Legal, and other departments to ensure compliance with evolving regulations.
• Lead the assessment, planning, and implementation of new compliance initiatives. Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and documentation to support HR compliance.
• Manage assigned projects to ensure initiatives meet company needs and regulatory deadlines.
• Work closely with outside counsel to ensure ONB’s VISA process is compliant with federal requirements and review VISA documentation to ensure it is current and up to date; engage other areas of the HR team as needed
• Conduct assessments and develop mitigation strategies for HR compliance-related challenges.
• Review compliance training regularly, providing recommendations for updates and changes; May provide training and guidance to managers on compliance topics, ensuring best practices are understood and followed.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to implement HR compliance solutions effectively. Monitor and evaluate HR compliance initiatives, applying lessons learned to future projects.
• Support Heightened Standards at Old National Bank
• Conduct regular HR audits to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Maintain a compliance dashboard and other reporting to identify and mitigate risk, suggesting and implementing best practices, to track key compliance metrics and initiatives.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) reports to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local requirements and anti-discrimination laws and regulations.
• Partner on team member matters, ADA/FMLA escalations, Ethicspoint reviews, and workplace investigations as needed
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
Key Competencies for Position
• Strategic Thinking & Execution: Focuses on larger, long-term issues and creates plans and strategies. Translates broad strategies into clear objectives and practical application of plans. Anticipates risks and devises contingency plans to manage them. At the highest levels, develops and helps drive a long-term vision that describes how to organization needs to operate now and in the future in a way that translates into clear objectives and practical application of plans. Develops distinctive strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage while focusing the organization on efforts that add significant value. Committed to achieving established goals, overcoming obstacles, and continuously learning to improve performance.
• Collaboration/Influence: Works interdependently and collaboratively with others to achieve mutual goals. Actively seeks, develops and maintains trusted relationships with others to achieve business goals and objectives. Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifies one's own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations and individuals involved.
• Navigates Change: Seeks to understand, embrace, model, plan and take steps to help team members and the organization align and navigate through change. At the highest levels, leads change efforts and effectively creates a vision, engaging team members to implement the change to gain their support and commitment, helps team members understand why the change is occurring, continuously sharing information and assessing the adoption of the change while helping others overcome resistance to change.
Qualifications And Education Requirements
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in fields such as HR, employment law, compliance, leave management, etc.
• HRCI/SHRM HR Certification desirable
• 10+ years of experience in HR Compliance, employment law, employee relations, or employee investigations with demonstrated success partnering with team members and leadership across an organization
• Strong knowledge of HR compliance, employment laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience in banking/financial services preferred
• Demonstrated capacity for gathering and scrutinizing data to identify issues, opportunities, patterns, and sustainable business solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex compliance issues.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent relationship building skills and demonstrated track record of building and sustaining key partnerships across the organization
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Ability to build cross-functional partnerships and influence key stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical capabilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy and compliance standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
• Ability and willingness to work in footprint and in office to contribute to effective communication and collaboration
Key Measures Of Success/Key Deliverables
• Contribute to the Talent team’s success through achievement of shared and individual objectives and deliverables.
• Participate in projects/activities to encourage professional growth and development
Old National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer focused on fostering an inclusive workplace and committed to hiring a workforce comprised of diverse backgrounds, cultures and thinking styles.
As such, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with disability, ****** orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have an agreement signed by the Director of Talent Acquisition, SVP, to fill a specific position.
Our culture is firmly rooted in our core values.
We are optimistic. We are collaborative. We are inclusive. We are agile. We are ethical.
We are Old National Bank. Join our team!
Old National Bank has been serving clients and communities since 1834. With over $70 billion in total assets, we are a regional powerhouse deeply rooted in the communities we serve. As a trusted partner, we thrive on helping our clients achieve their goals and dreams, and we are committed to social responsibility and investing in our communities through volunteering and charitable giving.
We continually seek highly motivated and talented individuals as our people are critical to our success. In return, we offer competitive compensation with our salary and incentive program, in addition to medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401K, continuing education opportunities and an employee assistance program are also included in our benefit suite. Old National also offers a variety of Impact Network Groups led by team members who are passionate about driving engagement, creating awareness of diverse backgrounds and experiences, and building inclusion across the organization. We offer a unique opportunity to join a growing, community and client-focused company that is firmly rooted in its core values.
Responsibilities
This role will promote, support and maintain HR compliance best practices and governance while ensuring adherence to relevant local, state, and national employment laws and regulations and in accordance with Old National Bank's culture, purpose and values, Code of Conduct, strategies and other enterprise policies and guidelines.
This role functions as both a subject matter expert and a key partner across HR and other partners across the organization. The role provides high-level HR guidance and serves as a strategic advisor on compliance matters.
Salary Range
The salary range for this position is $81,700 - $165,100 per year. Final compensation will be determined by location, skills, experience, qualifications and the career level at which the position is filled.
Key Accountabilities
• Stay up to date on existing and proposed federal, state, and local employment laws, assessing their impact within ONB footprint to ensure company practices remain current and compliant
• Review handbook policies and assigned HR procedures providing recommendations for updates and changes
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive alignment on compliance strategies. Partner with HR leadership, Legal, and other departments to ensure compliance with evolving regulations.
• Lead the assessment, planning, and implementation of new compliance initiatives. Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and documentation to support HR compliance.
• Manage assigned projects to ensure initiatives meet company needs and regulatory deadlines.
• Work closely with outside counsel to ensure ONB’s VISA process is compliant with federal requirements and review VISA documentation to ensure it is current and up to date; engage other areas of the HR team as needed
• Conduct assessments and develop mitigation strategies for HR compliance-related challenges.
• Review compliance training regularly, providing recommendations for updates and changes; May provide training and guidance to managers on compliance topics, ensuring best practices are understood and followed.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to implement HR compliance solutions effectively. Monitor and evaluate HR compliance initiatives, applying lessons learned to future projects.
• Support Heightened Standards at Old National Bank
• Conduct regular HR audits to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Maintain a compliance dashboard and other reporting to identify and mitigate risk, suggesting and implementing best practices, to track key compliance metrics and initiatives.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) reports to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local requirements and anti-discrimination laws and regulations.
• Partner on team member matters, ADA/FMLA escalations, Ethicspoint reviews, and workplace investigations as needed
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
Key Competencies for Position
• Strategic Thinking & Execution: Focuses on larger, long-term issues and creates plans and strategies. Translates broad strategies into clear objectives and practical application of plans. Anticipates risks and devises contingency plans to manage them. At the highest levels, develops and helps drive a long-term vision that describes how to organization needs to operate now and in the future in a way that translates into clear objectives and practical application of plans. Develops distinctive strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage while focusing the organization on efforts that add significant value. Committed to achieving established goals, overcoming obstacles, and continuously learning to improve performance.
• Collaboration/Influence: Works interdependently and collaboratively with others to achieve mutual goals. Actively seeks, develops and maintains trusted relationships with others to achieve business goals and objectives. Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifies one's own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations and individuals involved.
• Navigates Change: Seeks to understand, embrace, model, plan and take steps to help team members and the organization align and navigate through change. At the highest levels, leads change efforts and effectively creates a vision, engaging team members to implement the change to gain their support and commitment, helps team members understand why the change is occurring, continuously sharing information and assessing the adoption of the change while helping others overcome resistance to change.
Qualifications And Education Requirements
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in fields such as HR, employment law, compliance, leave management, etc.
• HRCI/SHRM HR Certification desirable
• 10+ years of experience in HR Compliance, employment law, employee relations, or employee investigations with demonstrated success partnering with team members and leadership across an organization
• Strong knowledge of HR compliance, employment laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience in banking/financial services preferred
• Demonstrated capacity for gathering and scrutinizing data to identify issues, opportunities, patterns, and sustainable business solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex compliance issues.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent relationship building skills and demonstrated track record of building and sustaining key partnerships across the organization
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Ability to build cross-functional partnerships and influence key stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical capabilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy and compliance standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
• Ability and willingness to work in footprint and in office to contribute to effective communication and collaboration
Key Measures Of Success/Key Deliverables
• Contribute to the Talent team’s success through achievement of shared and individual objectives and deliverables.
• Participate in projects/activities to encourage professional growth and development
Old National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer focused on fostering an inclusive workplace and committed to hiring a workforce comprised of diverse backgrounds, cultures and thinking styles.
As such, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with disability, ****** orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have an agreement signed by the Director of Talent Acquisition, SVP, to fill a specific position.
Our culture is firmly rooted in our core values.
We are optimistic. We are collaborative. We are inclusive. We are agile. We are ethical.
We are Old National Bank. Join our team!
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The HR Compliance & Policy Leader position is now open for candidates interested in the Human Resource (HR) Jobs sector. This role in Chicago offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Human Resource (HR) Jobs is a plus.
