Julie-Ann Broderick
Dublin,Ireland
Summary
Highly experienced Senior Hr professional with over 25 years HR experience within leading organisations across a range of sectors. Passionate about HR strategy creation and delivery. Strong commercial and problem-solving skills. Proven effective people management skills. Highly committed to organisational purpose, mission and values and how it can empower people and culture.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
To date- caring for my father
01.2024 - 03.2025
Head of HR, Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dublin, 1
12.2003 - 01.2023
- Head of HR Managing 70+ HR team excluding L&D, reporting to the Senior Partner and Firms People Partner
- Supporting Leadership team, Partners, Management on all people issues, responsible for assisting, driving and creating the Firm’s HR Strategy, people engagement initiatives and all people related issues together with Leadership and the wider HR team
- Senior member of Covid Management team successfully managing the deployment of over 3000 people working remotely
- Extensive employee relations experience
- Extensive people management, people engagement, change management and driving inclusion, diversity initiatives
- Key point of contact with our healthcare and wellness providers and driving healthcare and wellness initiatives for all of the Firms people
- Responsible for providing a full range of HR services to the business including the provision of support on HR planning to meet business goals, headcount management, change management and restructuring
Senior HR Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dublin, 1
10.2009 - 07.2013
- Company Overview: Irelands leading professional services organisation
- Management of the HR Department and team( circa 25 in team)
- Together with HR People Partner, reports to the Firm’s Senior Managing Partner on all HR matters on a monthly basis
- Senior HR Business Partner responsible for the delivery of all aspects of the strategic and operational Human Resource service to the Assurance Practice (headcount circa 1100) within PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Trusted advisor to the Assurance practice, representing the HR function at Assurance Leadership Meetings
- Management of the Student Affairs function (2 in team) which supports student professional exam progression within the Firm
- Successfully enhanced the exam publication process for ACA exams, introducing dashboard metrics reporting on all exam related matters
- Responsible for providing a full range of HR services to the business including the provision of support on HR planning to meet business goals, headcount management, change management and restructuring, performance management, talent management, performance evaluation and moderation, recruitment, professional exam process, salary and bonus review and delivery and proactively dealing with any employee relations issues to avoid any possible risk of litigation to the Firm
- Irish Firm project lead on Talent Management resulting in the successful rollout of the Firm’s Talent Strategy in line with the Global Talent Management Strategy
- Project lead on the management of sensitive employee relations issues and investigations resulting in zero litigation issues
- Irelands leading professional services organisation
HR Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dublin, 1
10.2007 - 10.2009
- HR Business Partner responsible for the Assurance Practice, responsible for providing a full range of HR services to the business as outlined above
- Potential identified for progression from HR Manager to Senior HR Manager role after short period of time with the Firm
- Successful management of headcount reduction strategy in 2009 within the Assurance practice with zero litigation issues
- Design and implementation of Support Staff Career Structure within the Assurance Practice
Interim HR Consultant
City Jet
Swords, Co Dublin
05.2007 - 08.2007
- Recruited as an Interim HR Consultant through Merc InterIM Executives, reporting to the Head of HR, successfully completing all desired tasks within a 3 month project window, which included:
- Complete review, revision and introduction where required, of all City Jet HR Policies and Procedures in line with legislation and Company procedures resulting in the introduction of a number of new policies where gaps were identified and the introduction and design of a new CityJet Staff Handbook
- Development and implementation of HR Administration systems and procedures in line with HR best practice standards e.g
- Interview assessment forms, protective leave tracking sheets & procedures, letter templates, recruitment tracking procedures etc
Interim HR Business Partner
Zurich Insurance Ireland Ltd
12.2006 - 05.2007
- HR Business Partner for the General Insurance Business managing a team of 8
- Management of HR Operational issues
- Provision of HR support and advice to managers/ colleagues as required
- Assisted in ensuring payroll project was completed within agreed timeframe
- Management of annual bonus payment for all general company staff
- Redundancy and early retirement management
HR Manager
Superquinn Support Office
Lucan, Co Dublin
11.2000 - 10.2006
- Progressed from Senior HR executive to HR Manager after a year with the organisation (November 2001)
- Management & Support of 18 store HR Managers through daily contact and regular shop visits and audits- development of goals and objectives for the team and subsequently managed the transition from a local store based HR Manager model to a regional HR Manager model which involved making instore HR Managers redundant and the recruitment and management of 4 Regional HR Managers
- Managed the HR administrative team for a period of time which provided central administrative support to the HR function across the company
- Management of 3 HR Advisors and 1 HR Administrator and support to the HR Director
- Strategic input in change management project through senior management/board involvement which resulted in the restructuring of the management teams in all of Superquinn’s 19 shops
- Development of new recruitment & selection process including on-line recruitment system, new values based application form, competency based interviews etc
- Development and facilitation of assessment/development centres for trainee management and sales assistant levels within the business
- Volume recruitment- management of senior recruitment within the company e.g
- Management level and Support office functions
- Responsibility for new shop opening projects- establishing staffing requirements, organising recruitment campaigns & advertising, recruitment and selection of shop teams
- Effective management of employee relations issues
HR Officer
Penney’s Headoffice
Dublin, 1
08.2000 - 11.2000
HR Administrator
Dunnes Stores Headoffice
Dublin, 2
05.1999 - 07.2000
Part-Time Service Manager
Dunnes Stores
Donaghmede
01.1994 - 05.1999
Education
Bachelor of Business Studies Degree (Hons) - Human Resource Management
Dublin City University
Glasnevin, Dublin 01.1995 - 01.1999
Leaving Certificate - undefined
Manor House School
Raheny, Dublin 01.1989 - 01.1995
Skills
- Employee relations expertise
- Organisational agility
- HR policies implementation
- Conflict resolution capabilities
- Leadership proficiency
- Disciplinary proceedings handling
- Compensation structures
- Employee retention strategies
- Employment legislation
- Employee engagement initiatives
- Stakeholder management
- Benefits administration
- Legal compliance
- Employment relations
- Interviewing and candidate selection
- Data analytics
- Team building activity planning
- Workplace conflict resolution
- Recruitment techniques
- Succession planning
- Employment law knowledge
- HR budget management
- Talent management and workforce planning
- Strategic reward management
- Talent review procedures
- People Management
- Diversity and inclusion management
- Interpersonal communication
- Cultural awareness
- Team Leadership
- Strategic planning
Personal Information
Hobbies: Walking, Supporting rugby, Travelling, Socialising, Reading
Custom
- Chartered member of CIPD, 11/2004
- PwC in-house HR Business Partner training
- SHL Test administration Certificate (Saville & Holdsworth)
- IBEC, SHL, PwC, Superquinn & Dunnes Stores Interview Skills Workshops
- IBEC Employment law training
Timeline
To date- caring for my father
01.2024 - 03.2025
Senior HR Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
10.2009 - 07.2013
HR Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
10.2007 - 10.2009
Interim HR Consultant
City Jet
05.2007 - 08.2007
Interim HR Business Partner
Zurich Insurance Ireland Ltd
12.2006 - 05.2007
Head of HR, Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
12.2003 - 01.2023
HR Manager
Superquinn Support Office
11.2000 - 10.2006
HR Officer
Penney’s Headoffice
08.2000 - 11.2000
HR Administrator
Dunnes Stores Headoffice
05.1999 - 07.2000
Bachelor of Business Studies Degree (Hons) - Human Resource Management
Dublin City University
01.1995 - 01.1999
Part-Time Service Manager
Dunnes Stores
01.1994 - 05.1999
Leaving Certificate - undefined
Manor House School
01.1989 - 01.1995
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