Abhijeet Singh
Human Resource
Mumbai
Summary
- Seeking senior level assignments in Human Resources with a leading organization of repute.
- 20 years of experience in Human Resources including exposure in Talent Management & Talent Acquisition
- Practical experience of working in industries such as Banking, ITES and IT services.
- Thorough understanding of the entire gamut of Talent Management, Talent Acquisition and Employee Engagement. Adept at people management, maintaining healthy employee relations, bringing effective closure to employee grievances and fostering an engaged workforce.
- Creating Policies and processes for identifying, engaging and developing & creating career moves for high performing talent
- Formulating Compensation structure for employee's; Managing Performance Appraisal System and linking pay & reward to performance
- Managing induction program, on boarding readiness, and new hire engagement & Talent Management & Performance Appraisals
- Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
2008
2008
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
5
5
Languages
Work History
Head of Human Resource and Administration
03.2022 - Current
- Board Member & HR Committee Member
- Responsible for formulating driving HR policies and processes within the India Branch & responsible for hiring needs across business within the Bank. Creating Manpower Plans, Hiring Budgets and Headcount Approvals and driving end to end selection and deployment of retention of manpower
- Designing reward and benefit policies and processes in alignment with the applicable group policies
- Managing employee relations cases, grievance management & disciplinary cases and bringing legal closure to them & developing and implementing Engagement initiatives for the talent in the region
- Compensation Benchmarking for employees within the firm & formulating Grades and Titles for employees (Local & Expats)
- Managing ROC compliances for the India Branch & liaising with RBI with respect to all CEO related communication
- Part of the Procurement panel to onboard Concurrent, Statutory and IS auditors.
- Implemented Employee Engagement initiatives by launching initiatives such as Reward & Recognition Programs; and Initiating Management Trainee Program.
Head of Human Resource & Administration
02.2019 - 03.2022
- Solely responsible for formulating driving HR policies and processes within the India Branch & responsible for hiring needs across business within the Bank. Creating Manpower Plans, Hiring Budgets and Headcount Approvals and driving end to end selection and deployment of retention of manpower
- Designing reward and benefit policies and processes in alignment with the applicable group policies
- Managing employee relations cases, grievance management & disciplinary cases and bringing legal closure to them & developing and implementing Engagement initiatives for the talent in the region
- Board Member of the Bank (EXCO committee)
- Compensation Benchmarking for employees within the firm & formulating Grades and Titles for employees (Local & Expats)
- Managing ROC compliances for the India Branch & liaising with RBI with respect to all CEO related communication
- Part of the Procurement panel to onboard Concurrent, Statutory and IS auditors.
- Implemented Employee Engagement initiatives by launching initiatives such as Reward & Recognition Programs; and Initiating Management Trainee Program.
Assistant Vice President Human Resource
02.2018 - 02.2019
- Solely responsible for hiring needs across business within the Bank (GTS, Treasury, Support functions & CEO's office) & creating Manpower Plans, Hiring Budgets and Headcount Approvals and driving end to end selection and deployment of retention of manpower
- Managing the HR Risk and Compliance requirements for the business and site audits, group internal audits & managing PAN India Recruitments for various business
- Engaging with Industry leaders in the field of HR and keeping abreast of the latest happenings & best practices in HR. Ensure appropriate avenues of resourcing are tapped for an existing vacancy considering factors such as criticality of the position, time frame and cost of hire etc.
- Hired close to 100 candidates in the 9 months within the TAT defined
- Successfully implemented CSR activity for the firm in the field of Education.
- Received Business Award for exception performance in Hiring for the Legal Function (the Champion Award)
Vice President Human Resource & Administration
08.2015 - 01.2018
- Board Member (Management Committee Member)
- Solely responsible for formulating driving HR policies and processes within the India Branch and responsible for all hiring needs across business within the Bank. Creating Manpower Plans, Hiring Budgets and Headcount Approvals and driving end to end selection and deployment of retention of manpower
- Designing reward and benefit policies and processes in alignment with the applicable group policies
- Managing employee relations cases, grievance management & disciplinary cases and bringing legal closure to them & developing and implementing Engagement initiatives for the talent in the region
- Compensation Benchmarking for employees within the firm & formulating Grades and Titles for employees (Local & Expats)
- Managing ROC compliances for the India Branch & liaising with RBI with respect to all CEO related communication
- Part of the Procurement panel to onboard Concurrent, Statutory and IS auditors.
- Implemented Employee Engagement initiatives by launching initiatives such as Reward & Recognition Programs and Management Trainee programs.
Associate Vice President Human Resource
03.2014 - 08.2015
- Evaluating internal applicants for the role & promoting 'Internal Mobility'
- Ensure the hiring process is Compliant & 'On-Time' and within 'TAT'
- Build strong ties with external agencies namely, candidates & recruitment firms so as to uphold a positive brand image for the company & to function as a point of escalation, responding to consultant grievances regarding pending invoices or lack of candidate feedback.
- Ensure regular interaction with the department heads to understand resource requirements & update about market trends in Resourcing, Recruitment strategies adopted by competitors and accordingly plan adequate approaches.
- Recruitment Lead for Western India managing Corporate Banking; Global Banking; Global Finance; Retail Banking
- Average TAT on roles filled: 47 days; Closed 75 positions in the 5 months.
Team Manager Human Resource
02.2011 - 03.2014
- Evaluating internal applicants for the role & promoting 'Internal Mobility', Initiating Career Fairs
- Ensure all the avenues for resourcing such as websites, recruiting agencies, campus visits and print media are tapped & build strong ties with external agencies namely, candidates & recruitment firms so as to uphold a positive brand image for the company.
- To function as a point of escalation, responding to consultant grievances regarding pending invoices or lack of candidate feedback & ensure regular interaction with the department heads to understand resource requirements.
- Driving the employee referral program with Chase; Running KISOKS to drive applications for IJP roles. Initiated the Home-coming project.
- Average TAT on roles filled: 40 days
- All external hires through referrals (9% of the total hire)
- Closed 123 positions in the year 2013 (Ops, Support & Leadership, Risk & Compliance)
- Advisors: Total Delivery 790 against 789 Open positions (Agg. Fill rate 100% & Class fill rate of 97%)
- Creating SOP's pertaining to Recruitment (End - End Hiring, Re-hire process, No Show process, Offer letter talking points, Evaluation sheets)
- Champion in leading the Voice of Customer (candidate) & Champion in leading the project for 30-60-90 day attrition.
Assistant Manager
Bank of America Continumn Services, India
09.2007 - 05.2010
Team Leader
Planman Consulting Services
08.2005 - 09.2007
Education
Diploma in Human Resource Management - Human Resource
Wellingkar Institute
Mumbai 04.2001 - 01.2005
Bachelor of Science - Science
Mithibai College of Arts And Science
Mumbai03-2003
Skills
Employee engagement
Employee engagement strategies
Grievance resolution
Team engagement strategies
Interests
Music
Sports
Travelling
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 02/01/82
- Marital Status: Married
Accomplishments
Managed Compensation Benchmarking exercise for the bank.
Introduced E-Learning platform for employees
Acted as Chief Vigilance Officer for the bank
Awarded as "Best HR" from Business
Certification
IDRBT Certification
Listening to Music, Travelling
Listen to all types of genre as gives me peace and helps me relax. Love Travelling and meeting different people.
Timeline
IDRBT Certification
10-2024
Head of Human Resource and Administration
03.2022 - Current
Head of Human Resource & Administration
02.2019 - 03.2022
Assistant Vice President Human Resource
02.2018 - 02.2019
Vice President Human Resource & Administration
08.2015 - 01.2018
Associate Vice President Human Resource
03.2014 - 08.2015
Team Manager Human Resource
02.2011 - 03.2014
Assistant Manager
Bank of America Continumn Services, India
09.2007 - 05.2010
Team Leader
Planman Consulting Services
08.2005 - 09.2007
Diploma in Human Resource Management - Human Resource
Wellingkar Institute
04.2001 - 01.2005
Bachelor of Science - Science
Mithibai College of Arts And Science