Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Hobbies and Interests
Disclaimer
Languages
Achievementsandawards
Timeline
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Akancha Srivastava

Pune

Summary

Seasoned HR professional with a proven track record at UBS, adept in driving strategic HR initiatives and enhancing employee engagement across APAC. Skilled in organizational savvy and leadership, I excel in complex problem-solving and talent development, significantly improving recruitment operations and compliance. Demonstrates a strong analytical approach and team collaboration, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

APAC HR Advisor - Authorized Officer /Deputy

UBS
Pune
03.2023 - Current
  • Provide HR advisory support to APAC leaders and employees on HR-related matters, including employee relations, performance management, and talent development
  • Act as an Authorized Officer/Deputy, responsible for ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and labor laws across APAC.
  • Lead and manage complex employee relations cases, including investigations, disciplinary actions, and grievances.
  • Develop and implement HR initiatives and programs to drive business outcomes, improve employee engagement, and enhance the overall employee experience.
  • Provide guidance and support on talent management, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
  • Partner with business leaders to develop and implement HR strategies that align with business objectives.
  • Ensure data integrity and accuracy in HR systems and reports, and provide insights and analytics to inform HR and business decisions.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, including legal counsel, recruitment agencies, and benefits providers.
  • Stay up to date with changing labor laws and regulations, and ensure compliance across APAC.
  • Conduct thorough and impartial investigations into employee complaints and grievances.
  • Develop and implement corrective action plans to address performance and behavioral issues.
  • Provide coaching and guidance to managers and employees on HR-related matters.

Recruitment Operations - Employee /Deputy

UBS
Pune
05.2018 - 03.2023
  • Managing vendor payment (APAC agencies that provide the candidate pool) through COUPA and Myshop through SAP.
  • Manage job postings and candidate applications across multiple job boards, career sites, and social media platforms.
  • Coordinate and schedule interviews, assessments, and other recruitment activities using calendars, scheduling tools, and video conferencing platforms.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records, including resumes, cover letters, and interview notes, in the ATS, and HRIS.
  • Utilize recruitment marketing automation tools to streamline and optimize job postings, candidate engagement, and recruitment workflows.
  • Generate and analyze recruitment metrics and reports, including source-to-hire, time-to-hire, and candidate funnel analytics.
  • Collaborate with hiring managers and recruiters to ensure compliance with recruitment processes, policies, and procedures.
  • Managing and performing various checks (the performance and employee disciplinary records), and sharing the record with the recruiter and hiring manager to assist them with the recruitment process.
  • Performing the duplication check of the profile in Brassring, managing candidate queries (SJT, AON, HackerRank, and CodePair).
  • Troubleshoot technical issues with recruitment systems, including ATS, HRIS, and job boards, and escalate to IT support as needed.
  • Ensure data security, integrity, and confidentiality in all recruitment systems, applications, and processes.
  • Working with the recruitment governance team , ensuring that the team follows the recruitment policies and also ensuring the policy is updated as per country regulation

Education

MBA - Human Resources Management

Bharati Vidyapeeth
Pune
06-2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Banasthali Vidyapeeth
Jaipur
04-2015

Skills

  • Organizational Savvy
  • Team Collaboration
  • Positive attitude
  • Attention to Detail
  • Leadership Approach
  • Ability to multitask
  • Flexible to adapt
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strategic planning
  • Critical thinking

Accomplishments

  • Self-driven, highly talented APAC HR Advisor - Authorized Officer /Deputy professional with rich experience of 6+ years in handling various planning, directing and coordinating HR policies, staff affairs such as hiring, appraisals.
  • Expert in handling Parent Bank Merger Project for UBS and CS acquisition on benefits and work from home policies for the APAC region - covered Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Japan and India.
  • Profound knowledge in handling RIF files and initiating the first level of the communication in alias with the HR Business Partner.
  • Managing full responsibility of people management - leave management for employee, skill discussion and ensuring the smooth working of the team. Accessing the team on the CSAT (customer satisfaction survey) & checking of accuracy and team's performance.
  • Proven track records of handling employee's need and building employee relationships by identifying issues and recommending solutions, taking full responsibility for handling band resolving HR queries raised by the employees and the line manager via live agent and/or ticket raised on HR service now.
  • Managing the year end performance review for the employees starting with setting objectives, regular check-ins and year-end review for the employees. Aliasing with the line manager and HRBP for the year-end review/ Myimpact.
  • Working with the team on the ER issue like transport facilities decommissioned for an employee, relocation allowance clawback violation, Bonus and hike related issue.
  • Providing recruitment support to the global stakeholders (Hiring Manager and Candidates) and APAC recruiters for various recruitment activities.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading Books
  • Listening to Music

Disclaimer

I solemnly declare that the information stated above is true and correct to the best of my belief.

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Achievementsandawards

  • Proud to get promoted from Employee to Authorized Officer in 2023.
  • Proud to receive a global recognition for training the Global Recruitment Team (Swiss, Poland and EMEA) in APAC practice and process.
  • Proud to receive award as Star of the Quarter twice for performing well in the quarter.

Timeline

APAC HR Advisor - Authorized Officer /Deputy

UBS
03.2023 - Current

Recruitment Operations - Employee /Deputy

UBS
05.2018 - 03.2023

MBA - Human Resources Management

Bharati Vidyapeeth

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Banasthali Vidyapeeth

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