Akhila Ananthanarayanan
Human Resources Specialist
Mumbai,Maharashtra
Summary
Skilled HR Specialist offering 15+ years of progressive experience in human resources. Strategic leader, decision-maker and problem solver. Communicates clearly and effectively while operating with strong sense of urgency.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Vice President of Human Resources
Kotak General Insurance
Mumbai
01.2023 - Current
- Maintained optimal staffing levels by tracking vacancies and initiating recruitment and interview processes to identify qualified candidates.
- Directed hiring and onboarding programs for new employees.
- Interviewed potential hires, negotiated salaries and benefits and performed reference checks.
- Managing the complete recruitment life-cycle from sourcing the best talent to on-boarding experience
Human Resources Business Partner
Reliance Securities
Mumbai
10.2021 - 12.2022
- Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
- Conducted exit interviews with employees leaving company to gauge areas of success and opportunities for improvement.
- Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations, and disciplinary procedures.
- Managed full cycle of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new employees.
- Collaborated closely with internal teams to develop and implement successful human resources systems and processes.
- Developed and delivered special events for company employees.
- Developed and maintained relationships with recruitment agencies, industry professionals and government agencies for successful recruitment efforts.
- Facilitated team-building activities and initiatives, improving collaboration and engagement.
- Developed comprehensive process for new hires and reviewed new hire productivity, optimizing onboarding effectiveness.
Chief Manager - Human Resources
TATA AIG General Insurance
Mumbai
07.2017 - 09.2019
- Consolidated vendors and renegotiated contracts to optimize costs.
- Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
- Produced staffing matrix to provide adequate coverage of department.
- · Managing the complete recruitment cycle including sourcing, interviewing, and hiring of candidates for leadership positions at Corporate Office
- Ensure all hiring activities stayed within corporate established budget
- Oversee closure of frontline hiring of retail sales verticals
- Manpower planning and hiring plan for emerging new business in retail channel
- Brief business team on regular openings report, showing all · all vacancies within the company and status of each vacancy
- Manage and maintain the applicant tracking system and departmental reports on positions and hiring related issues
Associate Segment Head - Strategic HR
Reliance General Insurance
Mumbai
01.2006 - 06.2017
- Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
- Managing the complete recruitment life-cycle from sourcing the best talent to on-boarding experience
- Oversee Business Partnering for 3 Zones i.e. South, West and Corporate
- Planning human resource requirements in consultation with heads of different functional & operational areas
- Roll out of organizational structural changes and ensure effective communication of the same
- Design organizational structure and development/ maintenance of manpower requirement plan
- Managing the PAN India Employee Engagement & Communication Activities through roll out of monthly engagement and communication calendars.
- Leading the roll out of employee satisfaction surveys and follow up on action plan post the results basis the Aon Hewitt Model and Great Place to Work Model
- Closely work with the leadership team to solicit views and implement improvement projects post announcement of e-sat survey results
- Role mapping for all incumbents for compensation benchmarking exercise
- Involved in formulation, monitoring & implementation of various HR policies.
- Focus on HR audits and processes for ISO certification
- Managed Talent Management assessments for senior leadership i.e. OPQ, Cognitive Ability and 360 feedback and participated in the report interpretation sessions
- Roll out and Implementation of New Processes & Initiatives for employee benefits
- Participate in roll out & implementation of Group wide HR Initiatives
- Engagement through Social Media Platform
Education
Bachelor of Journalism - Journalism
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India 06.2001 - 06.2004
Diploma - Human Resources Management
Welingkar Institute of Management
Mumbai, India 07.2004 - 07.2005
Diploma - French
Alliance Francaise De Paris
Mumbai, India 06.2004 - 06.2006
Skills
HR Management
Timeline
Vice President of Human Resources
Kotak General Insurance
01.2023 - Current
Human Resources Business Partner
Reliance Securities
10.2021 - 12.2022
Chief Manager - Human Resources
TATA AIG General Insurance
07.2017 - 09.2019
Associate Segment Head - Strategic HR
Reliance General Insurance
01.2006 - 06.2017
Diploma - Human Resources Management
Welingkar Institute of Management
07.2004 - 07.2005
Diploma - French
Alliance Francaise De Paris
06.2004 - 06.2006
Bachelor of Journalism - Journalism
University of Mumbai
06.2001 - 06.2004
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