Anika Aniket Waval

• HR Business Partnering: Acted as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, addressing employee concerns, conflicts, and grievances, while fostering a positive work environment. Collaborated with leadership to align business goals with effective HR strategies and initiatives.
• Workforce Planning & Talent Management: Provided strategic insights on workforce structure and talent needs, driving organizational design, headcount planning, and succession planning to support business objectives. Partnered with functional leaders to address talent management challenges, enhance employee engagement, and optimize performance.
• Leadership Development & Succession Planning: Worked closely with leadership teams to design and implement leadership development programs, coaching, and succession planning strategies to build organizational capacity, and ensure long-term talent sustainability.
• Performance Management: Supported managers in performance management by driving goal setting, feedback, coaching, and performance evaluation processes, focusing on continuous improvement, and talent development.
• Employee Development: Identified skill gaps, coordinated training opportunities, and facilitated career growth initiatives to enhance employee development and retention.
• Strategic Workforce Planning: Engaged with business leaders to provide data-driven insights on HR strategies, leveraging business unit data, and analyzing industry trends to inform workforce decisions.
• Compliance & Benefits Management: Ensured adherence to statutory compliance requirements and managed employee benefits, including salary planning, promotions, and job re-leveling, in line with company policies.
• Employee Engagement: Led employee engagement initiatives such as recognition programs, wellness activities, and events, promoting a positive and productive workplace culture.
• Policies & Procedures: Developed and enforced HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with industry standards, promoting best practices, and organizational consistency.

• As an HRBP, my role involves handling employee concerns, conflicts, and grievances, acting as a liaison between employees and management to cultivate a positive work environment and resolve issues efficiently. resolve issues efficiently.
• Performance Management & Employee Development: Partnered with managers to drive performance management processes, including goal-setting, feedback, coaching, and evaluations. Identified training needs, coordinated learning opportunities, and facilitated workshops to support employee growth and development.
• Employee Engagement & Culture Initiatives: Led initiatives focused on employee recognition, wellness programs, diversity and inclusion efforts, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to foster an inclusive and engaged workplace culture.
• Strategic Workforce Planning: Collaborated with business leaders on workforce planning to ensure alignment with company goals, providing insights, and contributing to HR strategies, policies, and processes that optimize talent management and future workforce needs.
• HR Operations & Systems Management: Managed seamless end-to-end HR operations, including onboarding, transitions, and retirements across APAC regions. Demonstrated proficiency in HRIS, HRMS, Workday, RAMCO, Netsuite, SWAT, and ERP systems to streamline HR processes and maintain accurate employee data.

• Oversee the entire IT and non-IT recruitment lifecycle, including understanding manpower requirements, job postings, screening candidates, coordinating interviews, facilitating the offer process, and managing post-offer engagement.
• Managed the complete employee lifecycle, from onboarding to generating offers, implementing effective onboarding programs, fostering employee engagement, and overseeing employee exits.
• Additionally, the issuance of various HR letters, such as address proofs, offer letters, appointment letters, confirmation letters, and experience letters, as needed.
• Tracking attendance, managing leaves, handling payroll, providing performance management system (PMS) feedback, and handling exit procedures.
• Maintaining employee master records related to hiring, transfers, promotions, and terminations, and managing separation processes such as resignations, absconding, and terminations, including conducting exit interviews, and coordinating full and final settlements.
• Handling day-to-day HR operations and managing the PMS cycle for employees through 360-degree feedback involving both employees and their reporting bosses.

• Effectively and smoothly handling the onboardings for pan-India joiners.
• Managed the complete employee lifecycle, from onboarding to generating offers, implementing effective onboarding programs, fostering employee engagement, and overseeing employee exits.
• Additionally, the issuance of various HR letters, such as address proofs, offer letters, appointment letters, confirmation letters, and experience letters, as needed.

As the sole HR representative within the organization, I manage all aspects of human resources, ensuring alignment with company goals, and fostering a positive work environment.

• Employee Relations & Conflict Resolution: Acted as the primary point of contact for employee concerns, conflicts, and grievances, serving as a liaison between employees and management to resolve issues effectively, and maintain a positive, productive work environment.
• Performance Management & Employee Development: Led performance management initiatives by partnering with managers on goal-setting, feedback, coaching, and performance evaluations. Identified training needs, coordinated learning opportunities, and facilitated development programs to support continuous employee growth.
• Employee Engagement & Culture: Spearheaded employee engagement initiatives, including recognition programs, wellness activities, diversity and inclusion efforts, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects, fostering an inclusive and engaging workplace culture.
• Strategic Workforce Planning: Collaborated with leadership on workforce planning, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Provided insights and contributed to HR strategies, policies, and processes to optimize talent management, and meet future workforce needs.
• HR Operations & Systems Management: Managed end-to-end HR operations, including onboarding, transitions, and retirements across APAC regions. Worked in HRIS, HRMS to streamline HR processes, manage employee data, and improve overall operational efficiency.

By handling these comprehensive HR functions, I have successfully created a cohesive and supportive environment that aligns with both employee needs and organizational objectives.