Anupama Das
HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven HR Business Partner with 12+ years of experience across Fintech and BFSI, delivering strategic HR leadership in high-growth, regulated environments. Expertise spans HR business partnering, workforce planning, talent management, total rewards, compensation & benefits, and core HR operations, with a strong focus on regulatory compliance, risk governance, and scalable people practices. Trusted advisor to CXOs and BU Heads, driving organizational effectiveness, change management, and leadership capability in product-led financial services organizations like Empower. Highly skilled in AI-driven recruitment, benefits optimization (insurance, wellness, retirement), and HR analytics, leveraging workforce insights to inform talent strategy, cost optimization, and retention while enabling sustainable growth, accountability, and employee engagement.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. HR Business Partner - People and Client Advisory
BlackLine
09.2024 - 03.2025
- Strategic HR Business Partnering: Acted as a trusted HRBP to senior leadership, translating business strategy into people priorities across Fintech/BFSI units, ensuring 100% compliance with labor laws, regulatory standards, and risk governance frameworks.
- Total Rewards & Benefits Advisory: Partnered with business leaders on India total rewards strategy, overseeing benefits programs (insurance, retirement, wellness); led renewals and vendor negotiations delivering 8–12% cost efficiencies while sustaining competitive offerings and employee satisfaction.
- Talent Planning & Workforce Strategy: Drove workforce planning, talent acquisition strategy, and HR automation initiatives in partnership with business heads, reducing time-to-fill by 25–30%, improving hiring quality, and strengthening retention in mission-critical roles.
- Compensation, Performance & Pay Governance: Led annual compensation and performance review cycles, advising leadership on salary benchmarking, incentive structures, and pay-for-performance models; ensured high data integrity across the employee lifecycle to support fair, market-aligned decisions.
- Leadership Development & Engagement Enablement: Enabled leaders through succession planning, leadership development, coaching, and L&D interventions, translating engagement survey insights into action plans that improved leadership capability and engagement outcomes.
- People Analytics & Change Enablement: Utilized HR analytics, dashboards, and KPIs to provide actionable insights on talent risks, productivity, and attrition; influenced leadership decisions and drove process improvements supporting business transformation and scale.
Senior Consultant-Human Resources Business Partner
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
06.2022 - 08.2024
- Principal HR Business Partner to CXOs & BU Heads: Partnered with Executive Leadership, Business Heads, and Board stakeholders to translate business strategy into people priorities, enabling scale in a Fintech startup environment while maintaining BFSI-grade governance and compliance (100%) across employment laws, policies, and regulatory frameworks.
- Strategic Talent & Performance Advisory: Served as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and people managers on talent management, performance acceleration, leadership capability, and succession planning, contributing to a high-performance culture and measurable improvements in engagement and leadership readiness.
- Workforce Planning, Hiring & Automation Leadership: Led end-to-end recruitment strategy, workforce planning, and HR automation initiatives across key business units, reducing time-to-hire by ~25%, improving hiring predictability, and strengthening retention in critical roles supporting business growth.
- India Benefits & Total Rewards Strategy: Designed and executed India benefits and total rewards strategy (insurance, retirement, wellness) for a scaling workforce; led vendor negotiations and annual renewals, achieving 8–12% cost optimization while maintaining competitive and compliant offerings.
- Benefits Transformation & Governance: Introduced new benefit programs with strong project governance, cross-functional alignment, and HR/payroll system integration, leveraging market benchmarking to improve cost efficiency, employee value perception, and adoption rates.
- Stakeholder Management & Risk Resolution: Partnered closely with CXOs, BU Heads, Finance, Legal, and external vendors on total rewards governance, workforce compliance, and complex benefits escalations, ensuring timely resolution, clear communication, and minimal business disruption.
- People Analytics & Enterprise Change Enablement: Leveraged HR analytics, dashboards, and workforce insights to advise leadership on attrition, productivity, and talent risk trends, supporting data-driven decision-making, organizational effectiveness, and change management in a fast-evolving Fintech/BFSI landscape.
Senior Analyst – HRBP and Service Delivery
J.P. Morgan Chase
09.2016 - 06.2022
- Core HR Operations & Governance Leadership: Owned end-to-end core HR operations including payroll, employee benefits administration, rewards & recognition, policy governance, onboarding/offboarding, and global mobility; ensured 100% compliance with employment laws, internal controls, and regulatory requirements while delivering a seamless employee lifecycle experience.
- Benefits & Total Rewards Strategy Ownership: Led enterprise-wide benefits and total rewards strategy, covering insurance, retirement, wellness, and recognition programs; managed vendor negotiations, renewals, and market benchmarking, delivering 8–12% cost efficiencies while scaling compliant, competitive offerings in a Fintech-BFSI environment.
- Employee Relations, Engagement & Change Leadership: Championed employee relations, engagement, and performance management, coaching people managers through change and complexity; strengthened a high-trust, inclusive, and performance-driven culture, contributing to improved retention and organizational effectiveness.
- People Analytics & Workforce Intelligence: Leveraged HR analytics, workforce insights, and market intelligence to identify talent gaps and attrition risks, shape retention strategies, and deliver data-backed recommendations to CXOs for informed decision-making.
- HR Transformation & Digital Enablement: Spearheaded continuous improvement and HR digital transformation, mentoring HR teams, embedding industry best practices, and leading HRIS implementations that streamlined processes, improved data accuracy, and enhanced stakeholder experience.
Sr. HR Generalist- Operations
Aegis LTD
03.2015 - 07.2016
- End-to-End HR Operations Leadership: Led talent acquisition, workforce planning, onboarding & weekly orientations, benefits administration, compliance, performance management, employee engagement, and offboarding, ensuring a seamless, compliant, and scalable employee lifecycle.
Corporate Relations Manager
Amrita Institute of Science and Technology
02.2013 - 12.2014
- Consulting Partner for corporate relations with clients.
Education
M.Sc. - Biotechnology
Bangalore University
Bangalore06.2012
B.Sc. - Major in Physiology
Calcutta University
Calcutta06.2010
Skills
Employee Benefits Strategy & Renewal
Total Rewards & Benchmarking
Talent & Performance Management
Problem Solving & Employee experience
Organizational Development
Stakeholder Management
Policy Compliance & Workplace Relations
HR Analytics & Workforce Planning
HRIS Tools: Workday, Oracle HCM, Success factor
Timeline
Sr. HR Business Partner - People and Client Advisory
BlackLine
09.2024 - 03.2025
Senior Consultant-Human Resources Business Partner
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
06.2022 - 08.2024
Senior Analyst – HRBP and Service Delivery
J.P. Morgan Chase
09.2016 - 06.2022
Sr. HR Generalist- Operations
Aegis LTD
03.2015 - 07.2016
Corporate Relations Manager
Amrita Institute of Science and Technology
02.2013 - 12.2014
B.Sc. - Major in Physiology
Calcutta University
M.Sc. - Biotechnology
Bangalore University