ASHWINI SANKU
Mumbai
Summary
Results-driven HR Operations professional with 8+ years of experience across Banking and Financial Services industries. Recently promoted to Associate Manager role at Piramal Finance Ltd. based on operational excellence, ownership, stakeholder management, and process improvement capabilities. Experienced in managing PAN India Background Verification (BGV), HR Operations, Employee Lifecycle Management, Vendor Coordination, Recruitment Operations, Compliance Management, and HR Process Optimization. Strong expertise in handling high-volume operations, managing cross-functional teams, ensuring SLA adherence, driving operational efficiency, and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Manager – HR Operations
Piramal Finance Limited
mumbai
04.2026 - Current
- Key Responsibilities:
* Managing end-to-end PAN India Background Verification (BGV) operations
* Handling vendor management and maintaining strong external partnerships
* Managing stakeholder communication and ensuring timely resolution of queries
* Ensuring compliance, accuracy, and turnaround time adherence in verification processes
* Preparing operational reports and supporting process improvements - Managed daily operations of finance projects and team activities.
HR Assistant Manager-Operations
Piramal Finance Limited
Mumbai
07.2022 - Current
- Led a team of professionals to achieve project goals and ensure effective collaboration.
- Handled end-to-end onboarding deliverables, including Day 1 induction and formalities.
- Coordinated daily workload for team, addressing queries to ensure smooth operations.
- Providing accurate and timely payroll inputs to payroll team.
- Implementation/support of HRIS (Darwinbox)
- Managing the entire Background Verification (BGV) process and effective coordination with employees, vendors, and internal teams for further closure of BGV cases.
- Coordinated with BGV vendors on provisions and invoices, ensuring timely processing.
- Auditing the case files for the team members to avoid errors.
- Resolved inquiries from team members promptly, enhancing support and communication.
Senior Human Resource Executive - Talent Acquisition
Piramal Finance Limited
Mumbai
06.2021 - 07.2022
- At present accountable for managing comprehensive employee recruitment for the Sales across multiple locations in Country-India.
- End-to-End recruitment: sourcing, screening, scheduling interview-taking feedback from hiring managers, documents verification, offer discussion/rollout and onboarding candidates (Lateral + Bulk Hiring)
- Managed vendor relationships to ensure timely delivery of services.
- Strong knowledge on Taleo and Darwinbox software application.
- Closely working with business head to close hiring gap.
- Managing team of 2 recruiters.
- Assist in interviewing and selecting employees-offer negotiation, preparing and sending offer packages.
- Coordinating throughout the Onboarding-till day 1 joining process
- Filling hiring gaps through various channels - Job portals, internal & external references, vendors, career websites, etc.
- Initiate and manage cibil report generation and verification before offer rollout
- MIS Report - maintaining data on a daily basis
Human Resource Executive
YES Bank
Mumbai
04.2019 - 06.2021
- Managed comprehensive employee recruitment for sales positions across multiple locations in India.
- Executed end-to-end recruitment: sourced, screened, staffed, scoped, and onboarded candidates.
- Identifying specialized and potential candidates through various channels viz... database, job portal (naukri, LinkedIn, shine), referencing, career website, headhunting etc.
- Meeting hiring managers to understand niche skill profiles.
- Lateral Hiring: Identifying right candidates with required skills set and experience and ensuring that it matches with the requirement as per the job.
- MIS-Maintaining database of CRT-offered report, Lined & Turn-up report, drive report, maintaining daily/monthly wise recruiter's count.
Recruitment Association
TaurusHR Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
08.2017 - 03.2019
- Managing full cycle recruitment process to meet the various staffing across all levels. - PAN India
- Identifying specialized and potential candidates through various channels viz., database, job portal, referencing, headhunting etc.
- Strongly developed sourcing skills by using different portal like naukri, Linked-In, shine, monster.
- Experience in IT sector with good IT market knowledge.
HR Executive
Ross Warner HR Solution
Mumbai
05.2017 - 07.2017
- Internship
Education
PGDM - HR
Welingkar Institute
Mumbai04-2020
BMS - HR
Vidyalankar College
Mumbai04-2017
12th - HSC
Dr. Ambedkar College
Mumbai03-2014
10th - SSC
Holy Cross High School
Mumbai03-2012
Skills
- End to End Recruitment
- Onboarding
- BGV (Background Verification)
- Salary Negotiation
- Employee Engagement
- HR Process Optimization
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Data Analysis
- SAP HRIS
- Operations
- BGV (Background Verification)
Certification
- MSC-IT (Maharashtra State Certificate in Information Technology), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Advance Excel, Keerti Computer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Tally, Keerti Computer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- DTP, Keerti Computer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 10/12/96
- Nationality: Indian
- Place of Birth: Maharashtra
Languages
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Telugu
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Telugu
Languages
English
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Telugu
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Marathi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
HR TOOLS & SYSTEMS
- Darwinbox HRMS
- Taleo
- Microsoft Excel
- MIS Reporting
- HR Dashboards
- Recruitment Tracking Systems
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Promoted to Associate Manager role based on strong operational performance and ownership.
- Managed PAN India BGV operations with focus on compliance and turnaround time.
- Strong experience in HR Operations within Banking & Financial Services sector.
- Expertise in handling stakeholder management and vendor coordination.
- Proven ability to streamline HR operational processes and improve workflow efficiency.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Skill Area
- HR Operations
- Background Verification (BGV)
- Stakeholder Management
- Vendor Management
- Employee Onboarding
- Recruitment Operations
- MIS Reporting & Dashboards
- HR Compliance
- HRIS – Darwinbox & Taleo
- Process Improvement
- Team Coordination Proficiency
- Employee Lifecycle Management
Accomplishments
- HR Spotlight Awards
Timeline
Associate Manager – HR Operations
Piramal Finance Limited
04.2026 - Current
HR Assistant Manager-Operations
Piramal Finance Limited
07.2022 - Current
Senior Human Resource Executive - Talent Acquisition
Piramal Finance Limited
06.2021 - 07.2022
Human Resource Executive
YES Bank
04.2019 - 06.2021
Recruitment Association
TaurusHR Pvt. Ltd
08.2017 - 03.2019
HR Executive
Ross Warner HR Solution
05.2017 - 07.2017
PGDM - HR
Welingkar Institute
BMS - HR
Vidyalankar College
12th - HSC
Dr. Ambedkar College
10th - SSC
Holy Cross High School