EAPSITA
Bengaluru
Summary
- Dynamic and results-driven Talent Acquisition professional with 11+ years of experience in strategizing, leading, and executing end-to-end recruitment across diverse functions and industries.
- Proven ability to scale teams and operations, having delivered 1500+ hires annually with 90%+ SLA compliance.
- Extensive hiring expertise across Product & Technology, Advisory, Audit, Taxation, IT & Non-IT, Campus, Leadership, and Niche roles.
- Adept at aligning talent strategies with business goals to support rapid organizational growth and transformation.
- Successfully led recruitment teams and managed global stakeholder relationships across APAC, EMEA, and the US.
- Expert in workforce planning, employer branding, data-driven hiring, and stakeholder management.
- Demonstrated impact in reducing cost-per-hire by 30%, increasing offer-to-joiner ratios, and improving recruitment efficiency.
- Strong experience in building TA frameworks, designing recruitment processes, and leading digital transformation initiatives such as ATS implementation.
- Drove Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) hiring practices, internal mobility programs, and strategic referral initiatives.
- Certified LinkedIn Recruiter (scored 92%)
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager - Talent Aquisition
GRANT THORNTON US LLP
07.2022 - Current
- Established talent acquisition vision and strategies aligned with organizational goals, enabling robust and scalable growth.
- Led end-to-end recruitment strategies across diverse business units including Technology Modernization, Innovation, Product, Analytics, Advisory, Audit, Taxation, and Marketing.
- Successfully scaled Audit business unit headcount from 300 to 900+ in just 3 months, demonstrating strong leadership and strategic hiring execution.
- Revamped hiring processes across Advisory and Technology Modernization business units, improving offer-to-joiner ratio from 40% to 70% and reducing time-to-hire (TAT) by 30%.
- Managed a 15-member TA team (7 direct reports across 2 locations) with a strong focus on performance management, succession planning, training, and career development.
- Spearheaded leadership hiring across Director to CXO levels, aligning talent strategy with long-term business needs.
- Built and managed global stakeholder relationships across APAC, EMEA, and the US; led lateral and leadership hiring while collaborating with global HR teams to address workforce transitions, global mobility, and repatriation.
- Partnered with business leaders to forecast headcount, drive strategic hiring plans, and lead manpower planning, budgeting, and forecasting in collaboration with Finance, C&B, and Resource Management teams.
- Led TA analytics and reporting by automating dashboards, providing real-time hiring insights, and developing key recruitment metrics (hit ratios, offer-to-joiner ratios, panel analysis, TAT, cost-per-hire, etc.).
- Revamped employer branding, referral programs, and DEI strategies, improving offer-to-joiner ratios from 55% to 80% and reducing recruitment cost-per-hire by 30%.
- Led recruitment and employer branding campaigns on LinkedIn and company’s career portal, significantly enhancing talent brand presence and candidate engagement.
- Enhanced candidate experience through implementing initiatives like post-offer connect programs, coffee/lunch connects, and candidate gifting—resulting in higher offer acceptance rates.
- Managed campus relations and hiring from Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutes, onboarding 500+ freshers in 2 quarters through innovative outreach and engagement programs.
- Led TA onboarding revamp for campus hiring; partnered with HRBP and C&B to benchmark compensation competitively.
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive Talent Acquisition framework with standardized policies, processes, and training programs for consistent adoption across hiring teams.
- Championed DEI hiring initiatives by implementing inclusive recruitment practices, enhancing diversity pipelines and enhanced referral bonuses for diversity candidates.
- Designed sourcing strategies to enhance TA capabilities, improve efficiency, and reduce recruitment costs.
- Boosted Employee Referral contributions from 10% to 35% within 5 months through targeted internal campaigns and recognition programs.
- Managed Internal Job Postings (IJP) and lateral movements to support internal mobility and talent retention.
- Led offer negotiation and compensation planning to ensure internal parity and external competitiveness.
- Managed annual recruitment budgets and optimized vendor usage, reducing overall cost-per-hire by 30%
- Reduced vendor dependency from nearly 90% to 20% through central sourcing and vendor optimization, reducing the hiring costs.
- Oversaw vendor governance processes including contract reviews, performance evaluations, billing, onboarding / offboarding, and regular stakeholder reviews to ensure smooth partnerships
- Successfully onboarded and governed RPO teams; increased internal sourcing contribution to 80% across two major business units.
- Played a critical role in audit readiness by ensuring TA processes were compliant and well-documented, with a strong focus on regulatory standards and risk mitigation.
Associate Manager - Talent Acquisition
IQUANTI INC. (Product & Digital)
10.2017 - 06.2022
- Involved in end-to-end recruitment and lead the entire recruitment cycle for the Product & Engineering, Managed Services, and Consulting BU with a team of 4 directly reporting to me.
- Identifying hiring needs - new positions/ replacement positions, hiring plan.
- Managed the full recruitment life- cycle which includes collaborating with different BU heads for understanding the requirements, sourcing candidates from various avenues - Job portals (Naukri, Monster, IIMJobs, Hirist, Indeed, InstaHyre, GitHub), Social media channels (LinkedIn Recruiter Premium Account, Facebook), Employee Referral, Career Page, Internal Database , pre- screening, scheduling interviews, coordination, feedback, salary negotiations, joining bonuses, relocation benefits, offer recommendation and generation, and closing the position.
- Involved in product & engineering, technical, non- technical, digital marketing, and analytics hiring.
- Proficient in Niche, Leadership & Volume hiring.
- SPOC for campus hiring (Premier B Schools and Top Tier Engineering Colleges), involved in Pre-placement talks.
- Reduced TAT by 40% and increased the joining ratio by 80%.
- Successfully revamped the recruitment process across Product & Engineering BU and increased the Offer to joiner ratio from 40% to 70%.
- Allocating requirements to the team as per bandwidth and expertise.
- Work with Business unit heads and C- level executives in planning and strategizing the recruitment initiatives for existing and new accounts by proposing new ideas/solutions to onboard resources.
- Experience in stakeholder management and vendor management.
- Reports generation for weekly / monthly team Audits using MS Excel.
- Maintaining & Tracking Monthly Recruitment Costs, timely updates to resourcing team and finance team for company P&L.
- Tracking of multiple hiring metrics such as Target Achievement, Offer to Join, Conversion Time & Cost per Hire, Candidate & Hiring Manager experience, Quality of Hire, Sourcing Channel Mix & Diversity.
- Launched Candidate Experience Survey and made changes in interview process based on feedback. NPS significantly improved in 5 months’ time.
- Coordinating travel arrangements and expense reimbursement as needed.
- Effectively coordinated high-volume hiring activities, including weekday/weekend recruitment drives and ongoing parallel interviews across multiple skill sets; ensured seamless virtual interview experiences through platforms such as Skype, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
- Organizing and delivering the Recruitment process training for new joiners.
- Training the team members and new joiners on Candidate Engagement and niche technologies.
- Coordinating and enabling onboarding for new joiners and briefing the new joiners about company policies and procedures, leave policies, and ensuring the completion of joining formalities.
- Verifying of documents, official Email ID creation, and maintaining employee personal data files.
- Managed exit formalities including exit interviews, coordinating for clearance with departments, collating exit interview feedback from the employees and preparation of relieving letters, sharing exit analysis report.
Consultant - Recruitment
CAREERNET TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD
08.2014 - 04.2017
- Led end-to-end recruitment from entry-level to senior leadership, including bulk hiring and multi-location hiring events.
- Regularly collaborated with BU Heads and Hiring Managers to understand resource needs for various locations and the target companies.
- Managed sourcing through job portals (Naukri, Monster, TimesJobs) and passive channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Google), with a focus on diversity hiring.
- Prepared daily, monthly, and quarterly hiring reports.
- Built & maintained talent pipelines for current and future requirements.
- Led a team of 17, directly mentoring 7 members, ensuring optimal resource utilization by prioritizing and assigning requirements.
- Acted as the client-facing SPOC for requirements and feedback coordination.
Education
MBA - HR & Marketing
RV Institute of Management, Bangalore University
01-2014
B.Tech - ECE
CTIEMT, Punjab Technical University
01-2012
Skills
Talent Acquisition Strategy & Delivery
Strategic Workforce Planning
Recruitment Lifecycle Management
Global Stakeholder Management
People Management
Project Management
High-Volume & Niche Hiring
Leadership Hiring
Product & Engineering Hiring
DEI Hiring
Campus Hiring Strategy
Candidate Experience Management
Employer Branding & Candidate Experience
Recruitment Metrics & Analytics
Global Mobility & Internal Talent Mobility
Vendor Management & RPO Governance
ATS & HRIS Systems
Performance Review
Strategic Planning & Execution
Timeline
Manager - Talent Aquisition
GRANT THORNTON US LLP
07.2022 - Current
Associate Manager - Talent Acquisition
IQUANTI INC. (Product & Digital)
10.2017 - 06.2022
Consultant - Recruitment
CAREERNET TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD
08.2014 - 04.2017
MBA - HR & Marketing
RV Institute of Management, Bangalore University
B.Tech - ECE
CTIEMT, Punjab Technical University
Awards & Achievements
- Consistent high performer for 3 consecutive performance cycles (2022 to 2025) Received the GT 100 & Beyond Award at the Annual Event 2025.
- Received multiple Certificate of Recognition from Business Leaders & COO. Monthly Kudos for closing a Director Level Position within a week.
- Highest Rated Performer for FY: 21 - 22 & 20 -21.
- On the spot award and appreciation emails from Hiring Managers for the countless efforts and multiple closures on Niche and Super Niche skills. Weekly award for 11 offers in a single drive.
- Award from client closing critical director-level positions.
- Award from BU head for closing a critical Principal Architect and Engineering Manager Position Got recognition from the Manager- “Best Performer of Q3 2015”.
- Got recognition “Over Achiever and Highest Revenue generation for Q1 and Q2 2016”.
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