HARDIK SHAH
Hyderabad
Summary
Over 12 years of experience in recruitment and talent acquisition within Tax, Audit, and Technology sectors. Demonstrated success as Strategic Director of Talent Acquisition, optimizing recruitment processes for efficiency and productivity. Specialized in talent sourcing strategies, applicant tracking systems, and workforce planning. Strong communication and leadership skills enhance team alignment and streamline recruitment operations.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Director - HR
Fitzjames Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
04.2024 - Current
- Spearheaded establishment of India operations, including infrastructure development and office setup.
- Directed full-cycle recruitment, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Managed talent acquisition strategies for lateral and campus hiring initiatives across India.
- Built and mentored a high-performing team of 27 employees within one year, promoting ownership and growth.
- Developed specialized teams in healthcare and insurance sectors, including Business Analysts personnel.
- Implemented cost optimization strategies to enhance operational efficiency.
- Provided strategic talent acquisition guidance to business leaders based on thorough market research.
- Analyzed complex business challenges to generate actionable recommendations for improvement.
Talent Acquisition Lead
Arcadis IBI Group
Hyderabad
08.2022 - 01.2024
- Leading the recruitment for the Digital & Operations hiring in India (Lateral & Campus).
- Team Management (Team of 4 recruiters)-Coach, Mentor, recognize their strengths and encourage them to take ownership.
- Built up of high performing Digital Team - Product teams, Business Analyst teams, Developer teams, QA Teams.
- Boosted up the hiring numbers to 71 in a year for overall digital hiring.
- Cost Optimization.
- Strong stakeholder management.
- Talent advisor to the business and the TA team.
- Working with the leaders in getting the right talent and market strategy with proper research.
- Analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
Manager- Talent Acquisition
Birlasoft
Hyderabad
12.2021 - 08.2022
- Responsible for the Digital Transformation (DT) space hiring at Birlasoft.
- Managed a team of 12 members.
- Cost Optimization, Strong stakeholder management and handled the leadership hiring.
- Talent advisor to the business and the TA team and Lead employer branding.
- Worked with the leaders in getting the right talent and market strategy with proper research.
- Use of data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
India Talent Acquisition - Senior Recruiter
Conduent
Hyderabad
09.2019 - 12.2021
- Company Overview: (Erstwhile Xerox)
- Responsible for the entire hiring bit for Technology function across PAN India location.
- Managed a team of 3 sources and 2 recruiters.
- Stakeholder Management.
- Managed complete recruitment life cycle for both Leadership and Volume Hiring for multiple sites.
- Managed recruiting process from requisition initiation to sourcing, to acceptance of offer and final placement.
- Finding and sharing recruiting tools viz. Naukri; Internal Career Portal; LinkedIn; Boolean Search etc.
- Use of data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
- (Erstwhile Xerox)
Senior Associate 2 (Assistant Manager)
PWC KSDC
Bangalore
02.2019 - 08.2019
- Responsible for hiring at all levels of Tax roles (from entry level to lateral positions).
- Hands on experience in conducting recruitment drives, handling walk-ins, sourcing through employee referral programs, portals, networking sites, head hunting.
- Stakeholder Management and team Management.
- Responsible for conducting interviews, coordinating business, rolling out offers, salary negotiations and ensuring joining formalities happen smoothly.
Senior Executive-Human Resources
KPMG Global Services
Bangalore
07.2015 - 02.2019
- Managed and recruited for one of the Tax & Technology entities of KPMG across Bangalore and Kochi.
- Worked closely with the business on hiring indents, job description and timelines.
- Stakeholder Management.
- Tracking the efficiency of the recruitment process and to constantly come up with the most effective strategy for hiring.
Assistant Team Leader
Ubique Systems
Kolkata
02.2014 - 04.2015
- End to End recruitment.
- Prepared and maintained various MIS Reports like Tracker sheet, requirement and offer reports to be sent to delivery heads and top management.
Senior HR Consultant
Magna InfoTech
Kolkata
10.2012 - 02.2014
- Worked for client like IBM, Wipro, CTS, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Ericsson, etc. analyze the need of the organization in terms of manpower.
Education
Post-Graduate Diploma in Management - HR
ISBR
Bangalore05.2025
Degree in Business Administration -
Sikkim Manipal University
Kolkata01.2011
Skills
- Team building
- Talent acquisition
- Recruitment strategy
- Leadership hiring
- Stakeholder management
- Vendor management
- Campus recruitment
Additional Accomplishments
- Awarded by CSI under the category of BEST Talent.
- Recognized & recommended for an award in Conduent for closing niche positions for one of the stakeholders.
- Awarded Kudos award at KPMG for closing niche positions and hiring from other Big 4's. Got promoted to next level in Oct 18 at KPMG.
Timeline
Director - HR
Fitzjames Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
04.2024 - Current
Talent Acquisition Lead
Arcadis IBI Group
08.2022 - 01.2024
Manager- Talent Acquisition
Birlasoft
12.2021 - 08.2022
India Talent Acquisition - Senior Recruiter
Conduent
09.2019 - 12.2021
Senior Associate 2 (Assistant Manager)
PWC KSDC
02.2019 - 08.2019
Senior Executive-Human Resources
KPMG Global Services
07.2015 - 02.2019
Assistant Team Leader
Ubique Systems
02.2014 - 04.2015
Senior HR Consultant
Magna InfoTech
10.2012 - 02.2014
Post-Graduate Diploma in Management - HR
ISBR
Degree in Business Administration -
Sikkim Manipal University
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