Nitika Sharma
New Delhi
Summary
Experienced HR professional with 7 years of hands-on experience delivering HR operations, onboarding and offboarding, payroll coordination, statutory compliance, and policy implementation. Adept at balancing operational excellence with employee experience, supporting leadership teams on senior hiring, workforce data, and ad-hoc HR requirements. Known for maintaining strict confidentiality, data accuracy, and process discipline across multi-location and international teams.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Manager
Market Xcel Data Matrix
Gurgaon
09.2024 - Current
- Heading the HR function with a team of five professionals across HR operations, payroll, employee engagement, talent acquisition and compliance.
- Drive compliant onboarding by managing joining documentation, background checks, HRMS setup, and system access provisioning.
- Lead offboarding processes, including exit documentation, F&F settlements, statutory clearances, asset recovery, and access deactivation.
- Coordinate closely with payroll teams to ensure accurate salary processing, statutory deductions, and employee deregistration.
- Act as an escalation point for employee relations, compliance, and HR process queries.
- Created SOPs, HR policies, and employee handbooks to support compliance and cultural alignment.
- Led performance review cycles and facilitated manager capability building through coaching on feedback and PIPs.
- Drove employee engagement programs, and launched HR analytics dashboards for quarterly and annual reviews.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support project initiatives and tasks.
Assistant Manager – HR
Novus Insights Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon
02.2023 - 09.2024
- Managed onboarding and offboarding operations for India and international teams (London, Singapore).
- Served as a POC for all exit compliances, payroll closure, and regulatory requirements.
- Partnered with payroll to process monthly payroll, incentives, statutory deductions, and final settlements.
- Administered HRMS platforms (ADP, Ascent), ensuring data integrity and audit-ready records.
- Coordinated with IT and operations for smooth employee transitions and system access control.
- Maintained HRIS for accurate employee records and data management.
- Collaborated with management on strategic workforce planning and talent acquisition.
- Created and maintained personnel records, such as hiring documents, benefits information and payroll data.
- Managed full-cycle human resource operational activities to maximize HR employee performance.
Sr. Executive – HR
Escalent
Noida
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Managed onboarding processes for new hires including orientation sessions and paperwork completion.
- Supported compliance audits and process standardization initiatives.
- Led end-to-end recruitment for mid-senior and leadership roles, partnering directly with business heads and functional leaders.
- Managed senior hiring workflows through ATS platforms (ClearCompany), ensuring documentation accuracy and compliance.
Sr. Executive – HR
Unimrkt Research
Gurgaon
03.2019 - 11.2021
- Promoted from Executive to Sr. Executive for leading various HR functions independently across three entities.
- Mentored team members and managed full-spectrum HR activities across onboarding and offboarding, employee engagement, and talent acquisition.
- Conducted employee onboarding and detailed induction programs.
- Managed exit processes, full and final settlements, exit interviews, and documentation.
- Maintained employee records in HRIS systems, and prepared compliance-ready reports. reports.
- Supported HR strategy implementation through data, policy adherence, and process improvement.
- Handled special HR cases, including role changes, internal movements, compensation adjustments, and probation reviews, and employee escalations.
- Coordinated cross-functionally with finance, payroll, IT, and operations to close urgent HR requests within defined timelines.
TA Specialist
Indiamart Intermesh Ltd
Noida
08.2018 - 02.2019
- Executed end-to-end recruitment and onboarding across pan-India roles.
- Managed offer releases, compensation discussions, and joining formalities.
HR Intern
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC)
New Delhi
06.2017 - 08.2017
- Conducted a detailed study on 'Organizational Culture and Climate of ONGC' as part of academic research.
Education
MBA - Human Resource Management & Marketing Management
Gitarattan International Business School
01.2018
BA (Hons.) - Psychology
Delhi University
01.2016
Skills
- HR operations and employee lifecycle
- HRMS and ATS administration (Zoho, ADP, Ascent, ClearCompany)
- Payroll and statutory compliance
- Employee relations and grievance handling
- Strategic talent acquisition
- Performance management
- HR documentation and policy implementation
- Data dashboards and reporting
- Stakeholder and vendor management
Accomplishments
- Recognized as Employee of the Quarter twice at Unimrkt Research for consistent high performance and contribution to HR Team.
- Awarded Employee of the Quarter within three months of joining Escalent, acknowledging rapid impact, ownership of responsibilities, and delivery of high-quality HR outcomes.
- Commended by the VP – HR at Market Xcel during the first appraisal cycle for performance over the initial 10 months, including restructuring HR processes, strengthening the function, and enhancing overall employee experience
Timeline
HR Manager
Market Xcel Data Matrix
09.2024 - Current
Assistant Manager – HR
Novus Insights Pvt Ltd
02.2023 - 09.2024
Sr. Executive – HR
Escalent
01.2022 - 01.2023
Sr. Executive – HR
Unimrkt Research
03.2019 - 11.2021
TA Specialist
Indiamart Intermesh Ltd
08.2018 - 02.2019
HR Intern
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC)
06.2017 - 08.2017
MBA - Human Resource Management & Marketing Management
Gitarattan International Business School
BA (Hons.) - Psychology
Delhi University