Rohith Warier U
Bangalore
Summary
A passionate people leader who enables teams in achieving their highest level of capability and productivity, I work with executive leadership in developing and implementing comprehensive people strategies to drive business growth aligned with organizational objectives. 18+ years of progressive experience across various industry sectors with a strong cross-cultural focus gained through experience working in diverse geographies such as India, ANZ region, Asia region, USA, and UK. I am a transformational HR leader with proven ability to coach, mentor and guide management and culturally diverse teams to achieve their potential.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Principal HR Business Partner & India HR Head
Finastra Software Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd
02.2022 - Current
- Partner to Chief Product Officer, Universal Banking in driving the people strategy and effective people decisions to deliver business objectives
- Provide strategic human resources consultation to the CPO organization & collaborate in the development and implementation of talent attraction, people initiatives, programs, and policies
- Partner with business leaders to form strong relationships and drive people solutions aligned with company goals and objectives
- Talent and leadership development interventions, succession planning - enabling robust leadership pipeline creation
- Drive the skills agenda in the business unit to enable a future ready workforce in alignment with the product strategy
- Liaison with functional stakeholders to build initiatives and programs which drive the business unit agenda aligned with global best practices
- Lead OD interventions & HR transformational initiatives to drive the people strategy for the organization
- Build an increased knowledge base on HR thought leadership to help differentiate Finastra in the market while contributing to a shared learning culture
- Advocate for employees, providing objective feedback and consistently delivering on commitments while driving various corporate and division business initiatives
- Facilitate the buy-in of the Finastra Employee Value Proposition and investment in talent through virtual teams, peer groups and a complex network of internal stakeholders
- Deploy strategies to drive talent management & improve on-boarding experience by utilizing talent analytics to derive insights on potential issues
- Design a Monthly Leadership Index (MLI) to focus on employee feedback and engagement through facilitation of leadership discussions on data and strategies to improve talent engagement
- Focused interventions enabling leaders to ensure objective assessments, facilitate rating calibration sessions, and align rewards to performance and budget
Head - HR / Regional HR BP - Exams, East Asia (APAC)
British Council (Singapore) Ltd
Singapore
02.2018 - 02.2022
- Partner with business leadership across East Asia in providing strategic HR interventions and influencing people decisions to deliver business objectives
- Championing and driving the HR strategy aligned with business and organizational objectives
- Regional Business Partner to the largest business unit (Exams) across the East Asia region spread across 14 countries in the region supported by a team of 3 HR Business partners
- Partner with business leaders to create, implement and deliver the people plan
- Evaluating the impact and value achieved via related budgets, projects, activities, teams etc
- And customizing the interventions to maximize impact and desired outcomes
- Advisor to the senior leadership team on optimized people, culture, and business decisions for the region to deliver best-in-class employee experience
- Identifying people trends, the risks these trends present to the business and influence the application of HR services to develop solutions that mitigate the risks
- Coach and influence business leaders in developing and embedding the organization's values, philosophy, and culture to enable them to make better people decisions
- Partner with regional Centres of Excellence leads (Recruitment, Rewards, HR Services and Employment support) to design and implement customized, high impact projects to enable business strategy
- Design Change Management and OD programs by leveraging best-in-class people management expertise to deliver desired business impact
- Customized and delivered high impact leadership training programs for embedding culture change and efficient ways of working to foster healthy team environment
- Coaching and developing a team of motivated HR professionals with a strong focus on building business acumen
- Executive coach and consultant to internal customers and HR team members, providing advice and solutioning on non-routine HR issues or guidance to implement project and change plans
Manager Business Partner - HR
Infosys Technologies Ltd
09.2009 - 02.2018
- Company Overview: Global IT leader
- Provide strategic HR partnership for the region and work with the business leaders and managers to introduce customized, business-focused HR interventions and recommend HR solutions to achieve business objectives
- Focused on maximizing people capability, providing change leadership as well as proactively engaging in process
- Lead resourcing activities for the region covering all key business domains, technology, sales, and leadership positions
- Driving HR initiatives for the region including recruitment and selection, employee engagement, compensation & benefits, performance management, employee relations and succession planning with a direct team of 6 and indirect team of 5
- Develop and maintain successful working relationships with regional leadership team to influence and provide effective HR processes, advice, and support
- Performance management partner for the APJ & Middle East region with the responsibility of ensuring timely enablement & execution of appraisals and performance ranking processes across sales, delivery, and consulting domains
- Implement global strategic initiatives at a regional level to ensure consistency with worldwide units and partner with Senior Managers to deliver business strategy while ensuring alignment of all HR processes and offerings
- Play a key role as HR consultant towards Business Acquisitions and re-badging / re-hire of employees
- Coach the leadership team in identifying high potential candidates and establishing an effective career management roadmap for them
- Support change initiatives for the region, impacting local employees and employees on short-term assignments in the region
- Support Regional Head on executive-level decisions including Title Holder nominations and career management
- Designed and co-facilitated the internal cross-cultural training program for a culturally diverse workforce
- Key Integrator to meet business needs across APAC region in terms of designing policies and processes best suited for various countries
- Coaching the team for effective grievance handling and redressal of various types of discrimination/harassment issues raised in their portfolio
- Global IT leader
Team Lead - HR
Keane International India Pvt Ltd
04.2006 - 09.2009
- Company Overview: currently NTT Data
- Establish a robust HR Business Partner framework in a transforming HR team to drive business objectives and process improvements across various HR facets to achieve process efficiency
- Key role in establishing an MBO appraisal system with SAP module
- Instrumental in developing an HR business partnership role and implementing engagement plans to sustain a committed and engaged workforce
- Facilitate enhancement of corporate initiative awareness amongst employees through campaigns involving a mix of channels and restructuring the same based on feedback
- Designed, developed, and implemented a robust functional promotion program which helped in the retention and motivation of high potential candidates in project teams
- Effective resolution of employee concerns that emerged in the post-merger environment of the organization, thereby earning the trust and confidence of expatriate managers in helping them strengthen their relationship with the new staff
- Established periodic HR reporting systems to update senior managers and directors on human resources goals in areas such as turnover, employee retention and employee utilization
- Assumed the additional responsibility of company US immigration personnel by partnering with external attorneys, Immigration department and evaluated migration requirements for various countries from/within NAM
- Assisted in the design and deployment of MBO appraisal system which helped in the seamless execution of performance management process across the organization
- Currently NTT Data
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Management (HR)
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Calicut University
Skills
Recruitment and Selection
Learning and Development
Conflict Resolution
Team Leadership
Change Management
Merger & Acquisitions
Strategy & Talent Management
Policy / Program Development
undefinedCertification
Certified Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR)
Career Overview
- Finastra Software Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd, Principal HR Business Partner & India HR Head, 02/2022, Present, Bangalore, Karnataka, Partner to Chief Product Officer, Universal Banking in driving the people strategy and effective people decisions to deliver business objectives., Based in Bangalore with teams spread across the globe.
- British Council (Singapore) Ltd, Head - HR / Regional HR BP - Exams, East Asia (APAC), 02/2018, 02/2022, Singapore, Partner with business leadership across East Asia in providing strategic HR interventions and influencing people decisions to deliver business objectives., Championing and driving the HR strategy aligned with business and organizational objectives.
- Infosys Technologies Ltd, Manager Business Partner - HR, 09/2009, 02/2018, Bangalore, Karnataka, Provide strategic HR partnership for the region and work with the business leaders and managers to introduce customized, business-focused HR interventions and recommend HR solutions to achieve business objectives., Focused on maximizing people capability, providing change leadership as well as proactively engaging in process.
- Keane International India Pvt Ltd (currently NTT Data), Team Lead - HR, 04/2006, 09/2009, Bangalore, Karnataka, Establish a robust HR Business Partner framework in a transforming HR team to drive business objectives and process improvements across various HR facets to achieve process efficiency., Key role in establishing an MBO appraisal system with SAP module.
Timeline
Principal HR Business Partner & India HR Head
Finastra Software Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd
02.2022 - Current
Head - HR / Regional HR BP - Exams, East Asia (APAC)
British Council (Singapore) Ltd
02.2018 - 02.2022
Manager Business Partner - HR
Infosys Technologies Ltd
09.2009 - 02.2018
Team Lead - HR
Keane International India Pvt Ltd
04.2006 - 09.2009
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Calicut University
Certified Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR)
Senior Certified Professional, Society Human Resource Management (SCP - SHRM)
Targeted Selection Interviewer, Development Dimensions International (DDI)
TriMetrix EQ Accreditation, DTS International
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Australian Society for Quality
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Management (HR)
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship
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