HR Professional with around 14 years of experience. Specialist in Compensation & Benefits, HR Systems & Analytics, Mergers & Acquisitions.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Global Head Compensations & Benefits
HTC Global Services
4 2023 - Current
Hired to set up COE practice in HR for HTC
Set up a globally unified performance management system.
Set up HTC's first employee perception survey. Had a 70 percent participation rate and helped the company identify priority areas. Some of the insights obtained helped the organization achieve the Great Place to Work certification.
Revamped sales & delivery incentive policy for HTC.
Implementation of a banding system for US geography
Work on the IT front for the HR Team to ensure faster & better employee experience.
Global Head- Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, Career Framework
Mindtree Ltd
02.2022 - 03.2023
Lead the Organization effectiveness function across Mindtree
Responsible for end-to-end design, implementation of all aspects of C&B, Performance Management
Worked closely on Long Term Incentives with the CXO's and helped in implementing ESOP's at more junior grades
Embarked on a complete revamp of the role architecture to serve demands at both the employer and employee side
Led the entire HR harmonization piece from the Mindtree side in the LTIMindtree integration
Involved in all aspects from Grade/Designation/Salary structure/Variable policy/Insured benefits/Pension programs
HR Head- Communications, Media & Technology
Mindtree Ltd
06.2021 - 01.2022
Led Communications, Media & Technology HR function, comprising more than 6000 employees and clocking a revenue of close to USD 300 Mn
Led the pursuit of Mindtree’s first BPO foray from the people side.
Led the pursuit for acquisition of Capco from the HR side, a 5000+ organization spread across 17 countries
HR Lead responsible for 1/3rd of Wipro’s sales organization. Given the restructuring in the organization structure that had happened at that point, worked closely with the sales head of different geographies to build their individual teams and ensure high productivity metrics were achieved.
HR Lead- Financial Services- Domain & Consulting Organization, Banking-Europe, Middle East & Africa Market
Wipro Technologies Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - 12.2020
Led the HR team for one of the largest sectors in the BFSI vertical.
Worked along with the leadership team to create the Strategic plan for the business units and the HR plan of action through the year. Ability to build a quantitative view was appreciated by both the business & the HR leadership team.
Through a continuous engagement framework along with the business teams was able to keep attrition levels at the lowest levels in the vertical. Was partially helped due to the macro environment here.
Lead a complete acquisition of ETT a Chennai based firm for one of our consulting units
Helped support the transition to WFH during COVID and provide support during what were uncertain times
Head- India Compensation , APAC, Middle East & Africa Compensation and Benefits
Wipro Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2013 - 01.2020
Spent close to 7 years in the Wipro C&B team. During this team had the opportunity to work across 20+ countries in the C&B space.
Internal Systems - Worked and built a lot of internal tools from scratch to administer various compensation processes like the increment cycles, a budget based discretionary bonus cycle, variable payout cycles.
Analytics- Helped use data to drive decision making and with compensation costs having the highest weight on margins, helped in suggesting measures which helped balance organization priorities
Compliance & Regulatory aspects- Was always at the forefront to ensure the organization stayed on top of this crucial piece, have keen interest in this area and i was able to suggest changes in the structure which saved the organization significant downstream costs. Was awarded by the CFO for efforts in this area
Benefit design & Policies- Helped to keep Wipro as an employer of choice and designed policies & benefits which are competitive in their markets.
HR SPECIALIST
L&T Infotech India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2010 - 03.2013
Diverse experience in overseas compensation and benefits and domestic compensation administration
This period coincided with the early years of Social security agreements that India signed with multiple countries and had the opportunity to implement them for the organization.
Built a calculator completely using Excel VBA to automate country to country movements incorporating tax structures, social security, cost of living etc.
Got exposure in the area of insurance and worked towards balancing employer and employee needs here. Studied overlaps that were happening in a few geographies which i was able to eliminate
Education
PGD PM&IR - Human Resources
XLRI
Jamshedpur
01.2008 - 03.2010
B.E , Computer Science Hons -
BITS Pilani
06.2006
Skills
Compensation and Benefits
Mergers and Acquisition
Strategic HR Business Partnering
HR Analytics
HR Systems
Previousworkexperience
RISK SPAN Inc., Associate, 07/2007, 04/2008, Performed financial analysis of data pertaining to mortgage and asset backed securities, Generating reports on risk evaluation of various deals to aid clients in portfolio management
IFLEX SOLUTIONS Ltd., Business Trainee, 10/2006, 06/2007, Development of a Letter of Credit Model for CITIBANK USA as part of a 40 member team., Involved in the migration of legacy to contemporary code enabling an increase in efficiency
Summerinternships
WWF India, 04/2009, 06/2009, Conducted benchmarking of WWF with companies in the development sector, conducted causal analysis of attrition for all employees in WWF using an engagement survey., Used SPSS data techniques to analyze the groups which are at risk, as well as created a model for predicting employee attrition.
Academicawardsandachievements
Highest GPA in courses: Wage Determination and Administration, Executive Compensation, Organizational Behavior at XLRI.
Ranked 5th in TN State out of more than 2 lakh students in the 12th Board Examination
Top 0.1% ile in the country in the CBSE 10th board examination
Facultyexperience
IIM Ranchi, C&B, 5+ years
IIM Raipur & IIM Lucknow, C&B, 1 year
Timeline
Global Head- Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, Career Framework