Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site

Mar 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site

• HR Advisory and Consultation: Provide continuous HR advisory, acting as a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for leaders. Responsible for
• consulting workforce on HR planning, employee relations, HR policies, data analysis, job design, talent acquisition, compensation,
• onboarding, performance management, conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, and off-boarding
• Policy Development: Lead the development of HR policies and procedures by referring to industrial legal regulations (SCHADS Award) and
• staying updated on any changes affecting the business and employees
• Workplace Investigations: Lead successful workplace investigations to gather relevant evidence and deliver rightful outcomes from a People
• & Culture perspective
• Succession Planning: Develop succession plans and promotion paths for employees
• Rewards and Recognition: Manage the rewards and recognition program for the organization and organize related events
• Software Implementation & Automation: Successfully reduced manual effort in labor-intensive tasks by facilitating the automation of entire
• hire-to-retire process, resulting in a streamlined and efficient HR workflow
• Employment Contracts: Prepare various employment contracts and agreements in collaboration with the legal division
• Performance Management: Actively track performance management across all employees, organize performance reviews based on ad hoc
• requirements and annual reviews, and finalize performance appraisals post discussion with management
• Diversity and Inclusion: Integrate diversity and inclusion best practices throughout the workforce strategy and talent acquisition process for
• multiple locations and business lines.
• Recruitment Process: Execute the end-to-end recruitment process, including detailing job requirements, advertising, sourcing candidates,
• guiding candidates through the interview process, negotiating terms, setting expectations, and closing the loop regarding selection or rejection

Jun 2022 – Jan 2023 · 7 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Managing end-to-end human resource lifecycle in offices across NSW, Queensland, Victoria and ACT
• Provide continuous HR advisory to leaders and accountable for consulting workforce pertaining to- HR planning, job design, talent acquisition, renumeration, on-boarding, employee relations, performance management, conflict resolution and off-boarding
• Integrated diversity and inclusion best practices throughout the workforce strategy and talent acquisition process for multiple locations and business lines
• Lead the development of HR Policies and Procedures by referring to the industrial legal regulatory (Real Estate Award) and staying abreast with reference to any changes that may affect the business/employees
• Develop succession plans and promotion paths for employees
• Prepare various Employment contracts/agreements in collaboration with the legal division
• Actively tracking performance management across all employees. Organizing performance reviews basis ad hoc requirement apart from annual reviews. Discussing & finalizing the performance appraisals post discussion with the management
• Executing end to end recruitment process including but not limited to detailing job requirements, advertising, sourcing candidates, handholding candidates through the interview process, negotiations, expectation setting, closing loop wrt rejection or selection
• Developing targeted and innovative ways to manage talent attraction and selection. Proactively looking for new and exciting ways to attract high caliber candidates as per business requirements by staying active with current job postings, social networks, and platforms to find talent by planning, creating, and releasing eye-catching job descriptions or adverts

Oct 2021 – May 2022 · 7 mos · Sydney, New South Wales

• Worked with a Healthtech startup October onwards. Landed in Sydney in Jan 2022, took a 6 month break to settle in the country.

May 2021 – Oct 2021 · 5 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Aligned with F&B, L&D, Public Policy, Finance & Product function, overseeing a team of 3 ensuring the designed strategic plan of action stays on course:
• ➢ Accountable for Niche/& Lateral Hiring along with a strong hold on stakeholder management with complete ownership of the functions
• ➢ Aligning organisational structure to business needs, setting compensation bands, gathering requirement, discussing the bottlenecks with stakeholders with a problem-solving approach
• ➢ Designing the interview process based on the nature of requirement and market dynamics
• ➢ Working on improving the recruitment process by reducing the TAT, optimizing source mix ratio and leveraging technology for better results
• ➢ Ensuring high offer to join ratio by ensuring excellent candidate experience and post- offer engagements
• ➢ Preparing Market Intelligence report & Compensation benchmarking for critical mandates
• ➢ Collaborate cross functionally to develop policies, programs, and solution
• ➢ Maintain awareness of the culture, plans, financial position, and competition of the business units under the HR purview
• ➢ Mediate and resolve employee relations issues and find ways to build morale, improve workplace
• relationships, and boost productivity and retention

Jul 2019 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Clients Partnered with: Ola, Swiggy, Stanza Living, Suprdaily, UrbanClap, Fareye, Toddle, Freshmenu, Jabong, Matrix Partners, WhiteHat Jr. etc.
• Roles Advised upon: VP Operations, Financial Controller, Head - Corporate Development, Investor relations, Head of Product, Head of Engineering, CTO, Head/ Manager - Design, Product Manager, QA, Engineering Lead, etc.
•  Working in a fast-paced recruiting ecosystem with the ability to cater to talent needs of our clients by advising and presenting the right candidatures
•  Manage and own the recruitment life cycle along with client & candidate management: source and identify candidates, screen and steer interviews, to the point of selection, negotiation & joining
•  Accountable for creating leadership talent base for Startups ranging from early stage like Stanza Living, Gameskraft to unicorns such as Swiggy, Ola
•  Actively engaged in hiring Middle to Senior leadership across verticals such as Operations, Technology, Product, Corporate roles, Investor Relations, Business Excellence, Corporate Strategy, Marketing, Category, Legal, etc.
•  Managing relationships with the clients to ensure influx of continuous work related to recruitment mandates
• Executive Search | Consultancy | Recruitment | Talent Acquisition l Head Hunting

Jul 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs

Jan 2015 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Clients Partnered with: EY, KPMG, BCG
• Roles Advised Upon: AD/ Partner - Financial Advisory, Director - M&A, Partner - CIO, Director - Economic Advisory, Director/ AD/ Partner - Strategy
•  Bringing on-board, the best leadership talent that helps accelerate business and further build thought leadership
•  Responsible for driving mandates from inception to closure with/ without support from Junior Associates while maintaining Quality, Agility & Experience
•  Partner with customers to get a clear view on their strategic and financial objectives and hiring needs. Mapping role criteria, define position description and document specifications
•  Devise and carry out a targeted research/ search strategy – mapping competitor organizations via primary & secondary mapping. In addition, track and identify prospective candidates using a mix of channels
•  Preparing detailed assessment of candidates, highlighting the value proposition to the client, post ensuring qualification match, cultural fitment and compatibility
•  Networking and building long-lasting client relationships by ensuring maximum facetime
•  Team building, training and mentoring new recruits on processes and research

Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs · Gurgaon, India

•  Managed the entire gamut of talent acquisition – requirement gathering, sourcing, screening, qualifying talent, interview process, candidate & stakeholder management, closure
•  Preparing Daily Reports & Month end Dashboards consisting of trackers such as Open Indents & Offer Tracker depicting data of Traction on Positions, Number of Joinings, Number of Positions closed within SLAs, and Sourcing Channel Mix, etc.
•  Maintain an accurate and well-ordered documentation of all candidates, trackers, stakeholders’ interactions, and other recruiting activities to ensure a safe and thorough audit, if required
•  Hands on experience & proven records to plan & successfully manage Hiring drives for bulk needs
•  Strong orientation towards Direct sourcing and reduce dependency on vendors for cost saving
•  Effectively handled Employee Referral Program and closed a fair number of mandates through employee referrals and direct candidates
•  Handled Campus Recruitment activities of coordinating with respective campus SPOCs, preparation & maintenance of trackers containing, contact details of SPOCs, compensation to be offered, interview panel, and date of visit, etc.

Jan 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India

•  Managed the entire gamut of recruitment cycle
•  Gathering requirements from internal stakeholders & preparation of Job Description in accordance with the requirement
•  Sourcing and Screening of talent from various sources such as Portals, Social & Professional Networking Websites, Employee Referral, IJPs, Recruitment Vendors, etc.
•  Short listing of profiles, Interviewing candidates & qualifying them with respect to the business requirement
•  Candidate management – Hand holding the candidate throughout the process, negotiating post shortlisting & taking the candidature to closure/ joining
•  Stakeholder management – Understanding the requirements, taking feedbacks, aligning search
•  Developing continuous pipeline of candidates to provide backup

Mar 2009 – May 2009 · 2 mos

• Duration : 05th March - 04th May
• Project Details : Conducting Training & Development programs in an organization, Recruitment processes, manpower planning, driving corporate social responsibility initiatives