Venugopal A

HR advisory services for developing and implementing HR systems and processes in organisations, viz. Talent Management, Policy Implementation, Internal Communications, Employee Engagement, HR Operations etc. As a Career-Development Facilitator, mentoring and advising students to facilitate informed higher studies and career choices based on strengths-based psychometric analysis, and one-to-one counselling.

HR Lead – GB&M Operations (Vice President – HR) HR Business Partner for Global Banking & Markets (GB&M) span across India and Srilanka - Member of GB&M Mancom at Bangalore, working closely with the business leads to ensure a cohesive GB&M agenda is pursued in accordance with the GB&M people-plan - Senior stake-holder management across business verticals to ensure bespoke HR approaches for specific business needs Team management – Managing a team of four senior HR Relationship Managers leading various businesses in India. Retention & Engagement Lead – GB&M Global Service Centers Devise and implement a Retention & Engagement strategy with initiatives panning across pillars of Hiring, Training, Employee Engagement and provide governance for various initiatives through HR Relationship Managers across GB&M Service Centers globally.

HR Business Partner – GTB Ops, India NOC (Assistant Vice President – HR) Mar’13 – Nov’16 HR Transformation – India NOC - Responsible for rolling out the initiatives towards HR transformation of DB group within my span. - Design and implement in-sourcing of modules in both technology and operations space, including level-mapping, compensation proposals, as well as job-solicitation with vendor-partners. - Institutionalised the new Talent Management & Succession Planning framework for GTB Ops team - Design and implement communication strategy for Performance Management transformation for India NOC Performance Management Lead for India NOC - Central owner for Performance Management process for India NOC spanning 8000+ employees - Part of the global Performance Management transformation team representing India NOC HR Drove the changes in Performance Management Framework across India service centers, enabling the India HR team as well as the business teams to assimilate the transformation

End-to-end employee lifecycle management, including recruitments, performance management, employee relations, employee engagements as well as exit process management. Managing an employee span of over 800 employees spread across Bangalore and Kochi, with profiles varying from CAs to best-in-class MBAs, with a team of four reporting directly to me.

HR Business Partner - CHT Principal Accountabilities: HR Business Partner for CHT, leading a team of HR advisors to deliver the HR agenda for the span, spread across four cities Location HR Lead for Communications & High-Tech (CHT) and Inter-project Talent Pool (ITP) at Chennai, leading a team of two HR Representatives. GPTW Lead for Accenture Chennai Employee Relations and Grievance handling: >HR Policy & Process administration >Ensure implementation of all HR processes >Ensure employee-education and administration of Annual Compensation Review cycle for CHT CDC and ITP CDC. >Responsible for HR policy adherence for CHT CDC and ITP CDC. >Ensure 100% compliance to Sarbanes Oxley SLAs on all HR processes. Employee Engagement and Retention: >Facilitating the formation and functioning of Retention Task Force at Chennai for CHT CDC >Partnering business growth by supporting growing manpower in the engagement >Anchoring client-audits >Induction and on-boarding for Entry Level Capability >Statutory Compliance for Chennai Delivery Center Great Places To Work (GPTW) for Chennai : Overall incharge for GPTW at Chennai location *Professional Achievements Chennai Delivery Center scored the highest employee engagement scores globally in GES '08 and GES '09. Zero non-conformity observations from clients for three client audits. Retention Task Force resulted in atleast 17 resignation reversals in one year Program-managed CHT Carnival and CDC Family Day at Chennai. Successfully brought down ITP population from 800 to 200 within 3 months in a tough year.

Partnering business growth Hiring strategy design and programme management Wing to wing hiring for all positions across business Channel Management Compliance

Responsible for end-to-end hiring for Southern region for positions across businesses. Interviewing all candidates to ensure GE-fit and develop a DNA for future growth. Channel Partner Management TAT maintenance On-boarding and New Hire Orientation. *Professional Achievements Initiated a Hiring Health Card to help regional hiring managers get a snapshot of all critical metrics. Conceptualised and successfully implemented a three months special referral programme "Talent Tantra". Hired over 200 employees in 45 days as a part of Project Nucleus. Hired over 1500 employees for South between March'04 - May'06. Southern region grew from 400 to 1000 employees within this period.

Corporate HR role, handling recruitment, Compensation and Benefits management and administration, Exit and Training.