Venkatesh Nagaraja Rao

Responsible for Chennai, Banking Operations, Enforcing policy and procedure, HRBP, Branding, Retention, Maintaining and managing HR Team and HR records. Client Management Change Management & Conflict Management. Key Responsibilities Core - Execute HR functions. Find bottlenecks and smoothen the process. HR Business partnering – Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are met through HR interventions. Employee engagement – Spearheaded and coordinated several employee engagement activities on a periodical basis. It also includes Branding, CSR, and Retention strategies. Performance Management – Executing and administering a performance management program (PMS) to ensure effectiveness, compliance, and equity within the organization. Coordinating rewards and recognition for employees. HR Policy implementation - Focusing on the HR policies and practices, help in deliverables for org-wide implementation. Legal, Statutory & Compliance – Collaborate with the corporate team and take care of all legal formalities, Statutory & Compliance aspects Liaise with Government procedures.

Responsible for Chennai and Middle East Operations, Enforcing policy and procedure, Maintaining and managing HR Team and HR records. HRBP, Client Management & Conflict Management. Key Responsibilities Recruitment – Managing the end to end recruitment activities for Technical hiring & Middle East hiring and procedural on-boarding activities and focusing on Key Managerial Positions. Suggest measures for improving employee retention. HR Policy implementation - Focusing on the HR policies and practices, help in develiverable for org wide implementation. Core - Execute HR functions. Find bottlenecks and smoothen the process. Legal, Statutory & Compliance – Take care of all legal formalities, Statutory & Compliance aspects Liaise with Government procedures. HR Business partnering – Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are met through HR interventions. Employee engagement – Spearheaded and coordinated several employee engagement activities on a periodical basis. Performance Management – Executing and administering performance management program (PMS) to ensure effectiveness, compliance and equity within the organisation. Coordinating rewards and recognition for employees.

Handling Core HR functions, including Employee recruitment and retention, Policy Implementation, HRBP, Client Management, Conflict Management, Maintaining and managing HR Team and HR records. Key Responsibilities Core - Design, Plan and Execute HR functions. Find bottlenecks and smoothen the process. Recruitment – Sourcing and managing the end to end recruitment activities for Technical hiring & other IT, Non-IT requirement, Bulk /Mass hiring with different skillset and focusing on Key Managerial Positions. Suggest measures for improving employee retention. Legal, Statutory & Compliance – Take care of all legal formalities, Statutory & Compliance aspects Liaise with Government procedures. HR Policy implementation - Strategising HR policies and practices, for org wide implementation. Designing and conceptualising policy documents, for implementation. HR Business partnering – Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are met through HR interventions. Employee engagement – Spearheaded and coordinated several employee engagement activities on a periodical basis. Performance Management – Execution and administering performance management program (PMS) to ensure effectiveness, compliance and equity within the organisation. Managing rewards and recognition for employees. HR Transactions – Managing and creating budgets for HR operations, and developing HR interventions in alignment with budgetary requirements.

Overall responsibility of IT / ITES recruitment Liaison with function/ operations heads to understand the requirements clearly, share ideas / feedback & ensure the right talent are recruited and trained for the open positions Developed and implemented strategies to meet staffing requirements. Ensure professional and consistent recruitment standards are adhered Planning & implementing cost effective sourcing strategies. Recruitment / brand promotion through colleges / training institutes / job-fairs. Handled junior, middle and senior level job requirements Creating and maintaining effective database Having strong experience in using and customizing ATS tools An effective user of all soical channels to close positions Enable the recruitment life cycle in a smooth manner delighting all the stakeholders' Post offer – enable successful engagement sessions for the offered candidates and ensure that they join. Roles/ Skills recruited in IT and Allied Services: Application Development and Support (DOTNET, CLOUD Computing, Angular, Reactor.js, Node, HTLM/XML, UI/UX, Front-end SQL Azure migration, web jobs, Data Factory, Solutions, Enterprise architect, QA, Project Management, Business Analyst, Scrum Master etc) Information Security / DBA/ Developer & Administrator Data Protection/Privacy/GDPR IT Service Desk, End-User Computing, IT Service Management

Employee Engagement It is not the usual fun at work which we follow but Employee Engagement starts right from the first call till relieving. So, we use a unique strategy, where I do connect with offered candidates and set up a scheduled session with the team, line manager, business, which helps in understanding the employee's mindset and interest level. Involved in documenting policies and procedures Defining Various Policies like Employee Handbook manual, Indemnity, Recruitment Policies, Payroll and Holiday Policies. Capability Benchmarking It is an on-going activity, which helps the line manager to constantly monitor the Employee's capabilities and their efficiencies. Both formally & informally helped employees to identify their Gaps and help them in improving. Compensation Benchmarking Individually contribute towards the Comp/ salary benchmarking activities ever year. deep dive analysis will help the management to take clear decision. Involved in Great place to work Certification Actively participating and conducting all my knowledge and exp which results, Organisation got the " Great Place to Work" certificate under category of India's small & Mid-size organisation 2018 Grievance Handling Proactively engage with the leadership team and act as a bridge between Employer & Employee to avoid grievances. Employee retention Applying Retention Strategies for the Potential Candidates. HR Metrics, MIS & Analytics Take care of attendance /leave calculation Leave encashment, Sick leave bonus. Attrition analysis Head count analysis Recruitment Analysis periodically sharing it with management (Weekly / Monthly / Periodical Reports like Recruitment metrics, Attrition and attendance, trend Analysis will be shared with the top management.) Query Management Insurance Handling, Policies, Statutory & Payroll Query

Payroll Processing Responsible for end to end Payroll Processing in a timely manner Ensures adherence to policies and legislations Ensure accuracy of records on the payroll system through proper checks & controls Applies experience and judgment to perform analysis to identify any inconsistencies and abnormality Responsible for calculation of Shift, Food and Travel allowance, Over Time & attendance etc. Responsible for employee related MIS, Statutory compliances related to payroll, also responsible for query handling. Statutory/Compliance Have successfully completed the PF & ESI audits every year without any delay and dues Have involved in BIS & ISO audit, involved in adhere towards IW-1 compliance. Had been responsible for validation & payment of Employee EPF & ESI every month and maintain all records w.r.t PF remittance, challans, and wage registers etc.. Had handled employee insurance, processed claims on their demise Ensured all full & final settlements reached the resigned employees on time.

Managed the contract hiring, end to end RPO project for Volume hiring, Full Time Resource and Overseas positions; ensuring quality candidature within TAT and Budget defined by the client. Acted as a SPOC in IBM, determining the needs of the hiring managers and prioritizing the requirements and allocating it to the Internal recruitment team Members.

Accounting Financial Professional (AFP)