Assistant Vice President - Human Resources - BFSI

Role Overview: The incumbent should bring a strong combination of HR business partnering, talent acquisition, performance management, compensation, employee engagement, HR operations and policy governance, with the maturity to operate in a high-performance, professional financial-services environment. Key Responsibilities: - Partner with business and functional leaders on manpower planning, hiring, employee matters and people-related priorities. - Manage end-to-end recruitment, including senior and niche hiring, candidate evaluation, compensation discussions, and offer management and recruitment-consultant relationships. - Drive the annual performance-management process, including appraisal administration, manager discussions, rating consolidation, calibration and promotion recommendations. - Support annual compensation revision, performance bonus and reward processes, ensuring internal consistency and appropriate documentation. - Manage key employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, confirmation, role/designation changes, employee documentation and separation. - Handle employee relations matter and provide practical HR guidance to employees and managers. - Support development and implementation of HR policies, SOPs and process improvements. - Drive employee engagement, recognition, communication and selected learning/development initiatives. - Maintain accurate employee data, HR MIS and management reports and use people data to identify trends and areas requiring intervention. - Manage HR vendors and consultants, including commercials, service delivery and contractual terms. - Work with managers to identify capability gaps and facilitate appropriate learning, development and managerial capability-building interventions. - Monitor employee retention, attrition and workforce trends and recommend appropriate retention or organizational interventions. - Participate in organizational change initiatives and support effective communication, employee transition and implementation of people-related changes. - Contribute to building a high-performance, meritocratic and professional culture by reinforcing ownership, accountability, collaboration and appropriate workplace behaviors. Candidate Profile: - Postgraduate qualification / MBA in Human Resources or equivalent. - Approximately 8-12 years of relevant HR experience in a professional-services environment. - Strong hands-on experience across multiple HR areas rather than exposure limited to a single HR specialization. - Experience partnering with senior business stakeholders and independently managing sensitive employee matters. - Good understanding of performance management, compensation, recruitment and HR operations. - Exposure to senior / leadership hiring will be preferred. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - High degrees of confidentiality, maturity, judgment and attention to detail. Key Competencies: - Business Partnering - Talent Acquisition - Performance Management - Compensation & Rewards - Employee Relations - HR Operations - Policy & Process Governance - Employee Engagement - HR Analytics - Stakeholder Management