This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 3000000 (ie INR 20 - 30 LPA)
Min Experience: 12+ years
Location: Remote (India)
JobType: full-time
The Associate Vice President – Human Resources leads the organization’s end-to-end HR function, including organization design, workforce planning, performance management, payroll, benefits, statutory compliance, HR operations, employee relations, and the full employee lifecycle.
The role builds scalable people practices and organizational structures, strengthens leadership and workforce effectiveness, maintains regulatory compliance, and improves the employee experience and operational efficiency in support of business objectives.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
Organization Design and Workforce Planning
- Partner with business leaders to design organizational structures that support business strategy, growth, and operational effectiveness.
- Assess roles, reporting lines, spans of control, workforce capabilities, and resource requirements.
- Lead organization design and restructuring initiatives, including role clarification, job architecture, and change planning.
- Develop workforce plans that align headcount, skills, and talent needs with organizational priorities and budgets.
- Support leaders through organizational change, communicating impacts and helping teams transition effectively.
Performance Management
- Design and oversee an organization-wide performance management framework linked to business goals and organizational priorities.
- Establish clear goal-setting, performance review, feedback, and calibration processes.
- Coach managers to set meaningful objectives, provide ongoing feedback, and address performance issues constructively.
- Use performance insights to identify high performers, development needs, succession risks, and organizational capability gaps.
- Review the effectiveness and consistency of performance processes and recommend improvements.
Payroll Management
- Oversee accurate and timely monthly payroll processing.
- Manage payroll inputs, including attendance, leave, incentives, reimbursements, bonuses, and full-and-final settlements.
- Ensure payroll practices comply with applicable labour laws, tax requirements, and statutory deduction rules.
- Coordinate with payroll vendors, Finance, and auditors on payroll governance and reporting.
- Review payroll reconciliations and management information system (MIS) reports.
Benefits Administration
- Design and administer employee benefits, including health, personal accident, and life insurance; wellness and employee assistance programs; and retirement benefits.
- Manage employee enrolment, claims support, renewals, and vendor relationships.
- Assess the competitiveness of benefits and recommend improvements.
- Promote employee awareness and use of available benefits.
Compliance and Governance
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and requirements, including EPF, ESIC, Shops and Establishments legislation, gratuity, maternity benefits, wages, bonuses, equal remuneration, POSH, and Labour Welfare Fund requirements.
- Lead internal and external HR and statutory compliance audits.
- Maintain statutory registers, records, and supporting documentation.
- Develop and implement HR policies aligned with business needs and regulatory requirements.
- Identify and mitigate compliance risks through effective governance and controls.
Employee Lifecycle Management
- Oversee the employee lifecycle, from workforce planning and recruitment support through onboarding, development, performance management, engagement, internal mobility, employee relations, and exit management.
- Support a consistent, positive employee experience at every HR touchpoint.
- Maintain accurate HRIS data and employee records.
Employee Relations and Culture
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees.
- Manage grievances, disciplinary matters, and workplace investigations.
- Support conflict resolution and promote a…