R Rakesh
Global HR Operations & Payroll Leader | HR Transformation & Shared Services | Multi-Country Payroll & Compliance | Process Automation | Workforce Planning | HRIS & Data Governance (SAP HR, Workday, SuccessFactors, SNOW)
- Role
- Head, HR Operations & Employee Experience at Hero Housing Finance
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About R Rakesh
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs I love…
Experience
Head, HR Operations & Employee Experience
Mar 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN
This role is responsible for the strategic direction and operational execution of all HR functions, supporting payroll for over 4,500 employees across India.• HR Operations & Employee Life Cycle Management: spearheading end-to-end employee life cycle (Hire to Retire), ensuring seamless, scalable, and compliant operations from onboarding through separation. This includes managing high-volume, complex payroll processing.• Employee Experience & Service Delivery: Implemented a positive and productive Employee Experience (EX) by simplifying HR processes, optimizing self-service tools, and ensuring high-quality, efficient service delivery for all employee needs and transactions.• Statutory & Branch Compliance: Leading Statutory Compliances and manage branch compliances for over 100 branches across pan-India, mitigating risk and ensuring 100% adherence to all labor laws and regulations.• Strategic Stakeholder Management: Serve as a key C-Suite stakeholder manager and Business Partner, collaborating with the senior leadership team to align the people strategy with the overall business objectives and growth agenda.• Compensation & Benefits (C&B): Spearhead the design, implementation, and management of the organization\'s compensation and benefits programs, ensuring they are competitive, fair, and aligned with company goals.• Operational Excellence & HRIS: Driving operational excellence through continuous process improvement and automation. Lead HRIS management to ensure accurate data, system functionality, and seamless HR service delivery.• Reporting & Analytics: Developed reporting and analytics on key people metrics to provide meaningful insights that support timely, data-driven decisions by the leadership team.• Audit & Vendor Management: Lead all internal and external operations audits, striving for zero defects. Manage and partner with external vendors to optimize service delivery and value
Education
Sri Venkateswara College Delhi University
Bachelors, Humanities
2001 — 2004
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