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Senior People Business Partner

FNZ Group Limited·Posted 2 months ago

Location

All India, Pune

Experience

8–15 years

Required Skills

Employee RelationsWorkforce PlanningOrganisational DesignChange ManagementPerformance ManagementHR OperationsComplianceHRISLeadership DevelopmentRisk ManagementConsultingFacilitationCoachingCommunication SkillsHR PartnershipTalent StrategyReward ManagementCulture ManagementPayroll GovernanceMobility ActivitiesHealthSafety InitiativesPolicy DesignChange Leadership

About the Role

Role Overview:
You will be responsible for leading and delivering a highly visible, strategic, and commercially focused HR partnership in India, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and managers. Your role will involve providing expert guidance and decision support across various HR generalist activities such as employee relations, employment legislation, workforce planning, talent strategy, organisational design, change management, reward, performance, and culture. You will play a critical leadership position within the India HR team, driving people strategy, managing risk, and enabling business performance while aligning closely with the Global HR function and supporting the wider APAC region.

Key Responsibilities:

  • • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and business heads, influencing decisions through strong commercial judgement, people insights, and risk awareness.

  • • Own the people agenda for assigned business areas, ensuring alignment with business strategy, growth plans, and transformation initiatives.

  • • Lead complex and high-risk Employee Relations matters, providing pragmatic, legally compliant, and commercially sound recommendations.

  • • Coach and challenge leaders to build effective, inclusive, and high-performing teams.

  • • Partner with leadership on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent strategies to support medium- and long-term business objectives.

  • • Drive and sponsor people-related change initiatives, including restructures, integrations, and business transformations.

  • • Use people data and insights to proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and to influence decision-making.
  • Qualifications Required:

  • • 8-15 years of progressive HR experience, with significant time spent in a Senior HRBP or equivalent leadership role.

  • • Proven experience operating in complex, fast-paced, and matrixed organisations, preferably within a multinational or global environment.

  • • Demonstrated expertise in Employee Relations, including handling high-risk, sensitive, and complex cases independently.

  • • Strong experience partnering with senior leaders and business heads, influencing outcomes at a strategic level.

  • • Track record of leading HR initiatives across talent, engagement, performance, and organisational change.

  • • Deep working knowledge of Indian employment law, with the ability to apply it pragmatically in commercial contexts.

  • • Experience working through ambiguity, transformation, and change, with resilience and confidence.

  • • Strong consulting, facilitation, and coaching skills.

  • • Highly organised, proactive, and delivery-focused, with the ability to manage competing priorities.

  • • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage at all organisational levels.
  • Additional Company Details:
    FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. They provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations, partnering with the world's leading financial institutions. FNZ empowers nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future and manages over US$2.2 trillion in assets on platform. Role Overview:
    You will be responsible for leading and delivering a highly visible, strategic, and commercially focused HR partnership in India, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and managers. Your role will involve providing expert guidance and decision support across various HR generalist activities such as employee relations, employment legislation, workforce planning, talent strategy, organisational design, change management, reward, performance, and culture. You will play a critical leadership position within the India HR team, driving people strategy, managing risk, and enabling business performance while aligning closely with the Global HR function and supporting the wider APAC region.

    Key Responsibilities:

  • • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and business heads, influencing decisions through strong commercial judgement, people insights, and risk awareness.

  • • Own the people agenda for assigned business areas, ensuring alignment with business strategy, growth plans, and transformation initiatives.

  • • Lead complex and high-risk Employee Relations matters, providing pragmatic, legally compliant, and commercially sound recommendations.

  • • Coach and challenge leaders to build effective, inclusive, and high-performing teams.

  • • Partner with leadership on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent strategies to support medium- and long-term business objectives.

  • • Drive and sponsor people-related change initiatives, including restructures, integrations, and business transformations.

  • • Use people data and insights to proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and to influence decision-making.
  • Qualifications Required:

  • • 8-15 years of pr
  • HireIQ AI InsightsBeta

    Ideal Candidate

    An HR leader who has spent 5+ years in Senior HRBP or equivalent roles within multinational, matrixed environments (fintech, banking, or high-growth tech preferred) and has independently stewarded complex, legally-sensitive employee relations cases while influencing C-suite decisions.

    Estimated Salary Range(medium confidence)

    30 L – ₹55 L per year

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    1. 1.Walk us through a high-risk, complex ER case you owned end-to-end in India—what was the legal exposure, how did you balance commercial and compliance needs, and what was the outcome?
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