At Outsized, we match clients in financial services and management consulting to high-quality independent consultants and boutique/specialist firms for the execution of their key projects.

Our client is a global enterprise that combines advisory capabilities with technology-enabled delivery to drive meaningful outcomes for its clients. The organisation operates across investment diligence, industry research, fund administration, accounting, and data analytics - and places strong emphasis on merit, inclusion, and capability development.

Overview:

The Human Resources Business Unit enables people to maximize the clients' impact. The Associate in the Business Partner function, within the overall Human Resources Business Unit plays a multifaceted role, driving strategic alignment with the business, performance reporting, lifecycle management, employee relations and engagement.

This is a highly visible, employee-facing role that requires daily interaction with team members and firmwide employees across all levels to address queries, resolve concerns, and ensure seamless employee experience. This profile offers a steep learning curve, providing rich exposure to people strategy, organizational dynamics, and data-driven decision-making while providing hands-on experience of working with senior stake holders.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Business Partnership & Strategy:

- Collaborate with business stakeholders to align HR strategies with commercial objectives.

- Support business planning, project execution, and end-to-end process improvement initiatives.

- Assist in building business cases, performance metrics, and strategic presentations for leadership.

Act as a strategic communications partner to leaders and cross-functional teams.

2. Performance & Reporting:

- Manage the full cycle of performance reviews, including promotions and calibrations.

- Generate, maintain and analyse dashboards and MIS for leadership and stakeholders.

- Ensure timely reporting on key HR and business metrics and drive insights from data.

3. Employee Experience & Engagement:

- Design and implement employee experience strategies focused on critical lifecycle moments.

- Drive engagement initiatives to boost wellbeing, productivity and retention.

- Implement feedback mechanisms and use data to continuously assess and improve sentiment.

- Promote a positive workplace culture and champion diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

4. Employee Relations & Lifecycle Management:

- Act as the primary HR contact for employees; manage expectations and resolve issues.

- Handle employee relations matters including investigations and documentation.

- Oversee end-to-end employee lifecycle activities from onboarding to exit.

Prerequisites:

1. Core Competencies:

- Strong analytical aptitude with attention to detail.

- High ownership and commitment to deliverables.

- Comfort working with ambiguity and a proactive mindset.

- Continuous learning orientation and drive for improvement.

2. Communication & Stakeholder Management:

- Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.

- Demonstrated ability to communicate confidently with senior stakeholders.

3. Technical Skills:

- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint (data manipulation, dashboards, presentations).

Experience:

- 3-6 years of relevant HR experience, preferably with exposure to employee relations, performance management and data-driven HR processes.

- Service-oriented mindset with experience supporting business stakeholders is preferred.

Education:

- Any graduate degree; post-graduate qualification preferred.

This is a contractual opportunity with an initial duration of 5 months, with a possibility of conversion into a permanent role based on performance. The consultant will have to relocate to either Mumbai or Pune and work on-site for the entire duration of the contract.