Associate - HR Business Partner - Global Enterprise - Contractual

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 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 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, 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 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. (ref:iimjobs.com)