Deputy Manager - HR Operations

Exide Energy Solutions Limited is a wholly owned Subsidiary of Exide Industries Limited, leading battery manufacturing and distribution company in India with annual revenues of $1.8+ Bn. Exide Energy Solutions Limited is investing $500+ Mn dollars to setup India’s first Giga plant to manufacture Lithium-Ion Cells at Devanahalli Industrial Area in Bengaluru. Exide Energy designs, develops, and manufactures Lithium Ion Cells and Battery Pack solutions for various energy storage. Exide Energy is a leading player in the market with OEM customers across key market applications – 2W, 3W, 4W, CV and industrial applications. Exide is also deeply invested in further developing li-ion technology with significant R&D investments including setup of in-house team as well as necessary lab infrastructure to support development activities.

Job Purpose :

HR Operations Advisor is responsible for driving the efficiency and effectiveness of HR processes, ensuring compliance, and delivering a seamless employee experience. Ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring efficient HR operations and payroll processes within the organization. This role will include managing employee life cycle processes (Hire to Retire), payroll administration, employee benefits administration, HRIS, HR compliance with legal requirements, and enhancing HR systems through bringing automation in HR processes.

The Position is based out of Prantij, Gujarat, India.

Job Responsibilities :

HR Operations :

Oversee and manage HR operational activities within the organization. This role will involve handling the end-to-end HR processes including employee lifecycle management, compliance, benefits administration, and system management. Operations lead will also contribute to enhancing operational efficiency, improving employee experience, and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Payroll and Compliance :

Understanding of end-to-end in ADP payroll process and accurate salary payments, deductions, and tax saving benefits administration.

Understanding on preparation and filing of all required tax documents and reports, including quarterly and annual tax filings, 24Q to generate form 16 and other related forms.

Understanding / working experience on payroll deductions of employee benefits and timely payment to respective partners to record in employees wallets / accounts. Support Wellness benefits including health insurance, wellness benefits etc.

HR process excellence :

Re-engineering the existing HR processes to build efficiency, accuracy, appropriate controls to reduce dependencies and deliver a superior, personalized employee experience.

Responsible for establishing effective metrics and efficient delivery of HR operations across the employee life cycle. Maintain accurate documentation of process improvements, changes, and associated procedures.

Review HR processes in line with the audit requirements and suggest improvements. Enhance and implement SOPs for various HR processes.

Participate in HR projects aimed at improving operational efficiency and employee satisfaction. Manage project timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communications.

HRMS Implementation and automation :

Accountable for HR Technology Tools. Identify process / sub-process automation opportunities and partner with HRMS partner for implementation

Design and develop HR Helpdesk to provide accurate information and guidance on HR policies, procedures, and benefits related employee queries.

Ensuring efficient and timely responses to employee inquiries, escalate complex or sensitive issues to appropriate HRBPs

Data and Reports :

Define data quality norms and ensure accuracy & completeness of employee masters (financial and non-financial) in HRMS

Establish internal control mechanisms for periodic validation of employee data for accuracy and completeness, ensure data integrity.

Design, develop and maintain HR dashboards, reports to effectively communicate HR data and insights to various stakeholders.

HR policy governance & Audits :

Track and ensure that updated HR policies are hosted on HRMS for all entities

Monitor policies renewal schedule and notify to respective team for review

Implement maker-checker system for all critical processes and mechanism to measure

Represent HR Ops team for all internal / external / ISO / statutory / regulatory HR process audits

Ensure implementation of all audit finding within agreed timelines and share updated with HR leadership team

Educational Qualifications :

5 to 10 Years experience in HR operations and Payroll management

• At least 2 years of experience working with SuccessFactor.
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience using the Industry benchmarked payroll tool
• Experience in setting up and managing an operations team is a plus.
• Experience in the implementation of HRIS tools is an added advantage.