Chief Human Resource Officer

Finkurve; Mumbai; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Finkurve is seeking a CHRO to lead the people strategy, organization effectiveness and HR governance in a growth‑minded NBFC environment. You will partner with the CEO/MD and senior leadership to build a scalable org, strengthen leadership pipelines and optimize people costs.

You will drive culture, EVP, ESG and HR analytics to enable high performance and regulatory compliance across the business.”

Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM with HR focus or equivalent.
• 20–25+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in regulated sectors.
• Proven ability to influence CEO/MD, CXO teams and Boards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the HR strategy aligned with business goals.
• Lead organization design, workforce planning and productivity initiatives.
• Partner with CEO/MD on key people and leadership decisions.
• Oversee talent acquisition for senior leadership and critical roles.
• Drive succession planning and leadership pipelines.
• Manage performance management, KRAs/KPIs, and development.
• Develop compensation, incentives, ESOPs and retention programs.
• Own EVP, employer branding and employee engagement strategy.
• Lead learning, capability building and ROI measurement.
• Ensure RBI/NBFC governance, compliance, and risk management.
• Collaborate on ESG, ethics, culture, and governance initiatives.
• Provide board-level people insights and analytics.

Skills

Strategic HR leadership

Organization design

Workforce planning

Talent management

Succession planning

Leadership development

Compensation & ESOPs

EVP & employer branding

HR governance & compliance

ESG & sustainability

People analytics & HR metrics

Stakeholder management

Education

MBA / PGDM in HR

Job description

CHRO will lead the organization's people strategy, organization effectiveness and HR governance in alignment with business growth and regulatory requirements. The role will partner with the CEO, MD and leadership team to build a scalable organization, strengthen leadership pipelines, optimize people costs and create a high-performance culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the HR strategy and people agenda aligned with business objectives, growth plans and AUM expansion.
• Drive organization design, workforce planning and manpower productivity, ensuring the organization scales efficiently with business growth.
• Partner with the CEO, MD and senior leadership on critical people, organization and leadership decisions.
• Lead talent acquisition and quality of hire, including senior leadership, KMP and critical roles.
• Build robust succession planning and leadership pipelines for critical positions and ensure business continuity.
• Drive performance management, KRA/KPI frameworks, career development and internal mobility.
• Develop and manage compensation, variable pay, incentives, ESOPs and retention programs, ensuring market competitiveness and pay equity.
• Own the Employee Value Proposition (EVP), employer branding, employee engagement and retention strategy.
• Drive learning, leadership development and capability building, with measurable training effectiveness and ROI.
• Build a strong culture of ethics, accountability, customer focus and compliance across the organization.
• Ensure HR governance and compliance with applicable RBI/NBFC requirements, labour laws, POSH, Code of Conduct, policy and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance and Internal Audit on people-related governance and risk matters.
• Lead ESG and people sustainability initiatives, including diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and responsible workplace practices.
• Own key HR metrics and people analytics, including productivity, revenue/AUM per employee, attrition, regrettable attrition, time-to-productivity, hiring effectiveness, training ROI and employee cost.
• Take ownership of the people cost line, including manpower budgeting, cost per employee, cost of attrition and workforce cost optimization.
• Establish strong HR MIS and dashboards and provide board/management-level people insights.
• Lead change management, organization transformation and culture-building initiatives.

Key Success Measures

• Workforce productivity and revenue/AUM per employee
• People cost optimization and manpower productivity
• Quality and speed of critical hiring
• Regrettable and critical-role attrition
• Succession readiness and internal leadership pipeline
• Internal promotion and mobility
• Employee engagement and EVP effectiveness
• Learning effectiveness and training ROI
• ESOP and retention program effectiveness
• Compensation competitiveness and pay equity
• HR compliance and governance
• ESG / people sustainability initiatives
• HR digitization, analytics and management reporting

Candidate Profile

• MBA / PGDM in HR or equivalent qualification.
• 20 - 25 + years of progressive HR experience, preferably in NBFC, Banking, Financial Services, Fintech or another regulated organization.
• Proven experience in strategic HR leadership, organization design, workforce planning and talent management.
• Strong experience in succession planning, leadership development, compensation, ESOPs and retention programs.
• Experience in building EVP, employer brand, engagement and culture.
• Strong understanding of RBI/NBFC governance, HR compliance, people risk and ESG.
• Demonstrated ability to work with CEO/MD, CXO teams and Board/Board Committees.
• Strong commercial orientation with the ability to link HR decisions to P&L, productivity and business outcomes.
• Excellent leadership, communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• High integrity, strategic thinking and strong execution orientation.