ER & Policies Specialist

8101 Acc Sol Pvt Ltd Company; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Bengaluru seeks an Employee Relations & Policies Specialist to lead end-to-end employee relations, policy interpretation, and risk mitigation. You will collaborate with business leaders and HR partners to ensure fair and compliant outcomes while maintaining data privacy and governance.

You will also support investigations, provide advisory guidance, and help deploy policy governance across functions in a large matrix organization. English proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• MBA in HR / Business Management or Law with interest in Labor & Employment Relations.
• Experience in Employee Relations, HR Compliance, or Labor Relations.
• Advanced proficiency in English (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end employee relations, including performance concerns and disciplinary matters.
• Conduct or support workplace investigations with Corporate Investigations and GCCM teams.
• Assess risk and document conversations with clear, fact-based rationale.
• Advise business leaders and HR partners on conduct, performance and risk mitigation.
• Govern policy, interpret local labor laws, and align with global standards.

Skills

Employee Relations

Policy interpretation

Risk mitigation

Written communication

Stakeholder management

Investigative mindset

Education

MBA in HR / Business Management or Law

Job description

Job Description Being part of Human Resources at Accenture is an opportunity to become a Modern HR practitioner, at the frontline of our talent strategy, helping accelerate Accenture’s ability to create high touch and personalized experiences for our people. If you love solving complex challenges at the intersection of our business and our people, then Human Resources at Accenture is the right place for you. You’ll be joining a diverse group of individuals with unique experiences, backgrounds, and ideas. Together, we’ll bring both our hearts and our minds to work each day to help our people be their best and deliver human-centered insights and solutions at speed and scale for our business.

Job Title

Employee Relations & Policies Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Employee Relations & Case Management Manage end‑to‑end Employee related matters, including performance concerns, misconduct, grievances, disciplinary and exit-related matters.
• Conduct or support workplace investigations in collaboration with Corporate Investigations and GCCM Teams, ensuring procedural fairness and policy adherence.
• Assess risk, recommend outcomes and document conversations and decisions with a clear, fact‑based and legally sound rationale.
• Act as an escalation point for complex or high‑impact employee matters.
• Policy Governance & Compliance Interpret, apply, and govern Accenture’s global policies and local country supplements in line with applicable labor laws.
• Identify policy gaps or risks arising from business changes or regulatory developments and support policy enhancements.
• Ensure consistent application of policies across cases, minimizing precedent and compliance risk.
• Advisory & Stakeholder Partnership Provide advisory support to Business Leaders and HR Partners on employee conduct, performance management and risk mitigation.
• Partner with HR, SEC and other compliance teams to ensure effective prioritization and resolution of employee queries and concerns.
• Ethics, Risk & Governance Support review of Business Ethics Line matters and sensitive complaints in line with COBE principles.
• Coordinate with Security, ASOC, Workplace and Legal on matters involving data privacy, information security, or regulatory exposure.
• Prepare case summaries, leadership notes, and legal submissions with precision and neutrality.
• Continuous Improvement & Enablement Analyze ER trends, root causes, and recurring themes to inform preventive interventions and leadership insights.
• Contribute to ER capability building through playbooks, knowledge assets, training, and process improvements.
• Leverage data, dashboards, and presentations to support leadership decision‑making.

Key Skills & Capabilities

• Strong expertise in Employee Relations, labor laws, and policy interpretation
• Sound judgment and ability to manage ambiguity and sensitive situations
• High standard of written communication and documentation rigor
• Stakeholder management at leadership level
• Investigative mindset with attention to detail and evidence‑based reasoning
• Program management and analytical skills (preferred)

Qualifications & Experience

• MBA in HR / Business Management or Law graduate with interest in Labor & Employment Relations
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in Employee Relations, HR Compliance, or Labor Relations
• Advanced proficiency in English (written and verbal)
• Experience working in a matrixed, large‑scale organization preferred

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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