Human Resource Generalist

Armanino; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Armanino is seeking an HR Business Partner for Hyderabad to partner with BU leaders, translate business goals into people strategies, and advise on policies, processes, and people decisions. You will provide guidance on compensation, workforce planning, performance management, and development planning while driving engagement and a positive employee experience.

You will act as Site HR for Hyderabad, collaborating with Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated People programs and to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, BA, Organizational Psychology or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 6–8 years of progressive HR/People experience in professional services, consulting, or accounting environment.
• Strong business acumen to advise and influence outcomes.
• Fundamental understanding of compensation principles and ability to guide leaders on pay decisions, job leveling, and other considerations.
• Strong communication, facilitation, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leveraging HR analytics to drive recommendations.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with BU leaders to understand business goals and translate them into aligned people strategies.
• Advise leaders using a blend of business insights, people expertise, and professional services industry knowledge.
• Provide practical guidance on HR policies, processes, and people decisions.
• Act as a point of contact for people-related matters within assigned BU.
• Support workforce planning activities including hiring plans and team structures.
• Provide inputs during annual reviews, promotions, and job changes.
• Support performance management processes including goal setting and reviews.
• Assist managers in development planning and training needs.
• Contribute to talent reviews and succession planning.
• Collaborate with Learning & Development to deliver programs aligned with business needs.
• Assess engagement trends and recommend strategies to strengthen culture, belonging, and retention.
• Support leaders in creating a positive employee experience across lifecycle.
• Act as Site HR for Hyderabad, driving employee engagement and workplace initiatives.
• Provide first-level guidance on employee relations issues.
• Support BU leaders in handling performance-related matters and documentation.
• Escalate complex cases and collaborate with HR leadership.
• Data-Driven Insights: leverage workforce analytics to identify trends and inform decisions.
• Present insights to leaders related to hiring, retention, compensation, and organizational health.
• Support organizational and process changes with sound planning and communication.
• Partner with BU leaders to support teams through transitions.
• Collaboration & Cross-Functional Partnership with Centers of Excellence.
• Ensure strong communication flow between BU leaders, service line leads and People Operations.

Skills

Business acumen

Communication

Facilitation

Coaching

Problem solving

HR analytics

Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR / related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Partner with Business Unit (BU) leaders to understand business goals and translate them into aligned people strategies.
• Advise leaders using a blend of business insights, people expertise, and professional services industry knowledge.
• Provide practical guidance to BU leaders and service line leads on HR policies, processes, and people decisions
• Act as a point of contact for people-related matters within assigned BU.
• Compensation Guidance & Workforce Planning
• Support workforce planning activities including hiring plans and team structures.
• Provide inputs and guidance during annual reviews, promotions, and job changes.
• Support performance management processes including goal setting, reviews, and feedback cycles.
• Assist managers in development planning and identifying training needs.
• Contribute to talent review discussions and succession planning processes.
• Collaborate with Learning & Development to deliver high-quality programs aligned with business needs.
• Assess engagement trends and recommend strategies to strengthen team culture, belonging, and retention.
• Support leaders in creating a consistent and positive employee experience across the employee lifecycle.
• Act as Site HR for Hyderabad, driving employee engagement and workplace initiatives.
• Provide first-level guidance on employee relations issues and workplace concerns
• Support BU leader and service line leads in handling performance-related matters and documentation.
• Escalate complex cases appropriately and collaborate with HR leadership when required.
• Data-Driven Insights
• Leverage workforce analytics to identify trends, diagnose issues, and inform decisions.
• Present insights to leaders related to hiring, retention, compensation, and overall organizational health.
• Support organizational and process changes, ensuring sound planning and effective communication.
• Partner with BU leaders and service line leads to support teams through transitions and evolving business situations.
• Collaboration & Cross-Functional Partnership
• Partner closely with Centers of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, L&D, Compensation, and People Operations) to deliver integrated People programs.
• Ensure strong communication flow between BU leaders, service line leads and People Operations.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 6 to 8 years of progressive HR/People experience, ideally in a professional services, consulting, or accounting environment.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to advise and influence outcomes.
• Fundamental understanding of compensation principles and ability to guide leaders on pay decisions, job leveling, and other considerations.
• Strong communication, facilitation, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leveraging HR analytics to drive recommendations.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with competing priorities.