Krutika Fernando, HR Ops / Business Partner

Krutika Fernando

HR Ops / Business Partner

Aramex

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Human Resources
Experience
16 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months

HR Ops / Business Partner at Aramex
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2017

Coach & support employees and managers on organizational practices, processes, policies, procedures, competencies and values.
▪ Manage employee relations issues e.g. disciplinary, performance concerns and grievances.
▪ Manage end to end onboarding process - visa formalities, induction and orientation programme.
▪ Manage the recruitment process - ensure budget approvals, sourcing & selection of profiles, interview candidates, negotiation & issuance of the offer.
▪ Partner with global HR Centre of Excellence and Payroll team to ensure successful implementation of programs and initiatives. (Corporate HR Policy Handbook, Guide to Seamless Onboarding & Relocation)
▪ Lead standardization and implementation processes for newly developed HR Shared Services.
▪ Played a major role in restructuring and mobility of various functions across different offices.
▪ Lead HR Operations and employee relations activities across Gulf countries, such as but not limited to benefits administration, Insurance supplier’s management, onboarding, offboarding and transfers.
▪ Collaborate with HR colleagues and key stakeholders as well as leaders to deliver HR service in line with the needs and priorities of the business. ▪ Work closely with HR Director to manage the company performance appraisal, promotions and remuneration review cycles.
▪ Work alongside counterparts in-region such as IT, Finance, Marketing, Risk & Compliance, Immigration to assist in process improvement projects, reporting and adequate staff training.
▪ Conduct regular audits to ensure all requirements aligned with corporate compliance and implement improvement actions.
▪ Generate and analyze various monthly reports including payroll, absence management, KPI settings, exit interviews, attrition data.
▪ Continuously manage the queries related to HR policies and act as first point of contact for all employees & leaders.

HR Advisor at Ws Atkins & Partners Overseas
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2014 to March 2017

• First point of contact for 2400+ employees and line managers across Middle East Region.
• Manage stakeholders to ensure queries are dealt with in timely with agreed quality and performance standards.
• Continuous review HR policies & processes to further simplify and standardize.
• Manage & coach team of junior members to enhance knowledge, performance & capability and guide them through process.
• Manage mobilization of new hires, letters, creation of employee records, transfers within and leavers.
• Ownership of complex HR cases, dispute resolution; investigating workplace issues, disciplinary and grievance hearings, delivering redundancy notices, exit procedures and final settlement formalities
• Work on payroll and reward activities.
• Liaise with various teams including Recruitment, Immigration, Finance and IT.
• Audit all employee data and maintain accurate records in HR files and systems at all times.
• Participate on key HR Projects (E.g. creation of process work instructions, templates, new processes/policies, systems data cleanse etc.)

HR Assistant at Aveem Corporation
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2013 to March 2014

 Responsible for end to end Recruitment for the company.
 First point of contact for employees.
 Set-out process and carry out induction for new employees. Ensuring that all pre-joining activities are carried out and co-ordinate with the concerned people
 Implemented the induction process and continued to carry out induction for new employees.
 Preparing internal appraisal and promotion letters, ensuring all records in the HR system are up to date
 Applying for visas, medical and conducting all other Onboarding formalities required.
 Coordinating cancellation of visas for leavers and conducting all other exit formalities.
 Developing new ideas and projects and supporting HR Head with complex cases.

HR Executive (Recruitment & Administration) at Confidential
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2011 to February 2013

Perform Recruitment and Administrative aspects of Human Resource functions like
maintaining confidential data, solving employee problems related to Human Resource.
• Establishing recruitment requirements and meeting with hiring manager to discuss the needs.
• Building strong database by contacting job portals, social networking sites, referrals etc.
• Preparing Job Description for employees.
• Placing Job advertisements through newspapers, job portals and social networking sites.
• Analyzing resumes of candidates and scanning them for interview.
• Arranging preliminary interviews and short-listing candidates for management interview.
• Preparing offer letter for the new employees, internal promotion letter and keep all the
records regarding promotion.
• Assist the manager to attain goals by recruiting required personnel.
• Acting as first point of contact in person for employees.
• Assisting in corrective action regarding employee related issues and administration work;
responsible for arrangement, resolving disputes.
• Experience in managing confidential data.
• Computation of annual Leave records.
• Calculation of monthly payroll.
• Organize meetings and trainings for Employees for effective performance.
• Delegate responsibilities to Employees to meet Company’s expectations
• Conducting exit interview for employees leaving from the company.
• Explaining the HR procedures to the employees and ensuring they are adhered to.
• Knowledge of UAE Labor Law.

HR Executive ( Recruitment & Administration) at Smifs Securities Limited
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 2008 to March 2011

Managing the HR & Administration work.
• Building up strong relationship with employees and resolve their issues on daily basis.
• Recruitment at Junior, Mid/ Senior level across the group.
• Periodic Interaction with Placement Consultancies and guiding them on the search process
• Coordinate with candidates for interviews and scheduling with line/HR Manager
• Conducting Preliminary round of interview
• Issuing Offer letters
• Following up with the candidates for date of Joining.
• Handling post joining procedures.
• Orientation for the employees and explaining the HR policies
• Managing of payroll of the employees
• Daily general/Routing activities.
• Preparing weekly/monthly reports.
• Filling/controlling the correspondences/records.

HR Executive (Recruitment) at Career Alliances
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2007 to January 2008

Handling the Client requirement.
• Discussion with clients regarding the Search Methodology, Employee Specifications
• Sourcing of resumes for various skills, experience and matching the resumes with that of
the client’s requirements (Construction, FMCG, Financial, Trading and various other
Sectors)
• Maintaining and building the candidates Database.
• Screening and sourcing the profiles from the various job portals, references from the
candidates, database and personal contacts.
• Short listing of the candidates and scheduling and conducting the preliminary rounds of
interviews as per clients requisition.
• Handling junior and middle level requirements.
• Counseling and advising the candidates about the job description and the company.
• 1st Level of Validation check and Screening.
• Background Verification/Reference checks

Education

Master's degree, Human Resources
  • at Jaipur National University
  • December 2021

Specialties & Skills

Health Insurance
Counselling
Case Management
Employee Relations
MS Office
Success factors
Oracle HRMS

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