Namita Gupta +1(437)370-5492/ +91 9654020201; [email protected]

Permanent Resident in Canada
A Human Resource professional specializing in Compensation & Benefits with exposure to industry best practices and experience in handling International Rewards. Seeking strategic roles at managing a global workforce in an increasingly integrated economic environment

SYNOPSIS

·        A result oriented rewards professional with 9 years of experience in Compensation and Benefits related roles

·        MBA from SCMHRD in Human Resource Development; Consistently recognized as one of the top three HR programs in India

·        Pursuing Global Remuneration certification (GRP) from Worldatwork (90% complete)

·        Project management experience driving executive change agendas in matrix organization structures

·        Proficient in Excel, MS office; Developing competence on analytics tools such as Tableau, Alteryx

·        Working with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as part of the Global compensation & benefits team. Advisor to local offices across BCG, especially North America and Asia Pacific, to provide rewards related expertise on BCG’s non-partner consulting, alternate businesses and support staff compensation & benefits programs

·        Worked with Aricent Technologies as Manager, HR in the International Compensation & Benefits team supporting Compensation & Benefits administration, Merger & Acquisitions & New Country Penetration initiatives

·        Associated with Mercer Consulting for 3 years as a Compensation Consultant & Job evaluation expert handling client accounts and providing advisory services in diversified sectors like Healthcare, Consumer Goods & IT

·        Consistently recognized as a top performer through fast-track promotions & selection for high-priority initiatives

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Boston Consulting Group                 August 2013 – Present                        Manager, Global C&B

·        Support the strategy and execution of compensation (benchmarking, annual increments & bonus)  and benefits (compliance, alignment with global principles, renewals) by local offices, in particular BCG’s North America and Asia Pacific Region

·        Deliver strategic rewards projects as well as provide analytics input to facilitate key business decisions and processes

·        Provide strategic insights on best practices and support compensation decision for new businesses (Platinion, Digital Ventures) and new office set ups (Peru, Nigeria) in BCG

·        Interact with leadership and key stakeholders to  drive organization wide change agendas across businesses

·        Proactively manage BCG risk exposure by ensuring global benefits meet statuary requirements and legal review of all new contracts, conducting maintenance and country reviews

Significant Achievements:

·        Used excel to model a tool which automates the tactical aspects of benchmarking to enhance team productivity; Optimized an often repeated 3 hour work stream to 30 minutes

·        Designed and delivered a global outreach training program engaging key stakeholders BCG offices to highlight best practices and standardize the support staff compensation benchmarking

·        Worked with BCG offices across the globe to organise the host office benefit summaries that are leveraged by all transferees across the globe to understand the benefits they are eligible for in their host location

·        Modelled a tool for local office use to standardize, automate & optimize the benchmarking and annual increment process for BST staff

ARICENT Technologies                    January 2013 – July 2013                       Manager, HR

February 2012 – December 2012            Assistant Manager, HR

Compensation & Benefits Administration

·        Managed a team of 3 HR professionals to facilitate annual increment and promotion cycles, bonus computation and pay-outs as well as benefits administration across 20+ locations of Aricent operations

·        Interacted with leadership team and key stakeholders in the organization to design policies and ensure successful implementation of the revised policies

·        Built scalable models & automated key activities such as incentive pay-out computation, salary fitment for onsite assignees

Mergers & Acquisition

·        Responsible for end to end M&A activities including, but not limited to, due diligence to design the rewards package (compensation structure, benefits, employment terms), labour cost estimates to asses profitability of deal and designing the communication package to convey the full employer value proposition

·        Ensuring successful integration of the employees in scope with existing policies and practices in Aricent

New Country Penetration

·        Supported deployment of resources in geographies where Aricent has no existing presence (E.g. Mauritius, Dubai) by conducting due diligence of mandatory local laws and regulations, preparing employee handbooks and  interacting with vendors for payroll/ benefit administration, etc

Significant Achievement:

·        Was recognized as a ‘Best Performer’ and promoted in 10 months, more than a year ahead of time

·        Designed, launched and implemented the Company Incentive Plan for two consecutive years

Mercer Consulting                     April 2011 – January 2012               Consultant (Level D)

April 2009 – March 2011                   Consultant (Level C)

Compensation Consulting Services

·        Provided advisory services for Compensation & Benefits benchmarking, Job evaluation, Pay Range Design,  salary structure and Pay Positioning

·        Contributed to the development of a consistent, high quality and market leading HR information database

·        Designed and conducted bespoke Compensation & Benefits surveys: Executive & Non-executive

Client Relationship Management

·        Engaged with clients from diverse industries, including Consumer Goods, Pharmaceutical & Medical Equipment, Information Technology & Engineering design to ensure repeat & increased business across Mercer business lines

·        Business Development for key sectors like Engineering Design and Pharmaceutical & Medical Equipment

Significant Achievement:

·        Designated as the Industry Manager & led the Mercer sponsored industry survey for Engineering design in 2010

·        Was promoted within 2 years in Mercer

·        Appointed as the pan India lead consultant for 2 flagship forum surveys: Consumer Goods Asia Pacific Compensation & Benefit Forum (APCBF) and IT Forum

ACADEMICS

2018     Pursuing Global Remuneration Professional certification (GRP) from Worldatwork (90% complete)

2009     MBA in Human Resource from Symbiosis Centre for Management and HRD, Symbiosis University

2007     Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Honors), Delhi University – Top 5%

2004     XII from St. Francis De Sales School, Delhi