1. We help you find theWe help you find the
BestBest

2. Company BackgroundCompany Background
As one of the most respected providers of human resources
solutions in India and MENA, Populus has a proven track record of
unleashing potential in people and companies.
• Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in Mumbai
(india) and is privately owned
• Populus has served the manpower hiring and structuring
challenges of some of the largest organizations in the geographies
we operate in. We are constantly looking to go beyond those
boundaries too.
• Our objectives are simple. We help drive our clients’ retention
and continued productivity. This, in turn, drives profitability. We do
this by partnering with our clients to assess their organization and
their people, source the right talent, develop their workforce and
soon will help manage their workforce.

3. About PopulusAbout Populus
Populus Facts:
 Over 100 man-years of people sourcing
 A very strong and well-trained team
 Large geographical coverage
 Experience across myriad domains and industries
 Helped several business and SBU start-ups
 Solid client relationships and market awareness
 Customer base lists several global leaders

4. WHAT WE DOWHAT WE DO
Enabling our
clients to manage
the risk of offering
credit to their
customers
Enabling our
clients to make
fast, accurate
decisions in their
relationships with
customers and to
reduce the risk of
fraud
Enabling our
clients to generate
significant returns
on investment and
build lasting
customer
relationships
Enabling
individuals to
monitor their credit
report, check their
credit score and
protect against
identity theft
47% 11% 21% 21%
Leadership HiringLeadership Hiring Lateral RecruitmentLateral Recruitment

5. How We OperateHow We Operate
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Understand
Client
Analyze
Requirement
CV
Sourcing
CV
Screening
Pre-
Screening
(Phone)
Refer
Shortlisted
Profile to
Client
Screening
by Client
Coordinate:
interviews
with client
Coordinate:
Pre -
Employment
Checks
Coordinate:
Offer
Release
Appointment
Post Joining:
Follow up
with
Candidates
Eliminate not
suitable ones

6. SPECIALIZATIONSPECIALIZATION

7. PORTFOLIO OF WORKPORTFOLIO OF WORK
RISK & ANALYTICS FIRMS
 Advised on hiring strategies and managed the entire recruitment process for a global information
services organization venturing into risk and analytics domain. The entire start-up team was
identified and placed by Populus.
 Set up the entire risk department for the most profitable bank in UAE. This included credit and
market risk positions as well as risk technology consultants
 Hired the entire team for financial analytics and insurance analytics for a credit bureau service
provider
UK-BASED RE-INSURANCE COMPANY
 Populus identified their Practice Head for Legal Services. This assignment that was given to us
after a year of futile searches by other search firms and we managed to get them the perfect
candidate within a couple of months.
 Worked closely with their management team to identify and source function heads for three
critical functions within their business transformation group
 Providing them with research inputs as well as relevant professionals to ramp up their actuarial
as well as catastrophe modeling teams.

8. PORTFOLIO OF WORKPORTFOLIO OF WORK
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
 We have helped our clients in recruiting IT professionals for complete software development life
cycle. Requirement covered are Developer, Business Analyst, Testers, Technical Architect,
Solution Architects, Project Managers, Program Managers, etc.
 Have gained expertise in placing professional with experience in Business intelligence and data
warehousing for ETL, ERWIN, SAS, SPSS, VBA, Macros.
 Worked on Head – Data Warehouse for a Credit Bureau, one of the key positions.
 .Net - developed a team of Solution Architect, Team Leads & developer as exclusive partners to
them
 Java - Right from developers to Head of departments have been placed at various levels with
different bureau set ups.
 Helped one of the bureaus to transition their project from Monaco to replicate its process here in
India by sourcing QA, C++, Java, DBA, System Analyst & PM. Worked within TAT single
handedly set up their team in India.

9. PORTFOLIO OF WORKPORTFOLIO OF WORK
 Helped IT arm of Qatar’s largest conglomerate to set up their Indian IT offshore team and set up
their crucial functions – Centre Head, HR head & Technology practice Head.
 Successfully conducted recruitment drives in Mumbai for the mass hiring of Oracle professional.
 Worked on CIO requirement for leading IT product development unit in Chennai.
 Instrumental in placing Oracle consultants with experience in modules - Financial, SCM, HRMS
from diverse geographies - India, Middle East and North Africa, etc for client based in Qatar.
 Worked closely with the leadership team to identify key Arabic speaking Oracle resources.

10. PORTFOLIO OF WORKPORTFOLIO OF WORK
BIG 4 / CONSULTING FIRMS IN INDIA & UAE
 Populus has successfully placed professional with varied experience in Audit (IT audit, Risk
Audit, internal audit, Statutory audit)
 Successfully conducted a drive to source and place more than 50 people across the financial
consulting and audit divisions for a Big 4 consulting firms UAE arm
 We cherish our journey of cutting through hundreds in the competition and then working towards
becoming a key vendor for a Big 4 firm in India who conferred us with an award for exceptional
performance
 LPO / Law firm – helped US based top law firm set up its LPO base in Mumbai from scratch in
2004

11. PORTFOLIO OF WORKPORTFOLIO OF WORK
REPRESENTATIVE VIEW OF VARIOUS SENIOR LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS
 VP – Decision Sciences to spearhead the analytics practice for US based financial services firm
in India
 Director – Enterprise Risk to lead the risk practice around Basel II for the Middle East & Africa
region of a global consulting firm
 Head – Research to lead the economic analysis group for an information research organization
 CFO as part of the decision making committee for a financial technology organization in Chennai
 Head of Marketing Function for UK based financial services firm in Mumbai
 Centre Head and Head of Technology for an IT organization in Pune, specializing in Oracle,
SAP and BI solutions
 Head of Legal for a UK based reinsurance business for its function transitioned from UK

12. WHAT WE OFFERWHAT WE OFFER
 We are more than just a recruitment agency. We are consultants and trusted advisors to our
candidates and clients.
• Client Briefing- Company culture, scope of the assignment, core skills required and remuneration
details. This leads to SLA signed by both
• Research and Sourcing - In-depth research, extensive data sources and market analysis is
followed by a series of confidential discussions with prospective candidates
• Interview & Evaluation – The best candidates are interviewed, identifying levels of interest,
qualifications and suitability
• Reports & Recommendations – Only the most suitable individuals are presented for interview.
Summary reports and recommendations are submitted
• Client Interview & Assessments – We facilitate meetings between the clients & candidates. Both
– client and candidates are briefed before the meeting.
• Offer Negotiations Over the years we have negotiated offers on behalf of our clients. We have
proven success in offer conversions.

13. WHAT WE OFFERWHAT WE OFFER
 Our understanding of financial market products, services, the regulatory framework and industry
trends provides the foundation upon which we base our client and candidate services. By taking
the time to understand market dynamics we are able to interpret the needs of both clients and
candidates to ensure that there is a strong correlation in meeting the needs of both.
 Our clients also benefit from our extensive candidate database, our market reach, contacts and
rigorous screening process. Often we are able to assist clients with our market knowledge to fine
tune position descriptions, determine compensation packages or generally to provide feedback
on market conditions. As a result we enjoy considerable support from numerous long term clients
who value our input and support.

14. WHAT WE ARE GOOD ATWHAT WE ARE GOOD AT
Areas catered to :
 Financial Risk
 Business Risk
 Operations Risk
 Actuarial
 CAT modeling
 Research
 Knowledge Management
 Analytics & statistical Modeling
 Legal & Compliance
 Strategy & Financial Consulting
 Investment
 Audit & Finance
 BFSI / BFSI allied services
 Support & Operations

15. WHAT WE ARE GOOD ATWHAT WE ARE GOOD AT
Technology Domain Skills
Microsoft C#.NET, WCF, WPF, SQL Server, MS BI, SharePoint, SQL
DBA, .NET -Technical and solutions Architect
JAVA Core Java, J2EE with websphere or weblogic, UML, Struts, Spring,
Hibernate, AJAX, Cold fusion, JSP.
Data warehouse Informatica, Cognos, Ab Inito, SAS, ETL Extracts, Datastage, Data
Modeling, Oracle, Netezza, OBIEE and Microsoft
Database Teradata, Oracle, SQL, TSQL, DB2 and Sybase
Mainframe Cobol, Synon
SAP Functional SD, MM, PM, PP, QM, HRM, FI, CO, FICO , ESS, MSS, Solution
Manager, BO, BI/BW
SAP Technical (ABAP) ABAP
SAP Technical (BASIS) BASIS with Unix/Solaris Platform or BASIS with Oracle or BASIS
with NT/SQL platform with overall experience in Installation,
User Creation, Authorization, Security, Back up, Recovery,
Database Cleaning etc…
SAP Three Dimensional Modules SAP SRM, SAP BIW
Areas Covered in IT

16. WHAT WE ARE GOOD ATWHAT WE ARE GOOD AT
Technology Domain Skills
Tester/QA Manual, Win runner, Load Runner, QTP, Automation Testing,
QA, VSTS
DBA Oracle, Sybase, Informix, SQL, DB2
Oracle Oracle Apps Technical/Functional
BI Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Hyperion Brio,
Hyperion Planning, OBIEE
Technical Services and Infrastructure
services domain
Citrix, Windows + VMware, Windows Server 2003/2008, Unix,
Networking, TSM (Trivoli Storage Manager), Linux Admin,
Solaris, Security
CRM Salesforce, Siebel, Oracle CRM
Reporting Tools Qlikview, SSIS, SSRS
EAI Tibco
Other skills JD Edward, iphone, black berry, Android, Drupal, Ruby and rails,
Murex, Documentum, temenos