Sandhya R A is a senior executive with over 8 years of experience in human resources. She has expertise in areas such as employee relations, engagement, performance management, HR policies and procedures, and employee retention. Currently she works at Deloitte Consulting India where she manages talent programs, conducts employee surveys, addresses employee grievances, and ensures compliance with HR processes. Previously she has worked at Deloitte Support Services India and Frontier Business Systems in various HR roles. She holds an MBA in HR and a bachelor's degree in engineering.

1. Expertise: Employee Relations & Engagement, Perf Mgmt, HR Policies & Employee Retention
SANDHYA R A
Sr.Executive – Talent Email:sra333@gmail.com
sra333@gmail.com
An accomplished Human Resource Professional with proven expertise in Employee Relations &
People Management, Training & Development, Performance Management, HR policies &
procedures and Best Practice. A highly motivated, organized individual with excellent Business
Partnering, Relationship Management, Talent Advisory skills. With a work experience spanning
to 8 years in the field of HR and having worked in difficult and challenging environments has
helped me gain in-depth knowledge and hands-on understanding of the strategies, operating
dynamics and issues impacting the role of Human Resource in an organization.
Proven expertise in Employee Relations & Employee Engagement, Program Management,
Performance Management, HR Policies & Procedures and Employee Retention.
Comfortable working with tools like SAP, BW and SFDC.
Career Snippets:
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. (Sr. Analyst – Talent, Oct 2013 till date)
 Responsible for maintaining and implementing the compliance parameters across
practise
 Promoting and conducting Talent Surveys
 Analyzing the outcomes of the talent survey and prepare the feedback based on
periodic data.
 Advocate and advise leadership on the next course of action
 Prepare an Engagement calendar for the complete year with stringent targets and
deadlines
 Conduct FGDs and Employee Connects, skip level meetings, one-on-one meetings to
deep-dive into employee grievances and concerns and address them
 Partner with the Communication Team to prepare leadership communication and
Practise News Letters
 Partner with the Business Advisory team to implement and maintain new policies and
procedures
 Prepare reports for high level data analysis by partnering with various teams and
sources like RM, PM, Total Rewards, Finance, On-boarding, Employee Life Cycle Events,
Exits etc.
 Provide detailed reports on YE, MY trends w.r.t multiple stakeholders and suggest the
required action items
 Partner with the Talent Relations / Legal teams to maintain compliance across processes
by conducting regular check points and internal audit mechanisms.

2. Expertise: Employee Relations & Engagement, Perf Mgmt, HR Policies & Employee Retention
SANDHYA R A
Sr.Executive – Talent Email:sra333@gmail.com
sra333@gmail.com
 Educate employees on HR initiates / processes, Career pathing, Performance
Management, Trainings, Design Retention Programs & Road shows, Participate in IJP
Processes, Succession Planning, Leadership Connects
 Streamline the Employee Separation process
 Single POC for all Talent related queries for my dedicated group
 Organize and run the Performance Management Road-Shows
 Run the PM consensus meetings, Talent Reviews for the targeted population, provide
talent insights wherever required and trigger the trend analysis to leadership for
decision-making
 Organize and run the First time Counselor sessions which involves training them on
various parameters
 Participate in Year-End compensation Review process and provide in-sights to the
leadership on various action items
 Conduct and run the Invest – Sustain discussions to manage the budget allocated
 Liason between all parties to maintain process flow for Performance Management,
Compensation Review, Comp Communication and the further actions related
 High-Level data analysis on performance, attrition etc.
 Partner with other talent teams to maintain uniformity across practice and firm
 Partner with the W2D team to run the Welcome to Deloitte Firm Level Induction session
for three days
 Coach and train the program facilitators on Do’s and Don’ts, content, and time
management techniques
 Drive end-to-end R&R process while partnering with the R&R team and conduct road
shows
 Extensively involved in high level report and analysis and derive relevant solutions
 Conduct Service Line specific induction to new hires and make them familiar with the
firm policies and Service Line Agreements
 Run employee welfare programs like TAP etc.
 Responsible for fun@work initiatives and team outings
 Conduct and facilitate leadership meetings and conferences
 Manage a team of five (3 Analysts and 2 Associate Analysts)
 Facilitate flexible work arrangements
 An active member in the MAC committee which involves discussion/debates with
leaders for employee welfare programs.
Deloitte Support Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Analyst – HR Generalist, Apr 2010 to Sep 2013)
Special Projects Handled in addition to the HR Generalist / BP role

3. Expertise: Employee Relations & Engagement, Perf Mgmt, HR Policies & Employee Retention
SANDHYA R A
Sr.Executive – Talent Email:sra333@gmail.com
sra333@gmail.com
 Lead the exit activities for the entire Deloitte member firms in Hyderabad offices.
 Run & Lead the centralized exit activities for all other locations in India like reporting,
process initiation and innovation.
 Conduct and analyze exit interview for professionals, generate reports and recommend
retention methods for businesses.
 Handle involuntary exits (Absconding / Performance / Policy Violation related cases).
 Co-Partner with the third party vendor with regards to the exit survey report and
analyses.
 Handle all HR based activities for all interns hired by the firm until their term ending,
maintain a record for the same for all requisites and back ground verification queries.
 Partner with the exit team to generate exit reports and provide attrition trends to BA
 Work with Business Advisors to support Firm leadership and the businesses/channels in
planning and executing the employee performance management process
 Contribute to process planning activities including setting the performance
management calendar
 Develop and update presentation materials and analyses for meetings with leadership
and other key stake holders.
 Perform analyses that support process reviews and leadership decisions.
 Update and maintain key performance management process documents
 Orientation Session - career counselor workshops, educate/train first line supervisors,
compensation structure & total rewards,
 Publishing periodic reports w.r.t. to payroll, salary, compensation, headcount, attrition
etc. to the internal and external stakeholders
 Guide & coach HR team / new joiners in the team on various HR processes
 Worked on projects such as Bench Management, Understanding Competencies at work,
Conflict Management
 Conduct periodic connects with professionals/ new hires to understand their experience
and gather feedback for process betterment.
 Drive the successful execution of training programs by sensitizing employees and
reporting managers to ensure their adequate participation
 Manage a team of three associate analysts
Prior Experiences
Frontier Business Systems (Sr. Executive – HR, May 2008 to Dec 2008)
Frontier is comprehensive IT Infrastructure and Security Solutions provider with an
excellent growth track record and in-depth technical expertise. Extensively involved in
Sales and Marketing of IT Based Products like Hardware, Software, Networking etc.
having tie-ups with principals like Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Lenovo, Cisco etc.

4. Expertise: Employee Relations & Engagement, Perf Mgmt, HR Policies & Employee Retention
SANDHYA R A
Sr.Executive – Talent Email:sra333@gmail.com
sra333@gmail.com
Key Initiatives and Accomplishments:
 Successfully transitioned many operational and HR processes from US offices to India
 Have won the best facilitator award for two consecutive quarters and have won
monetary mementoes from clients and partners
 Have initiated Best Practice sharing for all HR Generalists to generalize on few processes
 Successfully conducted new process implementation called MCC (Mass Career
Customization for 21,000 practitioners) which is an on-going process with continuous
surveys and audits at Deloitte
 Acquired accolades from many employees for the non-technical training by inviting
executives outside the organization
 Successfully implemented Self Help is the Best Help program at Frontier.
 Took initiative in implementing “Icon of the Month” for the best performer at Frontier
 Organized multiple lectures and training programs exclusively for freshers and also for
the other professionals.
Educational Qualifications:
M.B.A (HRM) from ICFAI University.
B.Tech from Anna University.
Professional Skills:
 Advanced working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
 Possess excellent communication skills, capable of giving professional presentations
 Languages Known: English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil
Extra-Curricular Activities:
 Participated in various elocutions, debates, essay writing competitions at school level &
have won prizes
 Zonal level Badminton player
 Organizing corporate level quiz, cultural and sport activities
 Lead a group of volunteers for a mentorship program at a Govt. Girls High School
Fields of interest:
 Employee Relations, Engagement and Welfare
 Firm level Induction and Program Management
 Performance Management
References: will be provided on request