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Sudeshna Nayar

Rego Park,USA

Summary

Seasoned HR executive with extensive experience in high-growth environments, adept at developing solution-focused strategies that enhance corporate culture. Proven ability to drive operational excellence and elevate employee engagement through innovative HR practices. Core competencies include talent management, organizational development, and change leadership.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

VP, People

Moda Operandi.com
NY
01.2019 - Current
  • Work closely with the Executive Senior Team on strategic and tactical management planning for technology, product and design organization
  • Act as a senior level advisor on human resource issues ranging from talent, culture, compensation and employee relations to all levels of employees
  • Oversaw corrective action plans to remedy structural, organizational and departmental issues.
  • Advised senior executives on approaches for resolving complex issues impacting operations.
  • Designed incentive programs that motivated staff members while ensuring profitability targets were met.
  • Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies and company policies.

Consultant

SNAYAR Consulting & Real HR Solutions.Com
01.2012 - 01.2019
  • Provided Consulting services spanning organization development, talent development, executive recruiting
  • Clients include: Kingsbrook Hospital, MDRC, ADDF, 3Sixty.com, Christie's Auction House, Child Mind Institute
  • Provided advice on operational processes, business development initiatives, organizational changes and other areas of improvement.
  • Identified areas for improvement, narrowing focus for decision-makers in making necessary changes.
  • Worked closely with human resources to support employee management and organizational planning.
  • Audited company's legal documents to verify compliant policies and procedures.
  • Collaborated with clients to develop action plans to address specific challenges and objectives.

Sr. HR Vice President

Citibank
NY
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Provided a range of strategic consultation for global technology populations within Markets Securities Services
  • Managed business & HR projects/initiatives including organizational efficiency reviews, high potential development programs, talent reviews, succession planning, annual performance management process, year-end activities, including promotional process and compensation

HR Vice President

J.P. Morgan
NY
01.2007 - 01.2011
  • Partnered with senior sales and technology executives in driving cultural shift during period of significant organizational and business change
  • Provided HR consultation across practices, including talent development, compensation and training, to drive business execution across sales and marketing groups
  • Redefined sales coverage model as part of business-wide initiative to move from a relationship management culture to a new revenue generating mindset
  • Collaborated with compensation in a comprehensive analysis of roles and responsibilities, resulting in significant sales/service re-alignment
  • Drove a robust people agenda focused on talent differentiation, training, and downsizing, which transformed sales organization, aligning to a new solution-sales approach and enabling aggressive revenue growth
  • Integrated and developed qualitative metrics into new scorecards that tied performance ratings more closely to revenue targets, resulting in increased transparency of performance expectations
  • Contributed to calibration of sales incentive plans that promoted new sales measures and ensured market competitiveness
  • Co-developed sales competency assessment tool used throughout talent management and recruiting processes that enforced new sales behaviors necessary to increase revenue
  • Led project team that successfully implemented tool by obtaining buy-in from senior level stakeholders across global business units, ensuring consistent performance standards globally
  • Leveraged corporate campus hire programs to establish a strategic approach for recruitment and development of high performing junior sales talent, including creation of well-defined career paths within the sales organization
  • Led relocation and off-shoring strategies in technology and hedge fund services, resulting in re-allocating work to secondary and tertiary locations in India
  • Counseled executives on setting up Bermuda hedge fund operations and established end-to-end practices that ensured that all HR activities were compliant with internal and external requirements

HR Director

TMP INC.
N.Y.
01.2006 - 01.2007
  • Established start-up HR function following a spin off from Monster
  • Led team of five globally
  • Remedied significant compliance issues with regard to employee benefit programs, 401(K), and FSA
  • Hired team of three to create, and implement recruiting, payroll, benefits and led project team to implement HRIS system, including taking benefits administration online through self-service and open enrollment
  • Resolved operations issues in global start-up offices in India and Canada to ensure local and overseas legal compliance

HR Site Director

NOKIA INC.
NY
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • On site HR responsibility for establishing Nokia Corporate U.S
  • Headquarters in New York
  • Engaged and managed relationships with a broad and geographically diverse stakeholder group, including executive, board and leadership teams, in order to develop and adapt HR policies to local standards
  • Supported sales and technology teams in two business units
  • Built site and unified culture, successfully integrating three distinct entities (two business units and the corporate team) for workforce led by Finnish executives and composed of 50% new hires
  • Provided one-on-one counseling for Board and senior level executives on employee relation issues, compliance with U.S
  • Federal, state employment laws, while providing leadership and education on the firm’s core values and ethics to the new executive hires
  • Established formal on-boarding process for senior level executives new to region and to company
  • Created international relocation packages for critical senior management team; successfully integrated engineering organization based in Romania

HR Director

First Data Corporation.
NY
01.2001 - 01.2004
  • Strategic business partner to U.S
  • And international executive team for spun off international division of First Data, setting up financial services based businesses as a result of an aggressive acquisition strategy in Canada, Mexico, Asia (China, India), Europe (United Kingdom, Germany, France)
  • Built flexible infrastructure in start-up overseas offices that supported business goals by developing HR policies, ensuring local legal compliance and global consistency
  • Facilitated communication and common understanding between domestic and international management teams by identifying training needs and developing cross-cultural training
  • Established and drove strong code of conduct strategy for First Data across geographical lines consistent with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, instilling local accountability for US based code of conduct
  • Partnered with both corporate and local compensation and benefits to develop competitive market pay practices in regions
  • Instrumental in devising and implementing competence based hiring and developing global termination process that complied with local benefits, leave policies and employment laws
  • Collaborated with corporate HRIS team to create and implement multiple HRIS systems in regions, including roll out of Peoplesoft, on-line performance management systems, data privacy, and e learning initiatives
  • Led successful change management initiatives subsequent to two international mergers in Europe by navigating through complex management structure and negotiating with disparate stakeholders to achieve a common goal
  • Negotiated with work councils & trade unions in post-merger integrations; advising management on dismissals and potential liabilities

HR Manager

Dow Jones/WSJ.CO.
NY
01.2000 - 01.2001
  • Partnered with management in driving organization changes resulting from re-integration of WSJ.com into the highly unionized and more conservative parent company

HR Director

Urbanfetch.com
NY
01.1999 - 01.2000
  • Establishment start-up HR function in retail environment, growing staff from 30 to 700 in 6 months
  • Led team of 5 in US

Director of Administration

RCC CORP.
NY
01.1991 - 01.1999
  • Transitioned HR policies through restructuring and then sale of global advertising agency
  • Led team of 6 globally

Education

Masters in Management Science -

Fordham University
NY

UK Law degree - PGDL/CPE

DeMontfort University
UK

BA Hons - English Literature & History

Keele University
UK

Skills

  • Organization Development
  • Employee Relations/Compliance
  • Compensation
  • Talent Development
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Integration
  • Training & Development
  • Succession Planning
  • Sourcing & Recruitment
  • Labor Relations

Languages

  • French
  • Bengali

Timeline

VP, People

Moda Operandi.com
01.2019 - Current

Sr. HR Vice President

Citibank
01.2015 - 01.2016

Consultant

SNAYAR Consulting & Real HR Solutions.Com
01.2012 - 01.2019

HR Vice President

J.P. Morgan
01.2007 - 01.2011

HR Director

TMP INC.
01.2006 - 01.2007

HR Site Director

NOKIA INC.
01.2004 - 01.2006

HR Director

First Data Corporation.
01.2001 - 01.2004

HR Manager

Dow Jones/WSJ.CO.
01.2000 - 01.2001

HR Director

Urbanfetch.com
01.1999 - 01.2000

Director of Administration

RCC CORP.
01.1991 - 01.1999

Masters in Management Science -

Fordham University

UK Law degree - PGDL/CPE

DeMontfort University

BA Hons - English Literature & History

Keele University

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