Senior HR Manager – HR Operations & Compliance

Senior HR Manager HR Operations & Compliance

Location: India (Pune preferred)

About Vishram International Services (VIS)

Vishram International Services (VIS) is building and scaling its India operations across international education, student mobility, and global workforce programs.

Our services include:

High school student recruitment for international education programs

High school educational, cultural, and academic tours

Undergraduate and postgraduate admissions support

International internships and trainee programs

Work abroad and global workforce placement programs

End-to-end candidate services covering counseling, documentation, compliance, and post-placement support

Role Overview

We are hiring a Senior HR Manager HR Operations & Compliance to bring discipline, structure, cost control, and hiring accountability across the organization.

This is a senior HR operations and governance role, not a soft HR, engagement, or culture-focused position. The role exists to build and enforce policies, control expenses, prevent unauthorized spending, and ensure timely internal hiring to support company growth.

The role requires confidence to enforce standards, say no when required, and ensure business continuity through strong people governance and cost discipline.

Key Responsibilities

HR Policy, Governance & Enforcement

Draft, implement, and enforce company-wide HR policies, handbooks, and SOPs

Ensure 100% employee acknowledgment and adherence to policies

Review and tighten policies regularly to address misuse, loopholes, and operational risks

Expense Control & Compliance

Review and approve or decline non-payroll expenses including travel, reimbursements, subscriptions, vendor bills, and administrative costs

Decline unauthorized, non-essential, or policy-violating expenses without exception

Implement expense caps, approval matrices, and pre-approval mechanisms by role and department

Cost Control & Leakage Prevention

Track monthly expenses against approved budgets

Identify cost leakages, redundant spending, and overbilling

Recommend and implement cost-saving measures with quantified impact

Maintain department-wise expense and discipline scorecards

Internal Recruitment & Workforce Planning

Own internal recruitment execution to ensure business-critical roles are filled on time

Work closely with functional heads to define hiring priorities, role clarity, and timelines

Ensure hiring strictly follows approved headcount plans and budgets

Track recruitment timelines, offer rollouts, joining ratios, and attrition risks

Prevent over-hiring, duplicate roles, or unapproved recruitment

Ensure smooth onboarding, documentation, and policy compliance for all new hires

HR Operations & Payroll Governance

Oversee attendance, leave management, payroll inputs, and incentive eligibility validation

Ensure payroll and incentive payouts strictly follow approved policies and structures

Block payouts lacking approvals, documentation, or eligibility

Compliance, Reporting & Audits

Maintain compliance trackers and internal audit readiness

Prepare weekly and monthly reports covering:

Expense violations

Cost savings achieved

Hiring status versus plan

Compliance gaps

Act as an internal governance authority with direct reporting to senior leadership

Ideal Candidate Profile

812 years of experience in HR Operations, Compliance, Admin, or Governance roles

Proven experience in policy enforcement, cost control, and internal recruitment management

Strong documentation skills and process orientation

Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and declining requests when required

High integrity, emotionally resilient, execution-focused, and not people-pleasing

Important Note

This role is not limited to recruitment or employee engagement.

It is a control, governance, cost discipline, and hiring accountability role critical to company growth.