HR Manager

HR Manager — Hirani Accounting, Hyderabad

Work mode: work from office

Office timing: 8 am to 5 pm, Monday to Saturday

Reporting: directly to the founder

Hirani Accounting is an outsourced accounting firm in Hyderabad, serving Australian accounting firms and their clients since 2015 on Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, with a team of sixteen accountants across three levels.

This is a lead position. It takes over the complete HR function, recruitment, staff administration, payroll inputs and statutory compliance, and, as the firm expands, builds and leads the HR team.

Key responsibilities

1. Recruitment of accountants (Level 1 to Level 3) end to end: job posting, sourcing through job portals and referrals, screening, practical tests with the team leads, offers and joining formalities
2. Maintaining a live candidate pipeline so that a resignation never leaves client work uncovered
3. Structured onboarding of every new joiner, with reviews at 30, 60 and 90 days
4. Maintaining complete staff records: appointment letters, personal files, identity and address proofs, background checks, confirmation and increment letters
5. Attendance, leave and monthly payroll inputs
6. Day-to-day staff matters: leave within policy, grievances, disciplinary action, and performance discussions
7. Exit management: notice period, knowledge transfer with the team lead, access revocation, exit interview, full and final settlement, relieving letter
8. Statutory compliance calendar: PF, ESI, professional tax, TDS inputs, Shops and Establishments registration and returns, gratuity records, POSH committee and its annual report, and the statutory registers
9. Rolling out and maintaining the HR policies: leave, attendance, code of conduct, POSH, IT and data security acknowledgements
10. Moving staff records from spreadsheets into an HR system within the first six months

A one-page monthly report to the founder

Candidate profile

HR professionals with 5 to 8 years of experience, including at least 2 years as the sole or lead HR person in a firm of 20 to 60 people (accounting or CA firm, KPO, BPO, IT services or similar). Hands-on experience across recruitment (20 or more positions hired in a year), payroll inputs and PF, ESI and professional tax compliance (directly or through a vendor), exits and full and final settlements, and POSH committee setup or administration. Working knowledge of labour law as it applies to a small office in Telangana. Good written English for drafting appointment and disciplinary letters without templates; proficiency English, Telugu, and Hindi. Leadership qualities to build and manage a team as the firm expands. MBA or PGDM in HR is preferred but not required.

Package

50,000 to 75,000 per month based on experience and last drawn salary, plus a retention bonus payable at twelve months.