Richa Prakash

HRBP | People Success | Talent & Culture Strategy

Hyderabad, India

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About

Strategic HRBP with 6 years progressive HR experience spanning IT, manufacturing, and consulting environments. Proven track record in Unit HR operations, end-to-end performance management, compensation & benefits, and statutory compliance across scaling organizations. Applies Kaizen methodology to HR process improvement — building lean, data-driven people operations that align talent strategy with business outcomes. Experienced in stakeholder management, OD interventions, pay equity analysis, and HR MIS reporting. Committed to transforming HR from process-driven to experience-driven.

What I'm looking for

"I am an HR professional with 5 years of experience spanning Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, and Stakeholder Management. While my strongest expertise is in end-to-end recruitment, my long-term career direction is toward HR Business Partnering, where I can combine talent strategy, workforce planning, employee experience, and business partnership to drive organizational outcomes."

Experience

Self-Employed

Independent HR Consultant — HRBP & OD Advisory

Jan 2024 – Present

Engaged with scaling organizations on strategic HR, compensation, and organizational development mandates. Compensation & Total Rewards • Designed variable pay frameworks linking total rewards to KPI attainment and behavioral competency ratings, reinforcing a high-performance culture across 3 client organizations. • Conducted pay gap and pay equity analyses across gender and tenure cohorts — surfacing anomalies and presenting prioritized corrective action plans with remediation timelines to leadership. • Executed compensation benchmarking and market competitiveness assessments by analyzing market data, identifying pay gaps, and recommending pay bands, producing data-backed salary revision recommendations that improved internal pay parity. • Linked total rewards frameworks to organizational performance objectives – designing variable pay logic tied to KPI attainment and behavioral competency ratings to reinforce a high-performance culture. Organizational Development & Restructuring • Led org restructuring engagements including span-of-control redesign, rightsizing, and job analysis — mapping revised structures to business strategy for 3 organizations. • Mapped workforce capability requirements against revised org structures, producing role-readiness assessments that directly informed succession and talent development planning. • Managed resistance during change initiatives through structured communication frameworks and leadership alignment sessions, achieving 70% stakeholder adoption. HR Operations & Process Excellence • Built real-time compensation and performance dashboards (HR MIS) enabling leadership to monitor workforce metrics, attrition trends, and pay equity indicators — eliminating manual reporting cycles. • Streamlined core HR processes — performance review workflows, onboarding checklists, and policy documentation — reducing process cycle time by 40% and improving manager compliance. • Applied Kaizen methodology to HR process audits, identifying waste in existing workflows and implementing iterative improvements across payroll, MIS, and employee lifecycle operations. Workforce Planning and Talent Architecture • Designed enterprise workforce planning frameworks covering demand forecasting, talent segmentation, and capacity modelling — aligning talent supply to business direction and growth goals. • Leveraged external labor market intelligence and competitive benchmarking to inform build/buy/borrow talent decisions. • Defined role and skills frameworks for critical functions — establishing consistent job definitions, talent segmentation, and competency models to improve workforce visibility and talent decisions. • Enabled adoption of talent architecture through industry best practice, equipping leadership with structured tools for workforce planning and internal mobility. HR Operations & Process Excellence • Built real-time compensation and performance dashboards (HR MIS) enabling leadership to monitor workforce metrics, attrition trends, and pay equity indicators — eliminating manual reporting cycles. • Analyzed and interpreted HR data — engagement scores, talent acquisition metrics, productivity indicators — translating insights into actionable plans and tracking progress of HR goals with leadership. • Streamlined core HR processes — performance review workflows, onboarding checklists, and policy documentation — reducing process cycle time by 25%. • Applied Kaizen methodology to HR process audits, identifying waste in existing workflows and implementing iterative improvements across payroll, MIS, and employee lifecycle operations. • Followed up with leadership on status and progress of action plans — ensuring accountability, course correction, and on- time delivery of HR-related goals.

HR MISKaizenCompensation Benchmarking

Self-Employed

HR Intern

Apr 2016 – Jun 2016

• Supported talent pipeline development through structured talent mapping aligned to organizational workforce needs, and process documentation.

Talent MappingProcess DocumentationWorkforce Planning

Paras HMRI Hospital (Paras Healthcare)

Education

ICFAI Business School, Bengaluru

2019
Patna University

Patna University

2017

Certifications

CHRMP Advanced HRBP Certification

CHRMP

2024 – No expiry

Skills

Survey ToolsESI & PF PortalsGoogle WorkspaceMS OfficeSaral PayPack

Languages

English (Professional working proficiency)Hindi (Native or bilingual proficiency)Bengali (Elementary proficiency)