Human Resource Manager

Job Description

🏢Company: Cedar Group
📍Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 🌆
💼Job Type: Full-Time 💻
🏢Work Mode: Onsite / Office-Based 🏢
⏳Experience: 8+ Years 👩‍💼
🎓Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or Related Field 🎓
💰Expected Salary: ₹12 – ₹22 Lakhs Per Year 💸
📊Job Category: Human Resource, HR Operations, Employee Relations, Performance Management, HR Analytics, Learning & Development, HRIS, People Management 🌐
🌐Website: Website
📞Contact: Contact us

🌟Great companies don’t just manage people.
They build environments where talented people can do their best work.Behind every high-performing organization is an HR team that understands more than policies and processes.It understands people.Cedar Group is looking for a Human Resource Manager to lead HR operations across its consulting, research, analytics, FinTech, accelerator, and investment businesses.This is an opportunity for an experienced HR professional to shape employee experience, strengthen organizational capability, and work closely with leadership in a dynamic professional-services environment.

🌟About the Company:
Cedar Group is a global platform spanning strategy consulting, FinTech research and media, business intelligence, a FinTech accelerator, and venture capital.Founded in 1985, Cedar has built a strong presence in strategy, process innovation, strategic human capital, and business technology, with particular expertise in the financial-services sector.

The Group also includes IBS Intelligence, a global FinTech research and advisory platform, Cypress Analytica, a business intelligence unit, and investment and accelerator initiatives supporting innovative FinTech and enterprise technology companies.Cedar combines strategy, technology, research, analytics, and investment expertise to help organizations navigate complex business challenges.

💡About the Role:
Cedar Group is hiring a Human Resource Manager to own and lead core HR operations across the Group.You’ll manage the complete employee lifecycle — from onboarding and confirmation to transfers and exits — while driving performance management, employee engagement, learning and development, HR governance, and employee relations.The role also involves managing the HR team, supporting functional leaders on people-related matters, maintaining HR systems and records, and using HR analytics to help leadership make better workforce decisions.This is a strategic HR operations role for someone who can combine people leadership, operational discipline, confidentiality, analytics, and business partnering.

📌Key Responsibilities:
📌 Own the complete employee lifecycle including onboarding, confirmation, transfers, and exits 👥

📌 Manage performance management and employee engagement processes 📈

📌 Drive learning and development initiatives across the organization 📚

📌 Maintain HR policies, HRIS, employee records, and documentation accurately 🗂️

📌 Advise managers on employee relations and people-related matters 🤝

📌 Support leadership with HR insights, analytics, and workforce reporting 📊

📌 Drive employee engagement, culture, and wellbeing initiatives 🌱

📌 Lead and develop the HR team 👩‍💼

📌 Ensure HR processes comply with applicable employment requirements and organizational policies ⚖️

📌 Establish strong HR process governance across the Group 🔐

📌 Partner with function heads to strengthen organizational capability 🚀

📌 Coordinate with external HR service providers, learning partners, and compliance bodies 🌐

📌 Handle confidential employee information with a high degree of discretion 🔒

🎯Requirements:
🎯 Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or Related Discipline 🎓

🎯 Minimum 8 years of professional HR experience 👩‍💼

🎯 Strong experience across HR Operations, Employee Relations, and Performance Management 📊

🎯 Previous experience managing an HR team 👥

🎯 Strong understanding of employee lifecycle management 🔄

🎯 Experience managing HR policies, HRIS, and employee records 💻

🎯 Knowledge of HR analytics and reporting 📈

🎯 Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills 🤝

🎯 Excellent communication and decision-making abilities 💬

🎯 High level of integrity and confidentiality 🔐

🎯 Ability to work effectively in a lean, fast-paced professional-services environment ⚡

🌟Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
✅ MBA / Postgraduate Qualification in Human Resources 🎓

✅ HR Analytics & People Analytics 📊

✅ HRIS Management 💻

✅ Performance Management Frameworks 📈

✅ Employee Engagement & Culture Programs 🌱

✅ Learning & Development 📚

✅ Employment Compliance & HR Governance ⚖️

✅ Professional Services HR Experience 💼

✅ Team Leadership & People Development 👥

✅ HR Process Improvement 🔄

🌟Why Join Cedar Group?
✅ Work across consulting, FinTech, research, analytics, and investment businesses 🌍

✅ Partner directly with senior leadership and function heads 🤝

✅ Take ownership of HR operations across a diverse professional organization 🚀

✅ Build and strengthen employee engagement and organizational culture 🌱

✅ Lead and develop an HR team 👩‍💼

✅ Gain exposure to people analytics and modern HR practices 📊

✅ Work in a professional-services environment with strong financial-services expertise 💼

✅ Opportunity to grow toward senior HR leadership roles 📈

🔥Career Insight:
HR is no longer just about hiring people.

Modern HR is about building organizations that can adapt.

The best HR leaders understand people, but they also understand data.

They know when engagement is falling.

They know where performance needs support.

They know which processes are slowing teams down.

And they know how to turn workforce insights into better business decisions.

If you want to move beyond traditional HR operations and become a strategic people leader, this role offers the opportunity to make that transition.