Head of Human Resources / General Manager HR

Role overview

Dugar Finance & Investments Ltd is looking for a senior HR leader to head the people function for its NBFC business in Chennai. This position reports directly to the CEO or Managing Director and will play a key role in shaping HR strategy, strengthening talent processes, supporting compliance, and enabling organizational growth in a regulated financial-services environment.

Core responsibilities

• Build and execute HR plans that support overall business priorities and growth objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on workforce, policy, and organizational matters.
• Help create and sustain a high-performance culture across the company.
• Own the recruitment approach for mission-critical positions and guide workforce planning for expansion.
• Improve employer visibility to attract strong talent from the financial services sector.
• Set up and refine performance management systems, including KPIs and KRAs.
• Support leadership development, succession planning, engagement, and retention initiatives.
• Design compensation and benefits structures that are competitive for the NBFC market.
• Supervise payroll, incentives, ESOPs, and benefits administration.
• Ensure pay practices remain fair internally and competitive externally.
• Maintain compliance with labour laws and applicable regulatory requirements, including RBI-related guidelines where relevant.
• Handle employee relations, grievances, and disciplinary actions in a structured manner.
• Keep HR policies updated to reflect legal and regulatory standards.
• Oversee HR operations such as HRMS, payroll, and people analytics.
• Promote HR automation and other digital transformation initiatives.
• Track and present HR metrics and dashboards to support decision-making.

Requirements

• MBA or PGDM in Human Resources, or a closely related discipline.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in HR.
• Background in NBFC, banking, or financial services is strongly preferred.
• Sound understanding of labour legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to support scaling businesses and change management.
• Strong strategic thinking and business understanding.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder management capability.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• High integrity and professionalism.
• Comfort working with data and analytics for decision-making.

Preferred profile

Candidates who have worked in fast-growing or transformation-heavy environments, especially within compliance-driven industries, and who bring a useful network in the financial services talent market will be an added advantage.

Application details

Interested candidates can share their profile via email at hr@dugar.co.in or contact 9092807676.