Senior Manager, HR and Business Operations (IT Staffing)

Own the people, compliance and operating backbone of a U.S. staffing company's India business. Ahmedabad. Reporting to the CEO.

Company: STEPS Talent Consulting Private Limited (STCPL), the India company of STEPS Talent

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat. On-site while the office is established and through the first 60-90 days; hybrid thereafter

Type: Full-time. Must be able to start within 30 days of offer

Reports to: Founder and CEO (U.S.)

Works with: India client delivery leadership; U.S. finance; our outsourced accounting firm, Company Secretary and bankers

Manages: People and Operations Specialist (U.S. staffing operations). Runs India HR and compliance directly until a specialist is added.

Hours: Staggered India schedule with consistent overlap with U.S. morning hours and flexibility for local business needs

Compensation: Competitive for Ahmedabad, matched to experience

About STEPS Talent

STEPS Talent is a U.S. enterprise technology staffing company with a growing India company, STEPS Talent Consulting Private Limited. We place ERP, Cloud, Data and AI, Cybersecurity and Software Engineering professionals with enterprise clients in the United States and India. We are establishing Ahmedabad as our permanent India headquarters.

The role

You own HR, people operations and business operations for our India company. You run them end to end. You are also the internal owner of our finance controls, working with our outsourced accounting firm and Company Secretary.

This is a hands-on seat. You will do the work yourself, set the process, and be accountable for compliance, payroll and the monthly cycle being right and on time. You have run this full cycle before, month after month, and you know where it breaks.

What you will own

People operations and Indian statutory compliance

- Provident Fund and ESI registration, the monthly contribution cycle, and returns
- Shops and Establishments, Professional Tax, gratuity, POSH and the Maternity Benefit Act
- The statutory compliance calendar: every registration, filing, notice and renewal, visible and on time
- The employee lifecycle: offer letters, onboarding, documentation, attendance, leave,



probation and confirmation, performance records, exits
- HR policy and the employee handbook
- HRMS records, kept accurate and auditable
- First point of contact for employees on HR matters, handled confidentially and documented properly

Payroll and finance controls

- Monthly payroll inputs: you prepare them, review the payroll that results, and approve it
- Review of the monthly close prepared by our accounting firm, with sign-off before it is final
- Bank reconciliations, vendor payments with correct TDS, and expense approvals
- Supporting documentation for monthly intercompany invoicing with the U.S. company
- Approval workflows, maker and checker on payments, and records that pass an audit without a scramble

Professional relationships

- A steady working rhythm with our accounting firm, Company Secretary and bankers: clear handoffs, complete documentation, deadlines met without reminders
- Custody of company credentials and digital signature certificates (DSCs, the secure keys used to sign government filings), so access stays with the company

Staffing operations oversight

- Oversight of consultant onboarding, background checks, work-authorization documents and client portal registration, executed day to day by the People and Operations Specialist
- Timesheets collected and checked each cycle before gaps become billing problems
- Placement records kept accurate in our system of record

Ahmedabad office

- Set up and run the office, which is being established: premises, vendors, administration and infrastructure

What good looks like at 90 days

- PF and ESI registered and running on a monthly cycle, with the compliance calendar live
- Payroll and the monthly close reviewed and signed off on schedule, without CEO intervention
- The Ahmedabad office operating,



with each professional relationship having a clear owner and cadence

Who does well here

- 10+ years in HR and business operations, ideally in IT staffing or skilled services
- Hands-on ownership of Indian statutory compliance: PF, ESI, Shops and Establishments, Professional Tax, gratuity
- Has personally run monthly payroll and reviewed month-end close for an Indian entity, working directly with a Chartered Accountant
- Reads a P&L;, balance sheet and bank reconciliation well enough to catch what an outside accountant missed
- 5+ years managing people whose work you were accountable for
- Working knowledge of the U.S. staffing back office: consultant lifecycle, W-2 and C2C, timesheets, client billing and client portals
- Has run a full back office at a company of roughly 30 to 150 people. If HR, payroll, compliance and finance sat in separate departments everywhere you have worked, this is likely not the right seat.
- A problem-solver who owns outcomes: resolves issues at their level, brings options rather than questions when something needs escalating, and doesn't need the CEO to close every open item
- Discreet with confidential information, and confident enough to say no when the process says no
- Clear, plain written English. Comfortable working directly with U.S. leadership.

Preferred: Zoho People, Zoho Books, Tally or comparable systems; SAP Fieldglass, SAP Ariba or similar client portals; intercompany work across related companies in different countries; setting up a new office. Why this role

- A founding seat in a new India headquarters, with the authority to set how HR and operations run
- A direct line to the CEO
- Cross-border scope: India HR and compliance plus U.S. staffing operations in one role
- A role that grows with the company and the team

To apply Send your resume directly to Sunny Patel at [email protected], copying [email protected], with the subject line "Senior Manager, HR and Business Operations (IT Staffing) - Ahmedabad".

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