Adil Ahuja

Strategic HR Business Partner (HRBP) with 8+ years of experience driving people strategy in fast-paced technology environments. Proven track record of reducing voluntary attrition from 20.6% to 13.8% - translating to 40+ retained employees annually - through targeted engagement, stay interviews, and structured retention programmes. Trusted advisor to senior leadership across 1,400+ employees, with deep expertise in strategic workforce planning, complex employee relations, performance management, and data-driven HR decision-making.

Combines strong business acumen and a commercial mindset with hands-on proficiency in Workday, Keka, and advanced HR analytics to deliver measurable people outcomes.

HR Business Partner at MRI Software (2022-08 – Present)

Strategic HR Partnering & Workforce Planning

• Function as the primary HR thought partner for 1,400+ employees across India, working shoulder-to-shoulder with CXOs and department heads to translate business priorities into people outcomes - driving a 15% uplift in leadership satisfaction scores.
• Brought voluntary attrition down from 20.6% to 13.8% across 18 months through a structured employee engagement strategy - stay interviews, manager coaching on early warning signals, and role-specific retention plans - preventing an estimated 40+ exits per year.
• Anchored annual workforce planning across 3 business units - leading headcount forecasting, role mapping, and skills gap identification - enabling the organisation to scale 12% YoY without reactive hiring.
• Owned the full performance cycle for 800+ employees from system setup through calibration to closure - hitting 97% on-time completion and sharpening rating consistency by 22% through targeted manager coaching.
• Built and rolled out a succession planning framework covering 40+ business-critical roles - partnering with COE and business heads to map high-potential talent and co-develop Individual Development Plans (IDPs) that kept the pipeline healthy.
• Drove learning and development initiatives tied to the organisation's AI reskilling and diversity & inclusion agenda - pushing programme participation from 61% to 85% by aligning content to real skill gaps identified through performance data.
• Handled 60+ sensitive ER matters each year - spanning PIPs, buyout negotiations, disciplinary proceedings, and complex exits - applying sound knowledge of Indian labour law to consistently close cases with full legal compliance and zero escalations.
• Cut PIP closure time by 30% by introducing a documentation framework that removed ambiguity for managers and kept cases moving without HR chasing at every step.
• Built Excel-based HR dashboards from scratch - surfacing attrition patterns, headcount movement, and performance health in real time, compressing leadership reporting turnaround by 3x.
• Overhauled Workday configuration across talent and lifecycle modules - eliminating 40% of manual HR tracking tasks and lifting data accuracy to 98%, giving the business a reliable single source of truth.
• Rebuilt the onboarding experience end-to-end using Workday tracker workflows - shrinking documentation turnaround by 30% and pushing 30-day new hire satisfaction to 4.4/5.

HR Generalist at Serigor Inc. (2020-01 – 2022-07)

• Ran end-to-end HR operations for a 200+ employee organisation - covering payroll, compensation & benefits administration, statutory compliance, hiring, and employee engagement - without a single payroll error across 30 consecutive months (99.5% accuracy).
• Screened and pipeline-managed 150+ candidates annually across Naukri, LinkedIn, and Indeed - cutting average time-to-fill by 18% by introducing a structured pre-screen framework and tightening panel coordination.
• Maintained HRIS integrity on Keka and Excel; identified and closed process gaps that trimmed reporting turnaround by 25%.

HR Executive at ANRI Solutions (2018-10 – 2019-10)

• Closed 40+ open roles within agreed timelines by tightening the JD briefing process and shifting to competency-based screening - measurably lifting the quality of candidates reaching final rounds.
• Introduced employee wellness initiatives that correlated with a 12% retention improvement over the course of tenure.

Junior HR Executive at XISTENCE Consulting (2018-01 – 2018-10)

• Kept HRIS records accurate and complete, facilitated new hire orientations, and contributed to process improvements - sustaining 100% data integrity throughout the role.

MBA in Human Resource Management & Finance – Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (2024)

B.Com in Accounting & Business Management – University of Delhi (2019)