Human Resources Executive in Gurgaon, भारत

About Varaha

Varaha is a climate-first company that develops and scales high-quality, verifiable carbon projects across India and other smallholder farming economies. To date, Varaha has reached over 100,000 smallholders across more than 1.1 million acres, improving livelihoods while advancing nature-based climate solutions.

Our work spans regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, biochar, and enhanced rock weathering, supported by in-house MRV systems that combine digital field data, geospatial analytics, remote sensing validation, and calibrated scientific models to quantify carbon removal. Founded in 2022, the company is on track to deliver over one million high-quality carbon credits in 2026. Varaha’s projects have secured offtake agreements with global buyers including Microsoft, Google, Kellanova, Louis Dreyfus Company, Mirova, Lufthansa, and Swiss Re. Varaha was named to the 2024 TIME100 Climate List and the 2024 Forbes Asia 100 to Watch.

Position - Human Resources Executive

Location - Gurgaon

Role Overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic, detail-oriented HR Executive to serve as the operational backbone of our employee experience. In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of the "Hire-to-Retire" journey—from sourcing top talent and crafting smooth onboarding experiences to managing HRMS records, payroll inputs, and employee engagement. This role is ideal for a proactive fresher or early-career professional who is eager to touch every domain within HR, learn modern HR technology, and collaborate cross-functionally across departments to build a thriving workplace culture.

Key Responsibilities :-

1. Third-Party Payroll & Vendor Coordination

• Primary Liaison: Serve as the single point of contact between internal teams and the third-party payroll agency.

• Payroll Inputs & Attendance: Collate, verify, and submit monthly attendance, leave, overtime, and incentive data to the vendor using HRMS.

• Vendor Compliance: Monitor the third-party agency to ensure full statutory compliance (PF, ESI, LWF, and Minimum Wages) for off-role staff.

2. Core HR Operations & HRMS Governance

• Source of Truth: Maintain employee database accuracy in our HRMS platform across all lifecycle changes (new hires, transfers, and exits).

• Document Management: Maintain secure, audit-ready digital e-folders for off-role staff.

• Offboarding & F&F: Coordinate resignation clearances, exit paperwork, background verification (BGV), and assist with Full & Final (F&F) settlements and relieving letters.

3. Recruitment & Smooth Onboarding

• Talent Acquisition Support: Assist with job postings, resume screening, scheduling interviews, and candidate follow-ups across departments.

• Day-1 Readiness: Oversee new hire onboarding workflows by tracking documentation, background checks, and coordinating with IT for asset provisioning.

• Cross-Functional Partnering: Work closely with department leads and HR Business Partners (HRBPs) to understand team-specific hiring and support requirements.

4. Employee Engagement & Operations

• Query Resolution: Serve as an approachable point of contact for day-to-day employee queries regarding policies, leaves, and payroll.

• Culture & Initiatives: Assist in planning employee engagement activities, pulse surveys, performance appraisal administrative tasks, and recognition events.

Qualifications & Requirements:-

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (Freshers with strong academic background or relevant HR internships are welcome).

• Experience: 0 to 2 years of generalist HR experience or hands-on HR internship exposure.

• Vendor & Operations Focus: Ability to manage high-volume employee data and coordinate seamlessly with external payroll vendors.

• Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP) and MS Office Suite.

• HR Tech Familiarity: Basic exposure to HRMS platforms and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) is a strong plus.

• Statutory Awareness: Basic understanding of Indian labor compliance, statutory deductions (PF, ESI, PT, LWF), and contract staffing workflows.

• Cross-Functional Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively across departments and with external partners.

• Mindset: Proactive, highly organized, detail-oriented, street smart individual with a strong willingness to learn and handle end-to-end HR domain operations.

Please note - The candidate’s will be on a third party payroll.