Balasubramanian (Bala) Mariappan (Chartered MCIPD)

Senior Manager HR Business Partner | Performance, Total Rewards, People & Culture, UK

United Kingdom

About

As a Chartered MCIPD-accredited People Advisor and commercially driven Senior Business Partner, I bring global HR leadership across Europe & UK, with a sharp focus on enhancing employee experience and aligning talent strategy with business growth. My expertise spans Human Capital Management, Leadership Development, Performance Optimization, Rewards & Recognition, Cross-cultural Transformation, Employee Relations, ED&I, Workforce Planning, TUPE, M&A Integration, HR Compliance, Policy Implementation, and Risk Management. At the intersection of HR innovation and digital enablement, I champion initiatives that elevate engagement, retention, and workforce agility—empowering teams to thrive in a dynamic, tech-driven environment. I am passionate about building inclusive, high-performance cultures that excite and inspire people to deliver their best every day. With a proven track record in stakeholder management and advisory excellence, I navigate complex, fast-paced business landscapes with clarity, empathy, and strategic foresight driving better business outcomes through people-first transformation.

Experience

  • Senior Manager-HRBP at Mphasis
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    As an HR Business Partner at Mphasis, I drive strategic people initiatives that align with business goals across UK & I operations. I collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster a high-performance culture, support talent mobility, and ensure compliance with UK employment regulations. Key Responsibilities: • Partner with business leaders to deliver HR strategies that support growth, innovation, and transformation • Lead end-to-end talent onboarding for UK-based roles, ensuring a seamless candidate experience • Champion employee relations, conflict resolution, and engagement programs • Design and implement learning & development initiatives to upskill and empower teams • Manage compensation benchmarking, benefits administration, and payroll coordination • Oversee HR operations including onboarding, offboarding, and GDPR-compliant data management • Support hybrid work models and cross-border workforce integration with offshore teams • Collaborate with global HR teams in India and Europe to deliver consistent employee experiences • Ensure adherence to UK employment law, diversity & inclusion standards, and data privacy regulations • Contribute to Mphasis’ Front2Back™ transformation by enabling agile, customer-centric talent strategies

  • HCLTech (Full-time · 15 yrs 7 mos)
    • Senior Human Resources Business Partner
      Feb 2019 - Oct 2025 · 6 yrs 9 mos

      Supporting employee life cycle activities for Microsoft Business Applications Practice previously called as HCL-Powerobjects and Digital Business GTM/Sales organization for EMEA & APAC. Workforce planning consultation in line with the Y-o-Y budgetted growth for the line of business, influence recruitment decisions to drive best people culture, implemented structured onboarding journey involving buddy/mentor connect programs. Performance Management activities include goal setting in line with business objectives for the financial year. Managing Quarterly performance reviews by co-ordinating with business line leaders and managers. Portfolio driven tailored approach to cater to the needs of the business. Reward Management: Best driven meritocracy to alleviate any conscious/unconscious bias while dealing with individual rewards in terms of either monetary or non-monetary spot awards. Cost control measures include utilization tracking in line with role based rate cards & career growth progression to satisfy employees' aspirations. Long Term incentives best leveraged to retain the talents in the long run. Implemented Talent exchange program for employees' rotation to explore different avenues either horizontally or vertically in different domains basis individuals' skill set Retention Management: Custom tailored packages like Project Allowance, Retention Allowance for people identified as critical talents in the business unit. Managing the compensation increases in line with industry standards by careful consideration of maintaining parity within the same skill & experience group. Wagebill Management: Rotation of employees to different GEOs thereby keeping the cost at minimal level. Nearshore options like Romania, Spain & Bulgaria is being best leveraged in line with GDPR to protect the interest of the customers strictly basis the roles of the individuals. Led the process of risk of redundancy consultations for the UK/mainland Europe.

    • Human Resources Business Partner
      Jul 2014 - Jan 2019 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Business partner oversaw Career, Talent Training, performance & rewards of employees deployed in Telecom, Gaming, Aerospace, Media & Publishing vertical. Conceptualized hire to retire employee experience tool. Highlights: Successfully integrated around 5 different vertical aligned business into HCLTech. Build-operate-Transfer Engagements from HCLTech to Thrve Digital around 600 employees, a Life Sciences Market leader in North America & 300 employees integration to Clarivate, an info & Analytics lead client. Iron Mountain, aligned a data mgmt client for 250 employees integration into HCL Axon integration-SAP leader in UK integrated after 13 years of M&A journey. Powerobjects, Led a Microsoft Partner rebadging of around 800 employees into HCLTech

    • Employee Partner
      Apr 2010 - Jun 2014 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Oversaw Employee life cycle management in Engineering R&D Services Business Successfully executed predictive quotient analysis to retain key talents across business Conceptualized “Hire to Retire” employee experience tool