People Transition ,Compliance & Digitization Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Drive and oversee compliance with employment, labour, and regulatory requirements across all APAC countries, ensuring adherence to local laws and corporate standards.
2. Monitor regulatory developments, assess business impact, and implement necessary updates to HR policies, processes, and compliance frameworks.
3. Maintain 100% compliance tracking through governance tools such as iComply, ensuring all legal obligations, controls, and records are accurately documented.
4. Conduct periodic self-audits, compliance reviews, and spot checks to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for corrective action.
5. Support internal and external audits by managing documentation, responding to audit queries, and ensuring timely closure of observations and compliance alerts.
6. Review employment-related legal matters and partner with Legal and HR teams to mitigate risks and strengthen governance practices.
7. Lead process standardization and digitization initiatives across APAC to improve operational efficiency, compliance effectiveness, and employee experience.
8. Design and deliver compliance awareness programmes, sensitization sessions, and governance training for HR teams, managers, and business stakeholders.
9. Act as a strategic advisor for M&A, due diligence, workforce transitions, organizational change, and people integration initiatives across geographies.
10. Partner with Sales, Pre-Sales, Delivery, Solution, HR, and Business leaders to drive people strategy, cultural integration, risk management, and successful transformation outcomes.

Must-Have

1. 15+ years of experience in HR Compliance, HR Governance, Risk Management, or HR Operations within a multinational environment.
2. Experience leading M&A integrations, workforce transitions, organizational change, or people transformation initiatives.
3. Proven experience managing internal/external audits, compliance reviews, and risk assessments.
4. Demonstrated expertise in policy governance, regulatory change management, and compliance monitoring.
5. Knowledge of data privacy regulations (PDPA, GDPR, Privacy Act, etc.).
6. Proven experience leading HR digitization, process simplification, or automation initiatives that improve governance, compliance, and operational efficiency.
7. Strong ability to translate business and compliance requirements into technology-enabled solutions, partnering effectively with HR, IT, Digital, and business stakeholders

Good-to-Have Requirements

1. Experience using compliance management platforms such as iComply, ServiceNow, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or equivalent systems.
2. Certification in Employment Law, Compliance, Risk Management, HR Governance, or related disciplines.
3. Experience driving HR process digitization and automation projects.
4. Prior consulting, advisory, or transformation management experience in complex global organizations.
5. Exposure to post-merger integration, cultural transformation, and cross-border workforce programmes across multiple geographies.