HR Manager — People & Compliance
Utsav App (Nirvann Applications Pvt Ltd) · Kolkata HO (with Bengaluru coverage) · Full-time, on-site
We're building India's Religion Tech company. We need someone to build the team behind it.
Utsav App connects 10 Lakh+ devotees with temples across India — they participate in pujas, receive their darshan video with their own naam and gotra chanted, and get authentic prasad delivered home. 4.6★. Growing fast enough that we're opening a second office in Bengaluru this year.
Here's the honest part: we've built the product, the marketplace and the growth engine. What we haven't built yet is the people function that holds it all together. Payroll, statutory filings, hiring, onboarding, records, culture — it's been run off the side of everyone's desk.
We're hiring the person who takes all of it, end to end, and makes it run properly. This is not a coordinator role reporting into an existing HR team. You are the HR team.
What you'll own
1. Payroll & statutory compliance — the non-negotiable core. Monthly salary register across both offices. EPF (ECR by the 15th, UAN activation and KYC, exit marking). ESI (monthly contribution, challan, Form 6 register, half-yearly returns, ceiling rules). Professional Tax (WB today, Karnataka as Bengaluru goes live). TDS (Sec. 192, Form 24Q quarterly, Form 16 by 15 June, Form 12BB and regime elections). You own the compliance calendar so no due date is ever missed.
2. Multi-state compliance. Two establishments, two states. You drive the Karnataka setup: S&E registration, KA PT and LWF, state-wise minimum wages and registers, adding Bengaluru to the EPF/ESIC footprint, POSH Internal Committee at each premises, statutory display boards.
3. Hiring. We're actively screening across Product, Tech, Design, D2C and Finance. You own sourcing through closure, the tracker, and the offer → appointment → joining pipeline.
4. Employee lifecycle & records. Onboarding (KYC, employee ID, UAN + ESI, PT, Form 11/2), exits (portal marking, FnF, gratuity, relieving letters), and the Employee Master as a genuine source of truth.
5. Culture. Engagement, performance cycles, policy, grievance handling.
Who you are
Really looking for: You've actually filed the returns yourself, on the portals, under deadline. You're precise enough that a ₹40 payroll gap bothers you. You've worked without a system to lean on. You can hire for competitive technical roles. You handle confidential data like it matters. You're comfortable being the only one — direct line to founders, full ownership.
Strong to have: WB + Karnataka exposure, startup experience (10→100 headcount), the labour law stack (Gratuity, Bonus, Maternity, POSH, Minimum Wages), deep spreadsheet skill.
We care much less about: Years on paper. Where you worked. Formal HR qualifications.
Why this one
Real ownership immediately · founder access · you'll land the Bengaluru state entry · work that reaches people who can't travel to their temple · growth that makes the role grow with it.
Apply
CV to [email protected], subject "HR Manager — [Your Name]". Skip the cover letter — instead tell us: one statutory filing you owned end to end (and what went wrong the first time), one process you built from nothing, one hire you're proud of closing.
Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Leave encashment
- Paid sick time
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
