Human Capital - Compliance Lead

COMPANY OVERVIEW

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries.

KKR's Gurugram office provides best in class services and solutions to our internal stakeholders and clients, drives organization wide process efficiency and transformation, and reflects KKR's global culture and values of teamwork and innovation. The office contains multifunctional business capabilities and is integral in furthering the growth and transformation of KKR.

POSITION SUMMARY

KKR is seeking an experienced risk, controls, and compliance professional to strengthen and unify the existing risk and controls work across People Operations into a consistent, scalable global compliance strategy. Based in Gurugram, this role supports all regions globally, partnering across time zones and operating models to help ensure HR processes, systems, and operations are compliant, auditable, and scalable across the employee lifecycle. Working closely with HRIS (Workday), Legal, Privacy, Audit, and People Operations leaders worldwide, the role will consolidate the HR controls landscape by aligning documentation and evidence standards, defining testing cadence and governance, and embedding preventive and detective controls into process and system design. The successful candidate will translate regulatory and audit expectations into practical requirements that strengthen control discipline while enabling efficient operations. This is a strategic, hands-on role requiring strong judgment and rigorous documentation, with accountability for providing senior leadership clear global visibility into control health, emerging risks, and remediation progress through dashboards and targeted reporting.

ROLE CONTEXT

This role sits within HC Operations to ensure direct ownership of operational controls across HR processes. Unlike traditional compliance oversight roles, this position is responsible for translating compliance requirements into how work is actually executed-within Workday, approval workflows, and HR operations processes such as onboarding, payroll, and benefits. The role requires deep integration with the teams running these processes, with the authority and credibility to influence design decisions and drive changes. When audits occur, this role ensures readiness, owns evidence, and drives remediation to closure.