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● Manage monthly and Ad-hoc pay process in relation to salary payments, MPF, benefits, taxation and other associated payroll activities including F&F settlement and New Hire payments.● Maintain pay records, employee records, leave records and related information● Provide advice and assistance to employees on matters relating to salary payments, MPF, benefits, taxation and other associated payroll activities in accordance with policies and procedures, legislation and employment contracts and agreements● Preparation of management reports based upon information within the payroll system● Review the existing process periodically and recommend the changes to streamline the process ● Prepare HR reports on human resources activities and initiatives to the business head, region and headquarters as required● Support in other local, regional, and global HR specific projects as assigned● Supervise and coach the team member to ensure the delivery in high quality

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Spearheading a team of 10+ FTEs for managing Global Payroll for client (Expat Payrolls)● Responsible for final review and sign off of on compensation reports before sending to clients● Assist clients with the collection and validation of data from payrolls, third party vendors and other financial systems around the world and creating repository ● Collection and consolidation of compensation data for tax and social security compliance● Shadow payroll reporting● Total cost reporting and advisory based on engagement scope● Interface with the Tax and engagement co-ordination teams● Help the clients deliver quality data for tax return and other compliance requirements, track actual assignment costs against budgets and report assignee compensation in every country where international assignees are employed● Support the Engagement Leader to ensure efficient and effective transition and implementation of services to EY, including interfaces with client local country contacts, shared service centres, tax/finance stakeholders and related EY network● Process business requirements documents. Develop infrastructure impact statements, feasibility studies, project charters, resource assignment RACIs, risk management plans, communications plans, and change management plans.● Reviewing and Sign-off on the Year End Compensation Statement (YECS) for India, UK and other countries.

Pune Area, India

● Spearheading a team of 50+ FTEs for managing UK Payroll for over 1000 clients ● Administering service operations for achieving quality services for different teams● Assessing customer feedback, evaluating areas of improvements & providing critical feedback to Associates on improvements and achieving higher customer satisfaction● Building awareness for driving the projects and process improvement strategy & methodology, ensuring maximum operational efficiency● Monitoring service operations with focus on implementing policies & procedures; developing and streamlining systems● Meeting deadlines and turnaround time without compromising on quality norms and adhering to SLA; setting up targets, SOP & SLA and maintaining CTQ (Critical to Quality) targets● Steering deliverables of the team and driving business efficiency through cost-reduction and process improvement● Creating capability within the team to support the Sales Team and aligning operational goals to meet business strategies● Leading projects to enhance the clients experience & overall service delivery of the operations● Ensuring Project & Process Governance through standardized Service Delivery Framework● Executing the operational management activities, project management & integrated delivery systems to achieve organizational objectives● Implementing improvements to existing processes, encouraging clients to meet their obligations in processes, transition new projects into the team, identifying and building "specs" for innovation and automation opportunities and assisting in pre-sales activities and demonstration of TopSource products● Tracking updates on the legislation changes and its impact on systems and processes● Directing the day-to-day management of the team, effectively utilizing existing resources, financial reviews of team members and day-to-day client services and issue management● Conducting annual appraisals for leaders and associates in a timely fashion

Global Payroll● Spearheaded a team of 60+ FTEs managed Global payroll for over 1000 clients across regions providing coverage of over 18 hours.● Ensured agreed Service Level Agreements with Business Unit and clients were met● Conducted weekly/monthly payroll review calls with the clients & discussed the payroll● Managed client’s expectation and set the right expectation with them● Attended onsite client meeting along with Payroll Specialist● Managing the team by leveraging the Talent resources in the Team, monitoring 4 leaders, associate performance, conducting the Monthly Performance conversations.● Conducted regular 1-1 feedback/coaching sessions for leaders to discuss their performance, highlights, development, career path and areas of opportunity● Conducted half yearly appraisals for leaders and associates in a timely fashion● Engaged in frequent conference calls and call calibrations with Business Unit to handle process and business-related updates● Identified the training needs of the associates and guided them accordingly on the same● Monitored weekly/monthly dashboards, sharing with higher management and driving the importance of same within the team through leadersUK Payroll● Managing end to end payroll for UK Clients on the SAP HCM platform.● Year-end co-ordination: Ensuring all year-end activities gets performed as per the schedule and according to HMRC guidelines.● Ensure all payroll validations are performed as per the agreed process and controls are in place at each critical stage of payroll processing.● Providing basic SAP payroll module and UK legislation training to client and team members.● Responsible for designing reports in SAP as per client requirement basis.● Handling HMRC govt. related queries to employees as well as a client.● Working with the implementation and testing team to test new scenarios and confirm if they are compliant with the client requirement

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General, 70%

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General, 70%

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance, 70%

Coordinated various college events.

High School, Business/Commerce, General, 93%

Participated in debates and extempore competitions.

High School, Business/Commerce, General, 89%

I was the school prefect for Class 10. I was the class prefect from Class 6 to 10.