Tejas R. Kesharkar (C) Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Spearheading Global India Finance Team – Transitioned, Stabilised, Standardised Payroll Accounting & Expense Functions across America’s, EMEA & APAC – 64 Entities. Identified process gaps & implemented best practices, leveraged expertise to build stronger process controls. Led end to end Stakeholder Mgmt, Leadership Connect etc.

Pune

• Responsible for Payroll Processing functions for India, Singapore, Korea.• Managing payroll team activities to deliver efficient processes & controls resulting in timely and accurate payrolls, tax processing, and payroll reports to internal stakeholders & agencies. •Managing queries related to HR products & services including Leave & Absence, Variable Compensation, Tax Deduction and Compensation. • Ensuring that all statutory requirements are met for ensuring on-time, 100% accurate monthly payroll process for India, Korea, Singapore employees. • Liaising with the employees/ managers on HR policies and established HR processes within the organization and tools including payroll, HR Operations and relevant HR events.• Developing and maintaining payroll function to meet ‘audit-proof’ standards for internal and external audit requirements • Critically review and analyze current practices and identify process improvements leading to best-practices.• Enforce established payroll related policies and regulations.• Ensuring appropriate oversight and controls are in place for all processes & outputs to meet external, internal and other compliance standards & regulation.• Leading process improvement events and activities to ensure policy & processes are harmonized, automated and efficiently being executed on a regular basis.

Pune

•Responsible for Payroll Operations Delivery across 10 clients and 70 legal entities across the APAC region.• Supervising a team of 16 members (2 TL, 3 SMEs & others).• Enabling, implementing best payroll practices with HRIS Teams. Driving Payroll Governance Calls, to liaise with respective stakeholders to discuss challenges, process improvements & to strengthen overall payroll accuracy and achieve CI targets with the team support.• Ensuring system updates & necessary testing to be completed by the team.• Handling client query escalations effectively & Monitor RCA’s till closure.•Conducting performance review, feedback 1-1 basis with the team members and publish ratings.Payroll Implementations:• Monitor & Manage Project Implementation Plans and highlight for any deviations.• Driving Implementation Workshop thoroughly and Review Wage Matrix as part of Payroll Implementations.• Ensuring all the Payroll Configuration. Books are completed on time.• As part of payroll implementations involved in administering the team, stakeholder/ vendor management, Account Management.• Monitor RAID Logs & ensure necessary corrective actions are finished on time and ensure Go-Live is achieved successfully.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

•Leading Global Payroll functions for India including APAC.•Responsible for the management of Payroll section and to ensure timely processing of payroll and tax filing, ensuring statutory compliance in accordance with laid down policies and procedures.•Developing standard operating procedures & implementing best payroll practices with HRIS Teams.•Taking care of all aspects of payroll including new hires, resigned, salary changes, assignment changes .• Data Management involving various systems and interface programs includes creating and generating reports and files for input to other systems or distribution.• Review & approve initial funding documents for further approval by on site Payroll Manager.• Review existing processes, workflow and enhancements to the system for better efficiency. • Identify issues, analyze and recommend improvements and streamline procedures.• Lend support to internal and external requests such as paycheck inquiries, audit requests, or employment verification.Dec-2018 - Managed and stabilized US payroll operations biweekly payroll with HC 5000+ on SAP. Including Canada & LATAM Payroll.Responsible for signing off for funding the WIRES. Responsible to review and monitor the RCA with closure and ensure the errors are permanently fixed.Conduct monthly performance 1-1 basis with the team members and share the KRA's and feedback.

Pune Area, India

•Working as Senior Payroll administrator for APAC team handling multiple India & AU & NZ clients with Total size of 5,000+ EE’s payroll with team of 5 Associates. Responsible for all Payroll frequencies.•Generate and maintain employee payroll in SAP system. Process New Hires & Termination's as per AU&NZ Legislation.•Uploading all Inputs via SSL, Interface file & Time Target file (TT) in SAP System. Providing all payroll logs to the clients.•Review, analyze, check and correct payroll records. •Processing Payroll Output in HR SAP by following all the SAP standards & legislative updates.•Responsible to resolve all the legislative & system queries of client through CRM tickets.•Handling payroll escalations by collecting and analyzing information.•Responsible for post payroll reporting IR Filing, General Ledger Reports, Mid Month, Month End Reconciliation.•Ensure key deliverable is met on time. Responsible for Six Eye Check while validating the various Reports.•Responsible for sign off & raising the Bank EFT with the correct value date. Updating the Control Checklist time to time. •Handling Post Production Client Calls along with the team.•Responsible for post payroll reporting activities i.e. GL Reports, Mid Month, Month End & Share Plan Reports. •Handling Year end activities and sending reports to clients for approval.

Pune Area, India

Maintains payroll information by collecting, calculating, and entering data.• Updates payroll records by entering changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers.• Prepares reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages.• Determines payroll liabilities by calculating employee federal and state income and social security taxes and employer's social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments.• Resolves payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information.• Provides payroll information by answering questions and requests.• Maintains payroll operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes.• Maintains employee confidence and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential.• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.• Certification in Industry Essential Training (IET) from BNY Mellon in November- 2013.

Pune Area, India

•Accounting and Book-Keeping for Sole Traders & Partnership Firms.•Prepare journal entries/accruals and perform thorough review of balances prior to closing books.•Reconcile various monthly general ledger accounts and bank accounts.•Performing Bank Reconciliation Statements, Balance Sheet Reconciliation & Inter-company reconciliation.•Filing for Registration under Sales Tax Law, Applying for TIN Number for Clients. Looking after of WCT Transactions.•Filing sales tax returns as per MVAT Act. Computation and timely submissions of Returns.•Advising the clients to minimize the sales tax liability and adhere with sales tax laws and regulations. •Maintenance of Sales, Purchase Register , Ledger and filing of monthly, quarterly and half yearly returns and preparing of VAT Return annually. •Involved in accounts and finalisation of Income Statement and Balance Sheet.•Filing Income Tax Returns for Individuals.