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Abhidhan Lalith

Abhidhan Lalith

HR Operations, Shared Services, HCM
Bangalore

Summary

Offering 16+ years of experience in Shared Services, HR Operations/Transactions, Query Management, Employee Life-Cycle, Customer Service, Team Management and Stakeholder Management.

Effective in leading integrated operations management; liable for strategic & operational demand management, workforce planning, training & development, delivery management and process enhancement

A planner with proficiency in streamlining business processes, defining continuous improvement, accelerating employees' strengths and building powerful teams. Responsible for leading a team to deliver “Best in Class” services for a high growth to deliver successful results through cost, quality of services, efficiency, and satisfaction of internal stakeholders/customers.


Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Vice President (Human Capital Management)

Goldman Sachs
10.2021 - Current

· Oversee standard offers Structuring (all APAC/India campus and experienced hires) end to end activities including query management via emails chats and voice

· Perform detailed review of operational metrics including SLA, Accuracy and Capacity on a monthly basis and report to the global leadership during business reviews

· Collaborate with COE teams and recruiting leadership for structuring of complex/executive offers/queries

· Monitor and manage escalations as per severity across regions efficiently

· Mentor the team to foster customer-orientated approach, committed to achieving top-notch customer service

· Analytical and data-driven, leveraging data available to ensure initiatives are fact-based and drive business outcomes

· Influence and manage upwards to affect outcomes desired

· Devise interaction strategies in sync with the value stream, business, and user experience goals

· Focus on metrics that matter using feedback for continuous improvement

· In-depth knowledge of leading practices and trends in customer and employee engagement

· In-depth Knowledge of user experience and user interface best practices

Global People Services Manager

Technicolor
11.2020 - 10.2021

• Manage the end to end operations of the Shared Service Centre processes and ensure excellent service is provided through accurate and timely processing of transactions

• Lead the monthly preparation and review of performance dashboards (actual performance against target) and identify necessary actions to resolve areas of under-performance

• Build and develop an efficient and effective team by recruiting, retaining the best people for the job and actively plan for succession to develop and performance manage individuals effectively

• Support all internal and external audit requirements, focus on business excellence across all processes and operations

• Design and embed appropriate strategies, business plans, vision and goals for the Global People Services Center

• Ensure all statutory and regulatory deadlines are met and drive a culture of excellence and compliance to Company Policies

• Collaborate with our Onshore Partners and Business Units to identify value growth opportunities

• Be a point of contact, accountable for all aspects of Operations delivery, excellence and transformation

• Manage and influence positive change across the function and wider stakeholders

• Develop efficiencies in processes to improve controls and results, creation of operational MIS / dashboards for the monitoring of the Shared Services Center

• Ensure all process documents are up-to-date, readily available and ensure the entire team is aware of the key processes and how they function

• Attend governance meetings over operational processing/processes as required to report on issues and implement actions as appropriate

• Actively implement a culture of team engagement and work with the Head of People Services to overcome any team issues

• Work closely with People & Talent Partners to ensure all people management processes and policies are being adhered to

HR Services Manager - APAC

Amazon
Bangalore
09.2019 - 11.2020
  • Amazon
  • Lead a team that supports in pre-hire, hiring and onboarding activities for
  • Amazon employees in APAC, NA regions
  • Manage more than 30 separate processes and work closely with Recruiting
  • Benefits, HRIS, Payroll, Leadership Development, HR Risk & Compliance and HR
  • Business Partners
  • Drive Innovation, Automation and standardization across the business
  • Built a high performance work culture & rewarding work environment leveraging a diverse and global talent pool
  • Developed business relationships with HR leaders & key internal stakeholders, major vendors & industry groups to assimilate information regarding global shared services trends and their probable effect on service delivery & operations
  • Developing team capabilities: worked at an individual and team level to develop
  • HR and leadership skills, provided stretch opportunities to advance the team and provide career development opportunities for team members
  • Driving operational excellence: Dive deep into problems, take end-to-end ownership of all aspects of processes improvements and build processes and tools that scale to meet business needs while ensuring a high quality employee experience
  • Defining key performance indicators: Develop clear metrics, reporting service level agreements for core services and transactions to drive cross-functional leadership understanding of business impact
  • Lead improvement initiatives and encourage a culture of efficiency, innovation, and customer service

HR Services Team Manager

Amazon
Bangalore
07.2017 - 08.2019
  • Leading and developing a team of 40 associates and specialists, responsible for the overall payroll operations and time keeping
  • Track, measure and report on the Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics
  • Understand and anticipate the downstream impacts from changes to time and attendance or pay impacting systems
  • Manage the workflow of the team including service level adherence, absences, and increased volumes while maintaining team morale
  • Understand impacts of changes in PeopleSoft system and how these will affect internal/external interfaces
  • Continually strive to improve efficiency and effectiveness of existing systems and look for enhancements related to current systems and procedures based on KAIZEN and LEAN methodologies
  • Conduct audits to ensure data accuracy and process adherence
  • Identifying customer-impacting issues, working out and implementing solutions and process improvements to increase customer satisfaction rate
  • Participates in cross-functional process initiatives
  • Assist in developing and implementing training programs to improve the quality and productivity of the team
  • Responds to escalations, providing root cause analysis and recommendation
  • Develops remediation plan and drives to resolution with minimal guidance from
  • Achieve performance goals and objectives in line with the network wide vision and goals
  • Design & execute Career plans for leads & associates
  • Conducting performance reviews with the leads & Team members
  • Presenting team metrics in the Monthly Business Reviews (MBR)
  • Coordinating with the leaders on the team performance on a monthly basis

HR Operations Team Leader

Cisco (Accenture Transition)
04.2015 - 06.2017
  • Visa Business letters/Verification of employment
  • New Hire Data Processing/Corrections
  • Terminations
  • Global Mobility / International and domestic Transfers (Global)
  • Stocks & Compensation
  • Severance and unemployment claims
  • Creation of a detailed execution plan for all work streams including SOPs and
  • Workflows
  • Support Validation of FTE ramp-up, technology requirements and establishment of a governance structure identification of deliverables across different functionalities
  • Pre-empting and monitoring implementation of the plan across all phases – a continuous and consistent exercise
  • Assessing and mitigating risks
  • Workflow tool/ point application requirement collection and analysis

HR Operations Team Leader

Accenture
Bangalore
04.2013 - 04.2014
  • Lead multiple teams of 20 associates and 2 SMEs
  • Worked on Time Study report that captures time spent on activities by associates
  • Initiated Productivity tracking tool that captures productivity % per associate/team
  • Creation of a robust scorecard, which is aligned to organizational objectives
  • Resource optimization through alignment of existing resources with productivity tracking tool
  • Thus streamlining the current process and reducing headcount by two
  • Cross training initiative driven to ensure adequate backups are created within sub processes
  • Responsible for driving OPEX through 3X3, Visual management, process stability and Identifying Key Metrics
  • Implemented “Project Quality” for HR admin to ensure a positive trend in quality scores
  • Been part of Green Belt project aiming at streamlining the process through
  • Productivity capturing tool
  • Actively involved in transition of new processes within the HR admin team
  • Prepared flowcharts through MS Visio and documentation of LWIs (SOP)
  • Facilitated a brain storming session with tools such as Cause and Effect (Fishbone) and 5 Whys

HR Operations - Subject Matter Expert

Accenture
Bangalore
07.2010 - 03.2013
  • Perform call and case audits and provide real time feedback to all advisors and send reports to the TL on a daily basis
  • Training of new joiners
  • Ensure that all training manual and LWIs are updated & current by respective
  • Knowledge Owner
  • Establish and Deliver Process Training rhythm and rigor ake care of team responsibilities in the absence of the TL
  • Keep a check on daily volumes for each team member and distribute work accordingly
  • Responsiveness to client/Onshore escalations/concerns
  • Maintain a tracker of all escalations and provide feedback to the team members
  • Responsible for increasing the process audit scores for the team overall

HR Operations - Advisor

Accenture
Bangalore
04.2007 - 06.2010
  • Main responsibilities include – coordination, follow-ups, client management and documentation, along with providing performance and discipline related advice to the client relating to corresponding HR policies
  • To handle and advise client manager’s with regards to HR queries i.e
  • Performance Management and Discipline Management
  • Provide information, advice and guidance to clients (individuals, managers, client
  • HR, client representatives) in the relevant HR areas taking account of the confidential nature of the work area
  • Reporting: Generate, document and publish reports to enable smooth workflow
  • Quality audits: Audit cases to maintain consistency in quality parameters.

Education

Bachelors - Commerce

Dr. C.V Raman University
07.2007 - 06.2010

Pre University -

Malleshwaram Boys College
07.2002 - 06.2004

Matriculation -

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial School
Bangalore
03.2000 - 06.2002

Executive PMP Certified - Project Management

XLRI Business School
Jamshedpur
04.2019 - 01.2020

Skills

Stakeholder Management

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Timeline

Vice President (Human Capital Management)

Goldman Sachs
10.2021 - Current

Global People Services Manager

Technicolor
11.2020 - 10.2021

HR Services Manager - APAC

Amazon
09.2019 - 11.2020

Executive PMP Certified - Project Management

XLRI Business School
04.2019 - 01.2020

HR Services Team Manager

Amazon
07.2017 - 08.2019

HR Operations Team Leader

Cisco (Accenture Transition)
04.2015 - 06.2017

HR Operations Team Leader

Accenture
04.2013 - 04.2014

HR Operations - Subject Matter Expert

Accenture
07.2010 - 03.2013

Bachelors - Commerce

Dr. C.V Raman University
07.2007 - 06.2010

HR Operations - Advisor

Accenture
04.2007 - 06.2010

Pre University -

Malleshwaram Boys College
07.2002 - 06.2004

Matriculation -

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial School
03.2000 - 06.2002
Abhidhan LalithHR Operations, Shared Services, HCM