Overview
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APARNA KIZHUVEETIL

Human Resource
APARNA KIZHUVEETIL

Overview

12
years of professional experience

Work History

Bangalore University - India, Bachelor of Commerce

Experienced Senior HRIS & HR Analyst

Job overview

  • With 9 years in analytics, fostering happy and healthy work environments
  • Balances business goals with employee needs, applying technical expertise and empathy to optimize the workforce
  • Organized, dependable, and positive, adept at managing priorities and taking on additional responsibilities to meet team goals
  • Seeking a full-time position to utilize interpersonal, time management, and problem-solving skills
  • Detail-oriented team player, skilled in handling multiple projects with high accuracy., Responsible to process monthly payroll and generate reports to Finance Team
  • Providing a timely, professional and accurate Compensation & Benefits advisory service across the Group
  • Acting as the expert/go-to person for all compensation and benefit queries and concerns
  • Proactively promote ways of working with MyHR and support the developments and implementation of improvements that result in cost reduction, productivity and service enhancements
  • Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of internal policies, guidelines, procedures and processes which provide an effective, consistent and timely delivery of HR services
  • Consulting with relevant stakeholder groups on the application/interpretation of laws and regulations, HR policies, performance issues, transfer, terminations and promotions
  • Provide support to internal and external audits
  • Handle the exit process for all employees including the preparation and issuing of Final Settlement calculations
  • Overall people management responsibility for the HR Service Center, including but not limited to planning and managing day to day workflow priorities
  • Design, develop and generate reports; analyzing the data to ensure accuracy and that the content meets business needs and specific requirements
  • Manage work volume statistics and monitor the distribution of work throughout the Service Center, ensuring all resources are effectively and fairly utilized
  • HR data management for more than 3000 employees based in various locations like KSA, Qatar, Iraq and UAE
  • Supporting the Support Services Team by participating with the offshore MyHR team for system UAT and requirements gathering for any new system setup/upgrade
  • Assisting the Support Services Team in resolving shared services process related conflicts and issues within SME contracts and/or offshore transaction center
  • Responsible for leading troubleshooting and investigating root cause analysis of process and transaction issues to provide evidence for complaint responses and identify process gaps
  • Providing information and expert advice to the offshore MyHR team in order to deliver services and support day-to-day operations effectively and efficiently
  • Responsible for effective and timely knowledge transfer to the offshore MyHR team of new requirements and/or improved processes and ways of working; ensuring full awareness and comprehension of process requirements to deliver compliant services in line with SLA’s
  • Ensures transactional process documentation (LWI’s) are developed, maintained and implemented for all
  • MyHR processes
  • Create, maintain and improve HR Operations SOP focusing on innovation, streamlining and automation of processes through People First
  • Manages Dataflow to/from HRIS system
  • Works closely with the development team and implements system interfaces/integrations
  • Oversee HRIS systems including People First, SAP, SuccessFactors, and DocuSign for People Services
  • Leading the People First Implementation Project for ME processes like Employee Data Change, Reporting Line
  • Change, Promotion, Manage Positions, Leaver Process, Absences Management, Self-Service Letters and
  • Recruitment to Onboarding
  • Supporting Rewards in pay review cycle & Job Evaluation.

Serco Middle

HRIS & HR Operations Specialist
08.2020 - Current

GfK United Arab Emirates
Dubai

HR Service Specialist/HR Business Partner
06.2019 - 06.2020

Job overview

  • Single point of contact for HR Services team, employees and partners with the HRBP community for delivering services, support of programs, and manages all employee-related inquiries and requests
  • Providing support to the projects to implement digital solutions as well as to centralize, streamline and expand HR
  • Services scope throughout the region supports and administering payroll management including all payroll related tasks, validations and report generations and absence management
  • Responsibilities:
  • Responsibilities:
  • Managing requests and tracking changes on Workday pooled through HRBPs & Business leads to maintain accuracy
  • Providing the first-tier support for the Regional HR Services Lead and the HRBP's to execute tasks supporting line managers and employees
  • Owner of employee’s data along the life cycle in Workday from the hiring to the termination process (on-boarding, payroll changes, issuing contracts, termination documents, off-boarding, cost center changes)
  • Closely working with HR Business Partner on Employee engagement initiatives and other topics to support employee wellbeing
  • Supporting and preparing all local contracts based on the local labour law guidelines including all topics related to employment contracts and employment visa
  • Coordinating and delivering selected training programs in alignment with global programs and local training needs
  • Involvement in compensation & benefits management in line with region / global standards (e.g
  • Pay survey)
  • Participating in recruitment fairs, conducting personnel marketing activities to strengthen GfK’s employer branding and ensuring a solid talent pipeline
  • Ensuring the delivery of HR Services is executed efficiently and in compliance with local rules and regulations
  • Supporting with induction agenda with new hires and internal team leads, conducting new hire orientations and comms on new hires to regional& sub-regional employees
  • Handling medical insurance renewals, additions, deletions, claim support for employees
  • Working with senior management to create HR policies and procedures

Dubai

Atkins HR Associate
06.2017 - 11.2018

Job overview

  • Counseled employees and managers on performance standards and employee relation issues
  • Advisor to Sr
  • Managers, provided expertise and consulting on all HR programs including performance management, staff development, employee relations, compensation & benefits
  • Facilitating and administering mid-term and annual performance review processes
  • Responsibilities:
  • Functioned as a SPOC for New Hires, Lifecycle and HR Reporting
  • Managed the onboarding process by liaising with the new hires and the relevant teams – recruitment; immigration; travel and relocation, global mobility teams and served as the first contact for any new hires
  • Effectively managed the medical/life insurance plans by acquiring competitive rates; ensuring and managing accurate census information and effectively resolving all claim-related queries
  • Preparing employee letters, i.e., salary certificates for embassies, banks & other organizations
  • Supporting the Middle East and Africa team and key stakeholders in day-to-day HR operations (headcount of)
  • Responsible for internal team audit checks to ensure integrity
  • Coordinating with different teams to ensure SLAs are met and employee queries resolved
  • Providing superior customer service to employees by providing a correct interpretation of HR policies
  • Training HR users on systems and providing process/system support, developing and maintaining functional user documentation
  • Resolving queries by referring to documentation and through self-guided exploration; escalating where these cannot be resolved
  • Managing and preparing ad hoc reports per business requirements
  • Providing monthly HR MIS reports and dashboards for senior management and key stakeholders
  • Working with the team in improving the workflow processes and providing recommendations wherever necessary and feasible
  • Handling HR matters reliably and in accordance with local laws and requirements
  • Assisted with internal and external audits
  • Awarded the Star of Quarter in 2017 and Badge of Honor in 2018 by Atkins
  • Recognized as an outstanding performer for process streamlining.

Emirates NBD
Dubai

HR Advisor
06.2013 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Accurately and efficiently processed and entered employee data, including new hire information, job transfers, salary & title changes, and separations
  • Assisting in drafting and distribution of review and promotional letters
  • Created HR operational reports
  • Ensured procedural compliance by communicating with departments, including benefits, payroll, and recruiting
  • Part of setting KPIs - Retention of talent, Duration in the position, Absenteeism, Average time for recruitment
  • Education, and training & Average time to achieve goals
  • Supporting employees and managers by researching and resolving issues to ensure successful close-out while ensuring local law compliance
  • Resolved payroll-related problems or questions and reconciliations for the Emirates NBD Group
  • Responsible for monitoring Benefits & Reimbursements for 10000+ employees for the Emirates NBD Group
  • (such as gratuity, leave encashment, incentive, OT, advances, bonuses, and other payroll-related aspects)
  • Monitoring, reviewing, and approving the leaver checklists, claims, and exit interview procedures
  • Designed, prepared, and presented payroll presentation for the weekly new-hire orientation
  • Monitoring the HR petty cash and employee advances and loan accounts and liaising with the Finance department in monthly reporting
  • Providing monthly MIS reports and dashboards for senior management and key stakeholders
  • Preparing monthly and ad hoc reports for the business heads and ops teams
  • Preparing the employee data for upload to the HRMS system (Oracle) – Salary Increment, Bonus, Line Manager
  • Changes, Job title changes & Incentive
  • Assisted in internal and external audits
  • Awarded HRS Professional Certification by Emirates NBD
  • Awarded Best Performer, GEM Achiever for Service Excellence in 2013 and 2015 by Emirates NBD.

Ocwen Financial Solutions
Bangalore

Compliance Analyst
01.2012 - 03.2013

Job overview

  • Stayed current with latest changes to applicable regulatory standards and company procedures
  • Reviewed audit and monitoring reports related to consumer and client activities
  • Supported and trained customers on compliance-related issues
  • Developed improvement and corrective action plans to bring operations in line with requirements
  • Prepared documentation and records for upcoming audits and inspections
  • Helped create training programs to handle system-wide issues and maintain compliance.

Skills

Human Resourceundefined

Accomplishments

  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Timeline

HRIS & HR Operations Specialist

Serco Middle
08.2020 - Current

HR Service Specialist/HR Business Partner

GfK United Arab Emirates
06.2019 - 06.2020

Atkins HR Associate

06.2017 - 11.2018

HR Advisor

Emirates NBD
06.2013 - 01.2017

Compliance Analyst

Ocwen Financial Solutions
01.2012 - 03.2013

Experienced Senior HRIS & HR Analyst

Bangalore University - India, Bachelor of Commerce
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