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Govindaraju BN

Team Leader – Payroll
Bengaluru

Summary

Accomplished Team Leader with a proven track record at Refinitiv India Shared Services Pvt. Ltd. (LSEG), specializing in EMEA payroll transition and end-to-end payroll processing. Expert in Workday and Cloudpay, demonstrating exceptional team supervision and collaboration skills. Achieved seamless payroll transitions across twenty countries, enhancing system efficiency and accuracy.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
Languages

Work History

Team Leader – Payroll

Refinitiv India Shared Services Pvt. Ltd. (LSEG)
03.2023 - Current
  • Handling payroll team and responsible to deliver the the payroll for more than twenty countries of APAC (India) and EMEA countries
  • Monthly and Semi-Monthly Payrolls
  • Successfully handled Germany payroll transition (Vendor change)
  • Handled reverse transition for twenty two countries
  • Monitoring PECI error log and co originating with the concerned teams for fixing the errors
  • Data reconciliation between Workday and Cloud Pay/ADP/Ascent (Payroll software)
  • Coordinating with the Payroll vendors on payroll issues
  • Ensuring on time submission of eReturn and sharing contribution lists
  • Validating/reviewing payroll and signing off
  • Reviewing Final settlements before preceding to payment
  • Payroll documentation, updating SOP - work instructions
  • Preparing global calendars and publishing
  • Taking care of statutory payments and post payroll activities
  • Handling internal and external audits & GL reconciliation
  • Coordinating with HR team on payroll related topics
  • Handling escalating and customer interaction
  • Coordinating for new pay code creation
  • Tracking day to day payroll activities to ensure to meet the deadline
  • Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on findings
  • Set performance expectations for the team, monitoring progress towards goals and providing constructive feedback

Process Lead - HR Services

Siemens Technology & Services Pvt. Ltd.,
02.2011 - 03.2023

MEA Payroll from Jul 2019 to Mar 2023

  • Handling end to end payroll activities for MEA countries (UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, Bahrain & KSA)
  • Part of MEA payroll transition (KT download, preparing SOPS and flow charts and go live activities)
  • Responsible for GL reconciliation.
  • Cleared GL backlog GL reconciliation
  • Coordinating for Neeyamo and workday implementation
  • Team handling, Payroll input/output validation and sign off
  • Handling internal and external audits
  • Responsible to prepare monthly KPI data.
  • Coordinating with EDM team for payroll related data
  • Coordinating with HRPB on payroll related topics
  • Answering to employees queries


India Payroll from Feb 2011 to Jul 2019

  • End to end payroll activities.
  • Handled Expats Payroll & EDM activities
  • Preparing monthly Payroll calendar sharing with Location HR
  • Processing payroll and offcycle payroll
  • Collating inputs and updating in payroll system.
  • eReturn activities, Form-16 distribution,
  • Handling employee/HRBP queries,
  • Ensuring of timely submission of statutory payments
  • Handling post payroll activities.
  • Handling internal and external audits
  • Taking of payroll reconciliation
  • Part of mergers and carveout activities and payroll projects (Emeeter, SRAPL, SPPALPL, MPMW)
  • SAP CR raising and testing for change requirements
  • Coordinating with EDM team for payroll related topics
  • Customer interaction, part of monthly review meetings
  • Processing shadow payroll (Hiring , separation and Payroll processing, coordinating with GM team
  • Responsible to handle top management payroll
  • Validating FFS employee to ensure not miss any due to prevent claims
  • Implementing new entities payroll in Saral Pay Pack software and guiding team members on the tool

Team Leader - Implementation

Relyon Softech Ltd.,
04.2008 - 02.2011
  • Master data creation and Payroll Implementation in Saral Pay Pack Payroll software
  • Handling implementation team and allotting the clients/tasks on daily basis
  • Helping clients in creating eReturn files
  • Assisting in salary processing for agreed periods
  • Customer support both online and onsite
  • Software updating when new releases are implemented
  • Payslip and report customizing as per clients requirements
  • Client records tracking and updating
  • Taking care of post sales activities, (requirement analyze, data collating etc.)
  • Part of hyper care activities
  • System and network trouble shooting
  • End user testing for new version payroll releases and statutory changes
  • Collecting customization requirement from the clent and coordinating with customization team


Technology Environment:

MS ACCESS, MYSQL, MS-SQL 2005, and Active Report


Products :

  • Saral Pay Pack - Software for Payroll Processing
  • Saral TDS - Software for eReturns
  • Saral eSign - Digital signature software

Customer Support Engineer

Ciftech Solutions Pvt Ltd.,
02.2006 - 03.2008
  • Visiting client place throughout India for software installation and user training
  • Creating Masterdata as per client requirements
  • End user Software testing for new releases
  • Software updating in clients systems
  • System maintenance (updating, trouble shooting)
  • Customizing Bill and other reports as per the client requirements by using Crystal reports
  • Taking data backup


Technology Environment:

MS-SQL 2K and Crystal report


Products:

  • CiftHealth Plus - Software for Technical Hospitals
  • CiftHealth - Software for Hospitals-Small & Big
  • Ciftlab - Software for Hospitals-Small
  • CiftPharmaET - Software for Pharmacy/Medical stores
  • CiftEducation - Software for Schools/ Colleges
  • CiftClinic -Software for Practice Doctors

Education

Master of Arts - Political Science

Bengaluru University
Bengaluru
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - HEP

Sheshadri Puram Evening Degree College
Bengaluru
04.2001 -

No Degree - Diploma in Computer Application

Technology Media Center (TMC)
Bengaluru
04.2001 -

No Degree - Hardware & Networking

RICE Computer Education
Bengaluru
04.2001 -

Skills

    Team Supervision, End to end Payroll processing

    SAP, Workday, Neeyamo, Cloud Pay, ADP and Saral Pay Pack knowledge

    EMEA Payroll transition experience

    EReturn and Form-16, Good knowledge in MS Office

    Payroll software Implementation experience

    Shadow Payroll experience, Handled Expats Payroll & EDM activities

    Handling Payroll queries

Interests

Travelling, trekking, watching movies, listening to music playing shuttle

Timeline

Team Leader – Payroll

Refinitiv India Shared Services Pvt. Ltd. (LSEG)
03.2023 - Current

Process Lead - HR Services

Siemens Technology & Services Pvt. Ltd.,
02.2011 - 03.2023

Team Leader - Implementation

Relyon Softech Ltd.,
04.2008 - 02.2011

Customer Support Engineer

Ciftech Solutions Pvt Ltd.,
02.2006 - 03.2008

Master of Arts - Political Science

Bengaluru University
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - HEP

Sheshadri Puram Evening Degree College
04.2001 -

No Degree - Diploma in Computer Application

Technology Media Center (TMC)
04.2001 -

No Degree - Hardware & Networking

RICE Computer Education
04.2001 -
Govindaraju BNTeam Leader – Payroll