Volunteer and drive projects related to Climate Change, Forest & Bio-diversity Conservation and reskilling people in these challenged biomes. I have led various initiatives of working with communities in remote hill areas of Uttarakhand, desert areas of Rajasthan or Forest in UP & MP helping people relocate with Govt. support and help setup earning facilities through support of NGO’s or just drive bird / animal conservation through these communities.
Padmanav Kundu
Service
Gurgaon,Haryana
Summary
Management is all about balancing - Numbers, Lean Principles, Analytics with Authentic Leadership, Coaching, Mentoring, Continuous Learning - a practice where art, science and craft meet.
Firm believer in adopting a customer-centric approach and focusing on both quantitative and qualitative outputs across all deliveries. Experienced in both setting up Shared Services operations and scaling them up to achieve sustainable business. Adept in maintaining / building strong inter-personal relationships with partners and internal / external stakeholders.
Driven by strong personal values of honesty; integrity & sincerity and can perform in demanding work environments utilizing strong work ethics. A motivated and organized leader with over 30 years of experience in successfully delivering strategic direction to the businesses. A People’s Manager, having worked with cross cultural & multi-location teams, mentoring and developing their skills to achieve organizational goals. Adept at leveraging technology and optimizing Operations by digitizing and automating processes and customer journeys.
Having worked with reputed industry leaders such as Unilever, Ceat Tyres, Manpower Inc, Bharti Airtel & NatWest (RBS) in Global matrix roles with exposure into HR, Finance & IT.
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Director-HR
NatWest Group, India (Earlier RBS)
Gurgaon , Haryana
2011.10 - Current
- Lead high-performance teams to provide direction and oversight in “Rewards, Compensation and Pay” journey associated with employees “Hire to Retire” life cycle
- Designed and Implemented Reward plans and programs such that these are legally compliant, market competitive and cost effective.
- Performed Compensation modelling for Hiring people to work in India from various geographies including US, UK, APAC and sending people into UK & Poland.
- Manage ~ INR 3600 Cr of annual transaction ensuring employee gets compensated rightly & timely while ensuring adherence to all regulatory & financial controls.
- Create collegial customer-oriented environment and build internal & external relationships.
- Successful integration of Workday from PeopleSoft,
- End-to-End delivery of 8 Annual Pay Cycles for India and APAC Region that included Performance Appraisals, competitive data analysis, budgeting and annual campaigns to drive base pay change, variable payouts and long term incentive allocations
- Successful implementation of various Labor laws
- Setting up & managing Mobility Function in India
- Managing multiple Internal & External Audits.
- Leading various Rewards Initiatives during Exit of Retail & Commercial business and ring-fencing of core banking operations for India.
- Was also responsible for designing Organization Structure while setting up HRSS.
DGM - HR
Bharti Airtel Limited
Gurgaon , Haryana
2007.08 - 2011.10
- Was part of team responsible for setting up HR-Shared Services.
- Responsible for moving Branch HR Operations from 18 Circles into HR-SS. Activities included work study, engaging with Circle LT, moving people across, job fitment and handling redundancies.
- As SLT in HRSS, lead HR-Operations and activities included Payroll delivery for all entities of Airtel, managing Employee Benefits & Retirals, ensuring statutory compliances PAN India, adherence to Sox guidelines etc.
- Compensation modelling for entire fleet on street employees of Airtel.
- Compensation structuring for sending colleagues into Africa.
- Successfully setting up Pay Administration for Bangladesh & Sri Lanka operations.
- Formulate policies related to Employee benefits like Health, Car Lease etc.
- Manage outsourcing of key operational activities like Payroll, BRM, PES, Employee Payments etc. and responsible to maintain and drive efficiencies continuously.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently
Senior Manager - Finance
Manpower Services India Pvt. Ltd (Subsidiary of Manpower Inc)
Gurgaon , Haryana
2005.02 - 2007.08
- Heading Payable function reporting into CFO and was responsible for End-to-End Payroll Administration of more than 30000 Temps including Labour Compliances.
- In this role had to manage impact on Topline while being responsible for Bottom-line.
- Setup Central Payroll Unit at Chennai, including staffing & training of personnel
- Continuous engagement with customers to ensure cash-flows
- Automation of Pay accounting
- Financial analysis & financial reporting to Board.
- Recognized for getting India Operations back into Black on all Statutory compliances
Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounts
CEAT Limited
Kolkata , West Bengal
1995.02 - 2005.02
- Responsible for managing Commercial Function for entire Eastern Region which included Customer Accounting & O/S Management, Accounts Payable Management & Central Excise Accounting,
- Executed core financial processes including preparation of T/B, P&L & B/S of Outsourced Tyre producing unit.
- Managed commercial Budgets for Eastern Region.
- Got exposed to Payroll & handling Labor Unions while managing 50-odd staff of 3P Tyre production factory.
- Supported MRP-II implementation -tool to support Depot Accounting and JIT Stock Management.
- Partnered with Mckinsey team while working on Project-Working Capital Reduction.
- Was part of Audit team which was responsible for identifying Sales frauds at C&FA’s.
Education
Certification - Climate Change Transformation Program
University of Edinburgh Business School
Edinburgh 2021.03 - 2021.04
Certification - Organizational Leadership
Indian School of Business
Hyderabad 2016.08 - 2016.08
Certification - Advance HR & Business Management
Indian Institute of Management
Ahmedabad 2011.03 - 2011.03
Certification - Oracle, C+, SQL
Jadavpur University
Kolkata 1997.01 - 1997.01
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Institute of Modern Management
Kolkata 1996.01 - 1996.01
Intermediate ICWA - Cost Accounting
Institute of Cost & Works Accounts
Kolkata 1993.01 - 1995.03
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - Accounting And Business Management
University of Calcutta
Kolkata 1987.04 - 1990.03
Skills
Pay Structure Modelling catering Regulatory landscape in India / UK
undefinedInterests
Involved in managing conversation awareness events such as talks, workshops and guided walks.
I have worked on Saving the “Great India Bustard” from extinction. Worked closely with the Rajasthan Forest Department and NGO’s in helping people reskill around the periphery of the bird’s habitat.
Birding is a hobby and Photography is a passion and because of these I travel a lot, prefer driving down into the Wild Forest and Mountains and spending time in the nature. My photographs have been published in many books and research journals.
Timeline
Certification - Climate Change Transformation Program
University of Edinburgh Business School
2021.03 - 2021.04
Certification - Organizational Leadership
Indian School of Business
2016.08 - 2016.08
Director-HR
NatWest Group, India (Earlier RBS)
2011.10 - Current
Certification - Advance HR & Business Management
Indian Institute of Management
2011.03 - 2011.03
DGM - HR
Bharti Airtel Limited
2007.08 - 2011.10
Senior Manager - Finance
Manpower Services India Pvt. Ltd (Subsidiary of Manpower Inc)
2005.02 - 2007.08
Certification - Oracle, C+, SQL
Jadavpur University
1997.01 - 1997.01
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Institute of Modern Management
1996.01 - 1996.01
Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounts
CEAT Limited
1995.02 - 2005.02
Intermediate ICWA - Cost Accounting
Institute of Cost & Works Accounts
1993.01 - 1995.03
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - Accounting And Business Management
University of Calcutta
1987.04 - 1990.03
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