PRAKASH GORUGANTU

HR Professional

Hyderabad

Summary

Strategic Total Rewards and Compensation leader with 20 years of global experience across Accenture and Hitachi Vantara. Proven expertise in designing competitive compensation programs, job architecture, and performance frameworks that drive business impact in complex, global organizations. Trusted advisor to senior leadership and HR partners on pay equity, org design, and talent strategy. Contributed to global Living Wage implementation through benchmarking and execution support. Led HR transformations, M&A integrations, and HR tech rollouts (Workday, Oracle, ServiceNow). International exposure across the US (1-year assignment), UK, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Partner – Global Total Rewards

Accenture

01.2023 - Current

Contributed to global Living Wage rollout, benchmarking, and analytics.
Serve as compensation advisor to global HRBPs, MU (Market Units); lead annual compensation planning cycles
Ensured timely and compliant broker and insurance renewals across Market Units (MUs), driving adherence to global guidelines while identifying and implementing cost-saving measures, benefit harmonization
Drive simplification and automation across compensation processes.
Analyze benchmarking data to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity.
Build dashboards and salary insights tools for leadership decision-making.

HR Leadership Roles (Total Reward & HR Transformation)

Hitachi Vantara

01.2003 - 01.2023

Designed skill-based salary calculators and supported compensation planning.
Managed post-merger integrations, benefit harmonization, and policy development. Career level integration
Developed performance frameworks aligned with business goals and KPIs.
Led HRIS implementations and created strategic executive dashboards.

Education

MBA - HR & Industrial Relations

Sir C.R. Reddy PG College, Andhra University

06-2003

Skills

Global Compensation Strategy
Market Benchmarking & Pay Equity
Job Architecture & Internal Mobility
M&A, Integration & Harmonization
Data Analytics

Strategic planning

Attention to detail

Active listening

Human resources management

Decision-making

Creative and critical thinking

Collaboration and teamwork

Accomplishments

Instrumental in benchmarking, execution, and reporting for the Global Living Wage initiative across multiple countries.
Designed country-specific skill-based salary calculators to support equitable pay practices.
Developed and delivered market intelligence reports encompassing macro and micro economic indicators and compensation summaries to country HR teams and executive leadership.
Led Job Architecture and Leveling, initiatives (MMB methodology).
Key contributor to Next Gen HR Transformation at Hitachi Consulting.
Global Compensation Budget, Planning and Delivery of annual and semi-annual programs (Base, STI, LTI).
Successfully handled compensation and performance management cycles in parallel, ensuring timely execution and alignment with business objectives across global teams.
Streamlined compensation operations via HRIS integrations (Oracle, Workday, ServiceNow).
Introduced HR Shared Services, scaled globally from India.
Developed Compensation and performance analytics and dashboards for executive insights on Excel and instrumental in automating them.

Interests

Volunteering – Community Services

Long drives

Binge Watch

Networking

Timeline