Sanat Kumar

Project Manager

Sept 2020 – till date

· Presently leading a team of 8 members, responsible for 30 clients in all aspects of European payrolls end to end operations

· Responsible for providing consultation & guidance during the implementation process

· Conduct in-depth client consultation to fully understand client needs and uncover additional support opportunities.

· Collaborate with various departments to load and convert client data to payroll team.

· Training, testing & validation of employee data with the client before participating in the first ‘Live” payroll processing run

· Post go-live, oversaw the day-to-day processing of payroll clients

· Liaise with other members of the project team to ensure timelines are met

· Coach, mentor and serve as escalation point for the team in addition to providing subject matter expertise to management and employees regarding payroll issues

· Integral part of the training team to ensure learning and understanding of new hires to prepare them to graduate to live payroll operations & implementations

· Maintain & expand knowledge and proficiency on implementation job function

Deputy Project Manager

May 2018 – Aug 2020

• Leading a team of 15 resources supporting 50+ clients
• Actively involved in operational leadership for the functions of payroll, employee data management, benefits, and HR helpdesk
• Completed various offsite payroll transitions for UK & Ireland clients, which also includes recruitment-based clients
• Understanding business process and requirements of new clients
• Innovating, designing, and building automated and process solutions for clients and/ or internal use
• Responsible for quality trainings, creating awareness among team about various quality drives/initiatives

Process Lead

Feb 2016 – Apr 2018

• Managing and advising clients on tax/HMRC regulation, P11ds, P60s, RTI submission, Auto Enrolment, internal communication, research and development and implementation and payroll/HMRC Bacs processing.
• Maintained detailed documentation pertaining to process and operational support, delivery, and processing schedules for new clients
• Responsible for testing payroll and internal systems before go-live for new client
• Managing a web-based application suite “Portico”, so that employees and clients can access their payslips, reports, invoices, P45, P60 etc.
• Acting as Subject Matter Expert in process automations field and helped IT department on optimal and efficient solutions
• Responsible for providing training related to all legislation changes to all team members every year

Sr CSE

July 2014 – Jan 2016

• Responsible for managing the end-to-end payroll of clients, data management, payroll
• processing, validation, reconciliation, reporting and completion of end of year tasks for both UK and Irish clients
• Managing client deliverable using online system specially designed for such activities
• Adhering to statutory compliance at all levels involving liaison with Govt. authorities & offices, etc.

· End to end payroll processing for India clients

· Preparation of Bank file

· Preparation of monthly MIS

· Resolving of queries regarding Income Tax

· Assisting client staff in Income Tax queries and Investment

· Preparing Full & Final settlement report

· Quarterly ETDS Returns, Form 27A

· Issuance of Form 16, Form 24Q

· Processing end to end weekly/Monthly payrolls for UK clients

· Arranging the payment of staff salaries through the computerized payroll system

· Administering SSP SMP SPP schemes

· Handling priority queries for the team

· Support for quality team for internal audit

· Preparing Performance report, Status report and Quality Report for the team

· Support for Process Trainer for updating DPM and training related reports

· Providing training & support to new employees

· Client interaction and communication