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Sindhu Billakanti
Payroll Compliance Specialist
Hyderabad
Summary
Highly accomplished and detail-oriented Payroll Specialist with 10 years of experience in managing accurate and timely payroll operations for diverse workforces. Extensive experience in managing expatriate/international assignee payroll operations. Proven expertise in collaborating with global mobility teams, processing complex individual compensation and benefits entitlements, and ensuring compliance with international assignment policies. Adept at monthly payroll input file creation, annual salary and allowances revision, post-payroll activity tracking, and comprehensive year-end reconciliation. Committed to providing excellent employee query resolution and delivering accurate, timely reports to stakeholders.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Payroll Specialist (Risk Analyst – Payroll Compliance)
Amazon Development Center
Hyderabad
01.2019 - Current
- Managed comprehensive expatriate/international assignee payroll operations, working in close collaboration with global mobility teams to ensure seamless execution.
- Created accurate monthly payroll input files based on detailed expatriate individual compensation and benefits entitlements.
- Orchestrated the tracking of post payroll activities, consistently providing essential monthly reports to stakeholders as required.
- Managed shadow payroll processes and performed thorough review of tax calculations to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Directed critical year-end activities, including meticulous assignee income data collection and validation and assisting in tax filing in cases applicable.
- Conducted rigorous year-end reconciliation of data against actuals, effectively identifying and addressing any misses.
- Resolved complex employee queries on payroll matters efficiently and accurately, consistently meeting SLA requirements.
- Conducted Self inspections for the organization to bring assurance and flag risks identified and mitigate them through action plan by working with various stakeholders like payroll operations, Benefits, HR and Technical teams to ensure payroll controls are working and facilitate SOX control attestation every quarter.
- Engage with Third party vendors to assess and review the risks as needed and drive conversations around deliverables and costing.
- Maintained highly confidential employee payroll records, ensuring data integrity and privacy in accordance with company policies and legal requirements.
- Collaborated closely with Human Resources and Accounting departments to streamline processes and ensure seamless data integration.
- Assisted in the implementation and optimization of payroll software systems, contributing to improved efficiency and reduced manual errors.
- Managing and identifying any regulatory updates/Legislation changes and communicating the same with payroll teams and benefits teams.
- Collaborated with Automation team and implemented the idea to introduce a tool which identifies any potential compliance risks arising due to business travel which has saved 2 FTEs annually.
Tax Consultant II
Deloitte Tax services pvt ltd.
Hyderabad
06.2014 - 12.2017
- Manage and maintain human resources information and related records systems on behalf of clients.
- Provide classroom training as well as overseeing on the job training to new-hires.
- Periodic billing of the compensation management work done and preparation of invoices for collection of payments.
- Distributing the earnings of the client’s company to an employee based upon the decided pay and benefits package for the position held by the employee.
- Processing of year end compensation statements for the employee of the client and providing them to the respective tax teams within Deloitte, based on the contract of the client with Deloitte.
- Calculating, Processing the pension as per the law of the land and providing pension reports of the employee to the third-party provider of the client upon receiving the required approvals.
- Process Monthly payroll for employees and issue payslips to 4-5 different clients using global advantage tool.
- Prepare Monthly reconciliation report on total compensation to clarify any variances paid.
- Acting as a point of contact from Hyderabad office and coordinating to initiate engagement calls.
Education
MBA - Finance
Symbiosis University
Pune06.2018
Bachelor of Science - Commerce
Bhavans Vivekananda College
Hyderabad05.2014
Skills
- Filing waivers for STBTs
- Reviewing regulatory updates globally
- Preparing disclosures and reports for tax authorities and regulatory bodies
- Payroll Reporting
- Microsoft Excel (Advanced: VLOOKUP, PivotTables)
- Attention to Detail
- Data Accuracy
- Problem-Solving
- Analytical Thinking
- Communication (Written & Verbal)
Accomplishments
- Vast experience through handling various payroll compliance aspects across the geographical regions like Middle east countries, EMEA region and APAC.
- Collaborated with Automation team and implemented the idea to introduce a tool which identifies any potential compliance risks arising due to business travel which has saved 2 FTEs annually.
- Successfully managed year-end payroll close for 2 consecutive years with zero discrepancies.
Financial And Accounting
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Journal Entries
- Payroll Reporting
- Auditing Support
Current Employer
Amazon Development center, Hyderabad
Tax And Compliance
- Filing waivers for STBTs
- Reviewing regulatory updates globally
- Preparing disclosures and reports for tax authorities and regulatory bodies
Software
Timeline
Payroll Specialist (Risk Analyst – Payroll Compliance)
Amazon Development Center
01.2019 - Current
Tax Consultant II
Deloitte Tax services pvt ltd.
06.2014 - 12.2017
MBA - Finance
Symbiosis University
Bachelor of Science - Commerce
Bhavans Vivekananda College
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