An experienced leader in managing entire gamut of Payroll Processing, Employee Benefits, Provident Fund and Retiral Benefits, HR Business Process and Operations in a large India based MNC.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Manager – Global Employee Benefits and Rewards
HCL Technologies Ltd
11.2023 - Current
Managing offer release process including checking and approving offers triggered by TAG as per company’s compensation and approval metrics to ensure correct offers are being released.
Managing medical benefit programs for India, APAC and Europe. Active involvement in policy designing, responsible for vendor selection and BAU management.
Managing company car lease process and sharing details to Finance for Asset Capitalization and Payment Processing to Vendor.
Calculation and payment of employee bonuses as per eligibility basis performance grids, appraisal ratings etc.
Managing entire exit program to ensure seamless exit experience for separating employees which includes - Exit sessions, one-on-one discussions, issue resolution before and after exit, monitoring various checks and compliances to ensure correct exit tagging.
Managing settlements for GTL, EDLI for deceased employees.
Managing employees connect for 400+ HR ops team members in E0 to E4 employee bands locating at various locations across India – Individual quarterly connects to understand their issues, seek suggestions, take appropriate decisions to rotate/shuffle/move/train employees from one to other domains/departments and prepare automated MIS to leadership for their information and suggestion.
AGM - Payroll and Finance
One 97 Communications Ltd
07.2023 - 11.2023
Responsible for finalizing 250Cr. monthly payroll, various MIS, monthly and periodical statutory obligations etc.
Full and Final settlements (5 days a week off-cycle), Loans/Advance payments and recoveries, Flexi Payments like LTA, Company Car Lease benefits, Food Wallet, Gift Coupon etc.
Payroll Accounting, Provisions against deferred liabilities, Accounting of Actuarial Valuations against Leave Encashment, Gratuity and various Incentive plans to be paid in future.
Ensuring timely filing of Quarterly and Annual TDS Returns (Form 24Q) and issuance of Form-16 and Form-16A.
Interacting with internal and statutory auditors for conducting audits; evaluating internal control systems / procedures related to employee benefits and statutory requirements related to payroll.
Lead a team of 14 executive/sr. executive/asst. manager/deputy manager/manager and was responsible for smooth functioning of payroll checking, validation, payments, accounting, provisioning.
MIS and Financial Reporting to CFO (Payroll MIS, Head count, attrition, wage cost analysis etc.) at monthly and quarterly review meetings.
Senior Manager - Payroll and Employee Benefits and Provident Fund Trust
HCL Technologies Ltd
02.2007 - 06.2023
Responsible for finalizing monthly payroll, various MIS, monthly and periodical statutory obligations etc.
Processing Full and Final settlement (weekly off-cycle), Reimbursements (weekly off-cycle), Flexi Payments, Salary Advances and Loans payments and recoveries, LTA, Medical, Leave Encashment, Company Car Lease benefits etc.
Ensuring timely filing of Quarterly and Annual TDS Returns (Form 24Q) and issuance of Form-16 and Form-16A.
Interacting with statutory auditors for conducting audits; evaluating internal control systems / procedures related to employee benefits and statutory requirements related to payroll.
Leading a team of 21 executive/sr. executive/asst. manager/deputy manager/manager and was responsible for smooth functioning of in-house payroll and reimbursement processes.
Working closely with Legal department to provide various reports related to labour laws, Profession Tax, and ESI.
Active involvement in defining and testing requirements for implementation of SAP for financial modules as and when required, responsible of getting changes done in SAP to be compliant on various budgetary changes and other laws of land.
Core member of the team involved in prescribing changes to overcome the inadequacies of the system.
Responsible for payroll accounting entries, liabilities and provision bookings.
Payroll GL’s analysis, accounting and clearings.
Responsible for reporting to respective stakeholders for various statutory returns and compliances.
Hand on experience in designing and implementing payroll systems / procedures with proven ability to achieve financial discipline through automations.
Responsible for various MIS reports like (Payroll MIS, Head count, attrition, wage cost etc.) through PPT slides as required by Management and represent the data accordingly at monthly and quarterly review meetings.
PF Settlements and Transfer-outs, Partial PF withdrawal and various PF loans and advances.
Retirement and Death Claim settlements – PF/Pension GTL and EDLI payments.
Preparation of MOM and various compliance reports to be submitted with EPFO office.
Responsible for internal and externals audits and inspection audits with EPFO office.
Conducting PF/Pension sessions for newly hired and rebadged employees.
TEAM LEADER – Payroll Processing and Accounting
Mynd Solutions Private Limited
05.2006 - 01.2007
Responsible for Payroll Processing of 12 companies. Was leading a team of 10 Executives and reporting to the Director of the company.
Managing payroll inputs and delivering error free monthly payrolls of client organizations.
Taking care of employee taxation, filing of quarterly and annual TDS returns; generation and issuance of Form-16, processing and control of full & final settlements, recoveries of various advances/loans.
Participated in financial accounting i.e., balance sheet and profit & loss statements of trusts.
MIS reporting for management evaluation, planning & control related to employee payroll.
Team Leader - Payroll Processing and Accounting
DKM ONLINE PRIVATE LIMITED
01.2005 - 05.2006
Responsible for Payroll Processing of several big organizations and back-end accounting of several Trusts (Provident Fund, Gratuity and Superannuation).
Joined as accounts trainee but moved to Payroll Department later and promoted to Payroll Team Leader within 8 months.
Was responsible for daily accounting of transactions happened for client Trusts up to Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss statements.
Audit of Trust’s financials as and when required by the Auditors appointed by the client organizations.
MIS reporting for Management regarding accounting, payroll reports with their analysis, expenses and liability provisions and other statutory compliances.
Education
B. Com (Hons) -
Binova Bhave University
Hazaribag, Jharkhand
Intermediate -
BIEC
Patna
Boards -
BSEC
Patna
Skills
Payroll Management
Employee Benefits
Salary and Taxation
Offer Release Compliances
Bonus Payment Process
Global Medical Benefits
Full and final Settlements
Provident Fund Trust Management
Exit Process Management
Car Lease
NPS
Food Wallet
New Initiatives for Automations
SME of SAP Software
Good Written and Communication skills
Expert knowledge in SAP HCM and FICO
Good knowledge of MS Office
Quick learner
Ability to work under pressure
Meet deadlines
Vigilant eye for deadlines
Excellent inter-personal relationship skills
Accomplishments
Distinguished performance rating in 13 consecutive years in HCLTech.
Star performer of the month twice within 6 months of joining during tenure with Mynd Solutions Private Limited.
Automated more than 30 processes in HCLTech for various payroll and employee benefit processes.
Managed error free payroll and payment processes for 2.5L India based employees.
Received Livewire awards, Star Performer awards several times in HCLTech.
Recruited, trained, and deployed 100+ freshers and experienced resources.
Leadership Development.
Mentoring team members.
Extracurricular Activities
An active member of Community Service Council in HCLTech. Won Chess championship in HCL for 3 consecutive years during 2008-2010 and in 2015. Captain of Cricket teams in school, College, University and at District level teams.
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Timeline
Group Manager – Global Employee Benefits and Rewards
HCL Technologies Ltd
11.2023 - Current
AGM - Payroll and Finance
One 97 Communications Ltd
07.2023 - 11.2023
Senior Manager - Payroll and Employee Benefits and Provident Fund Trust