Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Projects
Professional Accomplishments
Certification
Extracurricular Activities
Interests
Present Location
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Utkarsh Singh Sareen

Product Support Manager
Bangalore
Utkarsh Singh Sareen

Summary

Highly efficient, Owner minded business professional with over a decade of experience in Project Management in HCM suites like Payroll & Core HR who is well established in fast-paced and challenging environments. Eager to learn with aptitude for applying new knowledge with skill and efficiency. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. I am looking for a challenging project where I can hone my skills and help the team achieve the targets. I am looking for an organization, which will demand the best out of me.

Overview

12
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
4
Certifications
1
Language

Work History

Goldman Sachs
Bengaluru

Vice President
01.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Led a team responsible for supporting and managing 20+ different payrolls across the EMEA region.
  • Managed the uplift of Payroll platform from PeopleSoft to Cloud Payroll in the flagship project in CA realm in 2023. Project will proceed further now for rest of the regions post successful implementation of 1st payroll over cloud.
  • Ensured timely and accurate payment of employees by maintaining and optimizing the payroll tool, maximizing its efficiency.
  • Led the testing and implementation of new changes and enhancements, ensuring they aligned with the requirements gathered and defined during the planning phases of each project.
  • Developed and maintained strong relationships with HR business partners, stakeholders, and vendors to effectively gather requirements and deliver solutions that met their needs.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including Finance, HR, and IT, to drive process improvements and streamline payroll operations.
  • Monitored and analyzed payroll metrics and performance indicators, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
  • Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
  • Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.

Goldman Sachs

Associate
09.2016 - 12.2021

Job overview

  • As part of Functional Support Team, provided assistance to the Payroll users (across various regions) related to Production Issues, Automating payroll processes with UDAs to reduce manual errors, New project requirement gathering, Impact Analysis, enhancements, Testing of bug fixes, SRS prioritization etc.
  • Extended support for 20+ payrolls, making sure that the Users get prompt resolution to their issues thus maintaining overall system level efficiency.
  • Successfully implemented and integrated statutory changes into the payroll system, ensuring compliance with local regulations and legal requirements.
  • Building useful reports so as to increase Payroll Validation effectiveness and reduce overall time to do the same.
  • Implemented efficient payroll processes and controls to mitigate risks and ensure data integrity and accuracy.
  • Acted as the main point of contact for escalated payroll issues, providing timely resolution and maintaining a high level of User satisfaction.
  • Stayed current with industry trends and best practices, ensuring the team remained up-to-date with the latest developments in payroll technology and compliance requirements.

TESCO HSC

Senior Software Engineer
07.2012 - 08.2016

Job overview

  • Worked as Senior Software Engineer, solving tickets related to UAT, Production Issues, fixing existing bugs, Impact Analysis, enhancements etc
  • Also performed the role of secondary DBA, handling maintenance of the DB, App/Web servers, applying Tax Updates, and project migrations.

Education

DSI, Bangalore(VTU)

B.E. (ISE)
08.2008 - 07.2012

Skills

    Performance Improvement

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Projects

  • Supporting PeopleSoft 9.1 HRMS Applications including Self Service/Manager Portal (Yucaipa FreshandEasy Retail Stores - Earlier a branch of Tesco)
  • Applying Tax Updates patches (for US project)
  • Supporting PeopleSoft 9.2 Global Payroll module for EMEA region
  • Brexit Project (Payroll changes)
  • GDPR changes
  • Shadow Payroll
  • Automation Projects (using In house tools)
  • HCM Core HR uplift to Cloud
  • Merger and Acquisitions related changes (NNIP, Green-Sky etc)
  • Statutory Changes related to UK (SMP, Tax-updates, Student Loan/Post Graduate loan)
  • Banking Project -Onboarding the Bank file generation in GP
  • HCM Fusion CLoud Payroll Implementation

Professional Accomplishments

  • Numerous appreciation mails from business for successful completion of quality projects.
  • 4 Tesco Value awards/Star of the Moment award for '100% SLA for US Support, 'Team Player and Leadership Skills', 'Collaboration and Resilience' and 'HSC Servers' OS upgrade and 'UK Servers' switch over for patching with Zero downtime'.
  • Worked closely with the payroll users to provide quality documentation for new customizations.
  • Igniter of the Year-2018' award for winning a department wise completion held for automating manual excel based process using in-house developed 'Ignite Pad' tool.

Certification

Oracle Absence Management Cloud 2022 Certified Implantation Professional 2022

Extracurricular Activities

  • Attended and organized various Intra & Inter college Art and Cultural Events. Performed in various theatre events at school & college levels.
  • Have been member of Computer Society Of India Organized various Technical & Quizzing Events, both at college and school level.
  • Attended/Organized various quizzing events both inside and outside College. Some of highlighting events include: TCS TECH BYTES- a technical quizzing event for engineering students.
  • Participated in Geo-fest International’06, City Montessori School, Kanpur (U.P).
  • Had been in NCC (Air Wing) for two years and cleared ‘A’ certificate Examination.
  • Head of Cultural Team under Genesis, ISE Department’s Core Committee in college.
  • Worked as an active Member of 'Dot Net Competency Center' in Tesco, responsible for conducting Dot net technology related events. Had been Active member of IT Community Services at Tesco.
  • Written, Directed and edited a series of videos for TESCO during Swachh Bharat campaign.
  • Conducted many fund raising events successfully at TESCO for various NGOs.

Interests

Quizing

Tech News and Updates

Present Location

Bangalore

Timeline

Oracle Absence Management Cloud 2022 Certified Implantation Professional 2022

06-2023

Oracle Global HR Cloud 2022 Certified Implantation Professional 2022

06-2023

Oracle Payroll Cloud 2022 Certified Implantation Professional 2022

05-2023

Vice President

Goldman Sachs
01.2022 - Current

Introduction to Data Science in Python

09-2020

Associate

Goldman Sachs
09.2016 - 12.2021

Senior Software Engineer

TESCO HSC
07.2012 - 08.2016

DSI, Bangalore(VTU)

B.E. (ISE)
08.2008 - 07.2012
Utkarsh Singh SareenProduct Support Manager