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Vandhana Srinivasan

Bengaluru

Summary

Accomplished Benefits Specialist with a proven track record at LinkedIn, adept in benefits design & management and stakeholder engagement. Spearheaded benefits administration across APAC, enhancing employee satisfaction and compliance. Skilled in vendor management and HR operations, demonstrating exceptional leadership and strategic planning capabilities. Self-motivated Benefits Specialist demonstrating superior understanding of employee benefits laws and human resource software systems. Astute professional providing benefits support in fast-paced corporate settings.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Benefits Specialist, APAC

LinkedIn
06.2022 - Current

Benefits Administration: Oversee all corporate benefits including medical, dental, vision, Time off, incentives etc.. for APAC region
Team Management: Managing a team of Benefits Associates located across India, Singapore & China.
Stakeholder Management: Closely collaborating with
Compensation & Benefits stakeholders across Geos to deliver seamless employee benefits administration.

Benefits Onboarding for New Hires: Host the benefits session for new hires on weekly basis across APAC
Delivering Inputs: Handling payroll inputs and all inputs pertaining to employee benefits for multiple countries on monthly basis.
Ownership for launching new benefits & also handle any benefit
augmentation for the year
Vendor Management - Onboarding new vendors and maintaining regular cadence with benefits related vendors for APAC & keep a check on the performance.
HR Projects: Accountable for running benefits related projects for APAC
Escalation Management: Handling escalations/Tier 3 inquiries on employee benefits
Employee Communication: Act as POC for sending employee communication when there is a new benefit roll out or an augmentation to existing benefit.
Benefit Portal Management: Custodian for the internal benefits ports where all the policies and SOPs are hosted.
Strong partnership with Legal teams across APAC for ensuring that the benefits offered are compliant.
Perform UATs for multiple tools across APAC.


HR Services Advisor, IMEA APAC

Microsoft India
04.2016 - 03.2022
  • Act as single point of contact for benefits administration for IMEA APAC
  • Manage benefit related inquiries/feedback/escalation for 36 countries in the APAC & MEA regions.
  • Establish close partnership with our vendors thereby ensuring smooth flow of benefits to employees. We arrange for regular syncs with vendors for staying abreast of all the updates that come through.
  • Managing inquiries and feedback around our Total Rewards policy and tool.
  • Manage inquiries and feedback for processes like payroll/tax/pf and retirals.
  • Maintain strong partnership with the senior leadership teams and business unit heads to carry out the rhythm of business. Participate in regular syncs with them to understand where the business needs assistance in terms of HR support.
  • Support in handling tier 2 to tier 3 inquiries.


HR Generalist

Standard Chartered Bank
05.2015 - 04.2016
  • Ensured compliance with labor laws, reducing legal risks through regular policy reviews and updates.
  • Reviewed and screened applicant resumes to identify qualified candidates.
  • Reviewed existing policies and procedures to make recommendations for enhancing work productivity, recruitment, hiring processes, and talent management.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve organizational objectives through strategic HR planning.

Senior Market Research Analyst

RelSci
04.2013 - 04.2015
  • Profiling influential people and organization across the globe.
  • Extensive research work to be done prior to profiling.
  • Coordinating with the pre-production, production and postproduction sectors and assisting them with process training.
  • Attending external learning and development sessions
  • Sending out important communications to employees
  • Scheduling training sessions
  • Preparing learning modules

Education

MBA - Human Resources Management

Anna University
Chennai, India
06.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

MOP Vaishnav College For Women
Chennai
04.2013

Skills

  • Employee benefits
  • Benefits Design & Management
  • Benefits Administration/Consulting
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Payroll Inputs Management
  • HR Operations/Shared services exposure

HR Technology

  • Workday
  • ServiceNow
  • Samrtsheets
  • SAP
  • SuccessFactor
  • Microsoft CRM
  • PeopleSoft

Timeline

Benefits Specialist, APAC

LinkedIn
06.2022 - Current

HR Services Advisor, IMEA APAC

Microsoft India
04.2016 - 03.2022

HR Generalist

Standard Chartered Bank
05.2015 - 04.2016

Senior Market Research Analyst

RelSci
04.2013 - 04.2015

MBA - Human Resources Management

Anna University

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

MOP Vaishnav College For Women
Vandhana Srinivasan