Payroll
Resume:
Sandou Arokiaraj
@ **********@*****.***
WHO AM I?
Multi-dimensional professional with 13 years of work experience in managing and handling Payroll / HR / Finance.
Strong Knowledge in Asia, Middle East and Australia Payroll, Project, Process Enhancement, People Management and
Vendor Management.
Asia – Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei
Middle East – UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
ANZ – Australia and Fiji
STRENGTHS:
Positive Attitude Team Collaboration
Customer Service Orientation Win-Win Approach
Flexibility Creativity
Core Competencies:
Transition Vendor Management
Internal & External Audits Service Delivery
Decision Making Time Management
PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
Professional Finance II – Supervisor of AMEA Shared Service June 2015 – Till date
DXC Technology – Chennai (Legacy CSC)
Part of Global Shared Service team and managing AMEA Payroll Operation / Query Management.
Shared service scope and ownership includes – Customer Service Center, Run & maintain Hire to Retire, System Testing, SOX, Statutory Compliance, Audits, Vendor Management and Project Management.
Transition of Payroll (Brunei, Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Fiji) from other countries to Chennai location.
Accountable of leading the process best through SLA, Service Metrics review and Continuous Process Improvement.
Review, evaluate and maintain all process controls to meet / exceed internal, external, Govt. & SOX audits and compliance
Managing stakeholder’s relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels to fully support Shared Services goals, objective, SLA & metrics.
Managing external vendor including performance and cost effectiveness; evaluating outsource providers and opportunities.
Payroll Payments are reviewed by Control reports before approving the Salary payments.
Salary, Statutory and Third-Party payments are processed and make sure there is no impact in SLA.
Publish Dashboard to Top Level Management (KPI, CAPA, Overpayments, etc)
Process Knowledge Assessments, New hire training and Cross training within the team.
CSC has acquired UXC, Xchanging, EBECS and Sable. Led the integration of Payroll Ops of acquired companies within Shared Services.
Implementation of Workday for Middle East Country Payroll.
Proposed, implemented 6 Eureka improvement ideas resulting in time / effort saving with improved KPI, Quality and SLA.
Implemented Overpayment recovery process to reduce and recover overpayments. Fixed process gaps eliminated similar occurrence. Overpayment recovery done approx. USD 900K
Redefined all the existing process to meet the local statutory guidelines. Ex.Termination pay out process, Recovery Process etc.
Payroll Specialist – HR Shared Service Dec 2013 – May 2015
Scope International – Chennai
Handled and Led Payroll for Malaysia
Involved in ADP Migration Projects
Tracking the inputs and assigning the tasks to Team Members
Make sure salary are processed to Regular and Terminated employees on time
Three Pay cycles per month – Main Cycle, New hire cycle and Termination cycle
Correctness of payroll are validated by using Control reports
Year end activities are completed and submitted the forms with Statutory board on time
Process Dashboard published to team and managers on daily and monthly basis
Reports are given to Top management based on their requirements.
Documentation are updated with process updates
Senior Accounting officer – Shared Service Dec 2011 – Dec 2013
RR Donnelley
Monthly review of Accrual Journals for Utilities (Electricity, Gas & water)
Handling Month-end activities comprising Intercompany balance sheet reconciliation
Inter Company process – confirming Inter Company balances, preparing Adjustments form and raising CQT for disputes values.
Check and Confirms payment to Vendors
Preparing reconciliation of various Balance Sheet accounts.
Financial Assistant IV (Team Lead) – Global Business Services Aug 2007 – Dec 2011
Hewlett Packard
Led payroll process for HP Malaysia employees (6,500) in People soft 8.9
Involved in Migrating Absence Management Process to Payroll
Involved in process testing (Service Request) and GP Bundle request
Processing and Checking New Hires and Termination requests of Employees
Processing and Checking one time and recurring allowance to employees
Processing and Checking Commission, Bonus and E-Overtime to employees
Preparing the Head Count reconciliation
Checking the correctness of payroll by using Control reports
Make sure the accurate salary is paid to employee on pay date
Banking and Off-Cycle process done through Citi Bank
Responsible to make sure that the employee query is resolved on time
Processing year end activities like AWS, Bonus and Year end Tax.
Tracking the inputs and assigning the tasks to Team Members
Process Dashboard is published to team and managers on daily basis
Reports are given to Top management based on their requirements.
Documentation are updated with process updates
Conduct Team Meeting regularly and Refresher session once in quarter
Credits & Achievements
Transitioned Payroll operations - Brunei, Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Fiji payroll.
Implemented Workday for Middle East payroll.
Migrated Payroll project from People soft to SAP in Scope International.
Received Excellence Award for displaying excellent ownership, balancing different process and delivering on commitments.
Proposed and implemented Eureka improvement ideas resulting in time / effort saving.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Master of Commerce M.Com(Business Finance) 8.90 CGPA (85.33%)
Pondicherry University GOLD MEDAL
Year of Passing 2005-2007
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) 74%
St. Joseph College of Arts & Science [Ist place in B.Com (2002 –2003)]
Year of Passing 2002 – 2005
Achievements 100% in Final Accounts,
Cost Accounting
Management Accounting
Higher Secondary Examination 82%
Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School I Class
Year of Passing March 2002
Achievements 100% in Accountancy
Matriculation 69.71%
Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School I Class
Year of Passing April 2000
PERSONAL
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 14 – 07 – 1985
Sex : Male
Marital Status : Married
Language Known : English and Tamil
Current Address : F7 – D Block, Sudarshan Acres, Appar Street Extn., Perungalathur, Chennai-600063
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the above said information and fact are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Place : Chennai
Date :
(SANDOU AROKIARAJ)
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