Responsibilities Oversee HR operations and payroll management across 9 APAC countries. ensuring compliance with local labor laws and statutory requirements Lead and manage a team of 3 payroll specialists, responsible for end-to-end payroll processing and payroll accuracy Coordimate with imternal stakeholders and extermal vendors to ensure timely payroll execution, statutory submissions, and regulatory compliance Identify and implement process improvements to enhance payroll efficiency and standardize regional HR operational workflows Act as the key point of contact for cross-functional decision-making, collaborating with finance, legal, and external service providers Achievements . Maintained 100% payroll accuracy and timeliness across APAC entities, ensuring full compliance with local statutory and tax requirerments Improved payroll operational efficiency by reducing payroll processimg time by up to 25% through workflow optimization and process improvements . Successfully setup of new entities in Indonesia, Singapore, Philippimes, and Thailand. including payroll structure preparation and statutory compliance . Developed automation tools using RPA and vBA with IT, reducing manual work and streamlining payroll operational processes Participated in the implementation of the HRIS system Workday, supporting payroll data preparation, testing, and process alignment

Responsibilities Oversee mass payroll data processing. including new hires. bulk uploads.and payroll validation Conduct payroll audits and reconciliations to ensure data integrity before processing Lead improvements in Workday payroll system and enhance reporting efficiency Provide key payroll data insights for financial planning and cormpliance audits Extract and validate payroll-related data from SAP for legal and audit purposes Review holiday pay validation reports to ensure compliance and avoid overpayments. Achievements Successfully validated and processed payroll operations for over 400 headcounts in South America, including Trinidad and Guyana Accurately validated bi-weekly employee time files for more than I5,000 headcounts across the US and Canada Resolved payroll-related ermployee inquiries consistently within SLA

Responsibilities Acted as a pioneer in setting up the Payroll Shared Services Center ,Led pavroll migration and established new entity payroll operations across APAC. Pprovided advisory on taxation, statutory benefits, and payroll compliance. Ensured end-to-end pavroll processing and reporting aligned with regional regulations Achievement: Managed end-to-end payroll processing for over 400- headcounts across multiple APAC countries, including Thailand, Japan, Korea, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines Achieved i00% accuracy and timeliness in all payroll submissions Created over 40 payroll documentation resources, including SOPs. SOWs, checklists, payroll calendars, budgeting termplates, and PE matrices Ensured accurate statutory deductions and benefit allocations across all managed entities Proiects Spearheaded payroll migration projects, transitioning payroll for Korea, Japan, and Bangladesh to a centralized shared service model Established new entity payroll set-up in Indonesia.Philippines,Pakistan.Malaysia and Thailand, ensuring compliance with local regulations and laws Deveioped and implemented policies and procedures to ensure accurate and efficient payroll processing Implemented payroll vendor transitions for Korea Enhanced payment automation in the finance system across all APAC countries. Deyeloped and integrated payroll reporting structures into finance systems for improved isibility and reconciliation