Krishna Behara

About Krishna Behara

A proficient administrator with an overall experience of 18.5 years in Global Payroll operations and service excellence, predominantly in UK Payroll, with a vast exposure in Transition of operations to Hub centres, HR / Finance – Payroll projects, Compliance & Controllership, stakeholder, vendor, team management, designing & mapping of H2R-T&A-Payroll processes.A comprehensive experience of payroll operations with strong UK Statutory knowledge.Exposure in both formats of customer service and an In-house operational model in the Finance and HR organizations.Operated other EMEA countries along with UK – Abu Dhabi, UAE, South Africa, Ireland, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and France.Exposure towards Managed and processing models of payroll operation, expat payroll – Shadow and modified reporting.Primary contact from payroll ensuring 100% complaint in both internal and external inspection of payroll controls on a quarterly and annual basis.Worked in several customer experience improvement projects with an aim to reduce payroll touchpoints and develop a proactive communication to employees.Worked on various HR / Finance Transition of payroll services, M & Es, Payroll Data migration - TUPE, HRMS upgrade, Interface, country payroll and benefits set up.Excellent team management skills by empowering team members with high motivation, open communication with a constructive feedback and mentoring for career progression.Expertise in working with various Payroll stakeholders - HRBPs, finance and accounting teams, Mobility, equity, Onboarding, treasury, controllership, compliance & OE teams.Experience in resolving variances of Payroll accounting and itemizing monthly payroll transactions under respective head of the account.Played a significant role in effective execution of payroll over payment collection process.Worked as a payroll administrator on various platforms like SAP, ADP Freedom, Mainframes, Surepay advantage and SD Worx Source. Executed various quality assurance controls in the payroll process for a better accuracy.Exposure towards the RSU vesting process and accurate reporting in the payroll.A well-organized approach during special events in payroll cycle.A proficient user of MS-Visio application in designing process maps.Has ability to estimate volumes, potential risks based on business and operational needs.Process transitions to hub centres - ADP, AMZ & State Street.Completed foundation level course from Institute of Payroll Professional, UK, 2010.PACE Certified – Payroll Aptitude Certification Exam, an internal training program in ADP.

Experience

1. Global Process Owner - Payroll

   Sandoz

   Jul 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

Education

• Osmania University

  MBA (A 3 year distance programe), HR

  2006 — 2009

• Osmania University

  B.com(Honours), Commerce

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Employee Benefits
• Process Improvement
• Sap
• Hris
• Sap HR
• Payroll
• Adp Payroll
• Performance Management