Prabakar Chelliah

About Prabakar Chelliah

An accomplished Payroll Manager with 10+ years of experience managing payroll processes for more than employees including the Local Hires, Expatriates, Exempts and Non-Exempts in the USA and North America. Direct Payroll AdministrationMultiple Pay Cycle Management (Bi-weekly & monthly) Payroll AnalyticsStatutory RemittancesMulti-Jurisdictional payroll (State wise)Payroll ReportingUSA Payroll Tax laws, Liabilities and Rules Payroll Tax Filing & ManagementQuery Handling from regulatory authorities and employeesCase Management SystemSLA ManagementClient ManagementTeam ManagementQuality Assurance and ManagementProcess Re-EngineeringPayroll Manager, TCS Mumbai Mar 2015 – till datePayroll Manager, USA, Apr 2008 – Mar 2015Where Payroll system receives data from various modes such as Travel, Reimbursement, US Residency, HR Management, etc, Managing the bi-weekly pay cycle for around employees (local hires), monthly pay cycle processes for around employees on settlement payroll (those leaving the company or returning to the home country).Project Leader, Shared Services, Chennai, India - Sep 2004 – Mar 2008 Managed offshore team to handle payroll processing for employees in the USA and UK; reviewed the offshore team work and reported the status to onsiteCoordinated with the onsite manager, attended internal meetings to share knowledge and set up processes; reviewed the payroll and expenses reimbursement related cost on monthly basisWorked with an Internal IT team and enhanced the payroll related system; supported Internal & External audits on Quarterly / Annual basisTRAININGS ATTENDED2014 APA Local Tax training2013 APA Multi State Payroll States2011 ADP Year End Workshop2010 ADP Year End Workshop2008 ADP Year End Workshop2009 ADP Payroll Processing

Experience

1. Manager Corp Payroll

   The Hershey Company

   Aug 2023 — Present · Hershey, PA, US

Education

• University of Madras

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Business/Commerce