SUMMARY

• Certified ScrumMaster and Agile delivery specialist with 6+ years of experience with an exceptional track record to lead cross functional teams, align business and technology to deliver multiple projects with quality and customer focus
• A Versatile, accomplished & results - driven People and Project Management professional with 15+ years of experience with expertise in creating and implementing programs to improve business operations.
• Strong relationship-building and effective collaboration with management, vendors and team members
• Excellent knowledge in Software Development Lifecycle

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Provided a leadership role in adopting Agile methodologies and produced high-quality project releases
• Introduced all necessary agile checkpoints such as Daily Scrum, Backlog Grooming & Planning, Sprint Reviews, Cadenced Retrospectives, Sprint Demo and Replenishment and Conflict Resolution meetings to adapt the spirit of continuous improvements
• Data driven analysis of the team's capacity utilization & maturity using CFD, Burndown charts and Backlog tracking. Presented metrics to development & leadership teams and highlighted improvements, constraints & Flow of work from technical & process perspectives
• Documented project activities to ensure project deliverables met target timeline and budget objectives
• Responsible for all Metrics and KPI
• Investigated possible methods of improving the automation of the reporting process
• Acted as System Administrator, including managing user system access and
• Contributed to the business strategy by helping business team to identify, prioritize, and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures, and processes
• Prepared documentation on expected benefits, use cases, current / proposed process, workflows, data flows, specifics, risk integration, end-user adoption plans/guides and organization structures
• Published Daily, weekly, monthly reports in the system and periodical dashboard reports to the Steering Committee
• Coached teams with hands-on guidance to self-organize and to be highly collaborative with continuous improvement while responding to customer & business needs
• Partnered with the Product Owner to help create, maintain & refine the backlog of user stories
• Identified problem areas, gaps or conflicts derived from information gathered

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple Agile and Hybrid teams at the same time and produced rapid and high-quality releases to support the HR, Payroll and Business units.
• Enabled Agile Community of Practice (CoP) in the organization, with a mission to learn, grow, & drive agile values throughout the organization
• Data driven analysis of the team's capacity utilization & maturity using CFD, Burndown charts and Backlog tracking. Presented metrics to development & leadership teams and highlighted improvements, constraints & Flow of work from technical & process perspectives
• Coached teams with high touch & hands-on guidance to self-organize and to be highly collaborative with continuous improvement while responding to customer & business needs
• Collaborated & liaise on projects with cross functional teams including IT/Business Operations, Product, Legal, Payroll, Finance and business managers. Trained HR Partners and business users.
• Introduced all necessary agile checkpoints such as Daily Scrum, Backlog Grooming & Planning, Sprint Reviews, Cadenced Retrospectives, Sprint Demo and Replenishment and Conflict Resolution meetings to adapt the spirit of continuous improvements
• Performed Business & User acceptance testing; reviewed test plans and test cases based on business requirement specifications
• Documented project activities to ensure project deliverables met target timeline and budget objectives

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Acted as a Project Manager for HR &Payroll system implementation projects ( Confidential, ADP, Adrenalin, Confidential, Velocity), identified system problems, ensured data integrity, report writing and process improvement opportunities
• Managed project proposals from multiple business units and gathered business requirements
• Developed techniques, methods and evaluation criteria for obtaining measurable process improvements including velocity, resource utilization, cycle time and resolution rates
• Improved team productivity though proper planning, seamless communication and defined goals
• Prepared documentation on expected benefits, use cases, current / proposed process, work and data flows, functional specifics, risk integration, end-user adoption plans/guides and organization structures
• Ongoing design, configuration and administration of data & modules including, Onboarding, Payroll integration, Compensation, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Reporting, and Performance Management
• Developed and Published data analysis, tracking reports and periodical dashboard reports to the Steering Committee
• Ensured to maintain Industry trends and practices for the business & teams

HR Business Partner

Responsibilities:

• Key member of Global HR Business Team and HR Leader with reporting to HR Head- Americas
• Play a noble role to develop key HR initiatives thus contributing to the processes of empowering, enabling and energizing all employees.
• Managed entire HR life cycle including talent management for Canada and US geographies and Led all HR operations
• Developed, implemented and Streamlined talent management, Onboarding and Separation processes, performance-based compensation processes and other Global HR policies and processes across global functions
• Responsible for researching the current and upcoming competitive markets and the prevailing wage grid to fix salary for local hires and work permit holders and ensured company's pay scale met legal requirements; Responsible for distributing Increment and Promotion letters
• Liaised with Employment counsel and created new comprehensive HR related policies, Handbook and Employment legislation at the time of the merger
• Ensured that Goal settings, assessment and Performance appraisal reviews are completed and documented in a timely and accurate manner
• Streamlined and Administered vacation management portal for 2000+ employees;
• Processed payroll for 280+ employees in ADP portal on semi-monthly basis for Canada and provided support to run US payroll for 1500+ employees; Prepared Gross to Gross reconciliation for each pay cycle
• Organized Annual parties, Townhall meetings and other connect meetings for employees and the leadership team

Confidential

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed entire HR life cycle from hiring to separation for Canada and US Geographies from offshore for 4 years
• Emp ID creation & Deactivation, Personal master data changes in HRMS for Americas region
• Co-ordinated with respective stakeholders for Employee movements to other Geographies
• Conducted Induction meetings for the new joiners on Payroll, taxation, benefits, policies and HR Tools,
• Processed payroll for 8000+ employees in ERP portal for Polaris -India; Handled Final settlements, taxation, statutory deductions and remittances, Provident Fund withdrawals and Claim reimbursement;
• Payroll Data migration for APAC, UK and ANZ locations. Prepared Global Payroll and Headcount reconciliation to avoid duplication in processing payroll
• Made Payroll and Financial entries in Confidential Financial application
• Co-ordinated with Internal and Statutory auditors for audit compliances
• Prepared schedules for Accounts Payable, Loans and Advances, Salary and tax payable accounts