Hariharan Padmanabhan is an experienced professional with over 38 years of experience in payroll management, administration, and team management. He has a proven track record of managing payroll processing for over 5,500 employees across multiple companies. Some of his key accomplishments include efficiently migrating payroll systems, managing provident fund administration and compliance, and establishing relationships to provide discounts and benefits for employees. Currently, he works as an advisory consultant providing strategic guidance on payroll, administration, and general management.

1. HARIHARAN PADMANABHAN
Contact: +91-9820410355
E-Mail: hari11121986@gmail.com
An accomplished & knowledgeable professional aiming for senior level assignments in Payroll
Management / General Administration with an organization of high repute
SKILLS SET PROFILE SUMMARY
Payroll Management
General Administration
Advisory / Consultancy
PF Administration
HR Operations
Liaison & Coordination
Training
 A competent professional with over 38 years experience in Payroll
Management, Administration and Team Management
 Hands-on experience in managing payroll administration with proven success
in implementing systems for automating the payroll function
 Proven success in devising and effectuating policies aimed at ensuring
smooth running of operations and execution of administrative tasks
 Proficient in maintaining payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies
& procedures
 Gained significant exposure in processing payroll (including PF administration
with authorities)
 Expertise in analyzing various global policies/ practices followed in the group
and implementing the same
 An effective communicator with good analytical, leadership, interpersonal,
planning and problem solving skills
Professional Forte:
Management: Oversees operations of the organization, implements plans & manages resources
Personal Credibility: Uses personal credibility to influence the outcomes beyond own business & functional area
Strategic Contributor: Can direct business in new & growth areas and motivate people to perform beyond their normal past
demonstrated skills / levels
CORE COMPETENCIES
 Developing and maintaining documentation and controls for all payroll related activities and procedures
 Recommending & implementing changes in HR policies of the company as part of core committee (included policies about
maternity, flexi time, paternity & leaves and automobile scheme)
 Mentoring, guiding and providing training to team members, new and existing employees
 Managing finance functions involving determining financial objectives, designing & implementing policies & procedures to
facilitate internal financial and process controls
 Looking after payroll processing function involving computation of salary, preparation of salary certificates and assessment &
filing of statutory returns
 Documenting & analyzing results and making recommendations where you see inefficiencies in processes / procedures
 Implementing rotation policy for enrichment of knowledge of all employees in different roles to enable smooth inter-
department functioning & movement
 Mentoring team members and deploying them basis their skill levels; monitoring their performance
WORK EXPERIENCE
May’15 – Till Date: GILAC Corporate & Associated Companies, Mumbai as Advisory Consultant
Role:
 Delivering advice on strategic payroll & admin projects and day-to-day tasks in areas of payroll processing, PF administration,
government compliances and general administration
 Ensuring compliance with processes for diversified functions across organization as a retainer
Jan’77 – Apr’15: Godrej Industries Limited
Growth Path / Deputations:
Jan’77 - Mar’98: Staff Cadre to Senior Executive (Godrej Soaps Limited)
Apr’98 - Mar’01: Assistant Manager (Godrej Soaps Limited)
Apr’01 – Mar’07: Manager / Deputy General Manager (Godrej Industries Limited)
Apr’07 - Apr’15: General Manager – Corporate HR & Admin. (Godrej Industries Limited)

2. Role:
As General Manager / Deputy General Manager / Manager
 Spearheaded a team of 6 for management of payroll activities of 5500 employees of Godrej Industries / Godrej Consumer
Products including flexi planning, leaves management & all employee benefits
 Collaborated with government officials for bringing synergy between government compliance& policies with company policies
and payroll structure
 Undertaking activities related to reimbursements, CTC planning, flexible pay, sec 2172A reports, attendance, full & final
settlement like gratuity / leave encashment payable if any of all resigned employees, e-filing returns and all accounting
procedures such as JV passing / tallying accounts and all payroll compliances
 Looked after management of provident fund investments corpus in PSU bonds, central & state securities as prescribed by
government and maintaining return above government prescribed rates
 Handled activities related to:
o All PF return compliances / inspection by EPFO / liaising with govt. Officials
o Canteen management / conferences / award function / MICE arrangement
 Headed a team of:
o 14 members related to Admin function for the group.
o 3 people for management of transport department which included procurement of all high end vehicles for the group and
maintenance of the vehicles; negotiated with vehicle vendors to get bulk discount to managers, who need vehicles under
Automobile Scheme
 Functioned as HR beneficiary and handled compensation, benefits, policies, rewards & recognition / awards
 Accountable for negotiating with estate agents to get rental houses for employees across India which helped employees
considering location change
 Supervised Dispatch Section which includes negotiations with domestic/international couriers for the group
 Assured that compliance procedure was followed under various statutory laws in all group companies across India
 Executed Recall / ISS as a document management system for the group and ensured improved management of records by
outsourcing record keeping
 Accountable for managing account payee entries, compliances, payroll, planning & general benefits of salary structure of the
employees and reported to Head - Finance
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS THE TENURE
 Efficiently managed project for migrating payroll data to replace legacy system to new Aon Hewitt cloud based payroll
processing system in FY 2012 and ensuring error free salary on due date for 5 group companies
 Essayed a stellar role in:
o Handling exempted provident fund administration, government liaising and compliances for over 6000 employees
o Managing health center for processing hospitalization claims of employees including policies and introducing cashless
facility in FY 2013 by establishing tie-ups with major hospitals
o Executing allotment of flats to employees in Pirojsha Nagar Colony in Vikhroli West, Mumbai and managing company
guest houses including vendor management
o Establishing MOUs with entities like Mahindra Club for corporate discounts & corporate events which resulted in saving
employees personal costs & organization costing by getting benefits of more than 30% than market rates
 Significantly negotiated with event management companies & hotels for corporate events like conclaves & awards and
achieved savings of up to 15% YOY of allocated expenses
 Efficaciously setup ‘At your price’ in house travel portal in FY 2013 for self travel bookings to replace former system of manual
booking through vendors and saved 20% of the cost & analysis of travel budget with amount spent/proper MIS/negotiations
with airlines both domestic / international to get additional discounts/incentives for Godrej Group
 Holds the distinction of accomplishing a deal with Vodafone for all 5 group companies with special rates lesser than market &
better quality to bring synergy to the company
EDUCATION
 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from Madurai University in 1974
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 22nd
May, 1954
Address: 4A, 305 Dheeraj Dreams, LBS Marg, Bhandup West-Mumbai - 400078
Language Known: English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil & Malayalam