AKM SHIFUR RAHMAN
Oakville,Canada
Summary
- Highly efficient in local and global payroll processing and reconciliation, HR partnering, rewards, HR revenue and cost analysis, HR operations and benefits analysis, program analysis, and HR budget reporting.
- Skilled in developing and implementing programs, projects, policies, and procedures while coordinating organization-wide efforts for the HR compensation, payroll, and benefits department.
- Possess strong analytical skills to review variances and understand their impact on the profit and loss account.
- Proven ability to manage priorities, handle multiple responsibilities/work interruptions, and meet deadlines.
- Exceptional facilitation skills for maintaining a high standard of communication, presentation, and negotiations.
- With over 9 years of experience accurately processing HRIS, benefits, and finance journal and year-end tasks.
- Proficient in various software systems including SAP-Payroll & HRIS, ADP HRIS & attendance, Ceridian HPL & Insync payroll & HRIS, Unifocus/Watsons HRIS, Service Now, Success Factor, Workday, Hyperion, MS Office (Word, Excel, VLOOKUP, PowerPoint, Outlook), MS DOS, Access, Blackline, GFS-Sun Financial System.
- Expertise includes people and project management, meeting targets, financial analysis and reporting, as well as risk management.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimum supervision or as part of a team.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Manager - Payroll Canada
XEROX Canada
06.2023 - Current
- Manage the payroll team to ensure timely and accurate payroll processing including payroll taxes and impact on benefits and HR policies for more than 3,000 employees by-weekly
- Monitor laws and apply regulation knowledge to the company's taxes and withholding procedures; prepare and review payroll and tax reconciliations
- Ensure all compensation and benefit programs, policies, and procedures comply with current legislation
- Manages severance packages, employee relations, pension and benefits management
- Supports HR with compensation agenda including benchmarking, pay ranges and advice to business leaders and other stakeholders to support the colleague agenda
- Manage the delivery of a variety of HR Compensation and Payroll programmes by supporting the variable pay accrual and allocation processes
- Ownership of all benefit enrollment, deductions and related policies incorporating design, vendor management and ongoing assessment of effectiveness
- Highly efficient in partnering with offshore shared service operations and third-party vendors
HR Operations Manager- Asst. Vice President
Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation
04.2022 - 05.2023
- Responsible to provide technical and specialized services within HR operations and ensuring alignment with local regulatory requirements in the country and the delivery of Staff Benefits over the Staff lifecycle
- Management of the Payroll, Provident Fund (PF) and Gratuity Fund (GF) of the organization of around 850 employees including EXCOM, Expat and local employees
- Managing HR Vendor Management process in line with third party risk management guideline towards services outsourced to vendors
- Served as internal consultant to executive management to ensure Human Resources policies and practice support corporate business objectives
- Support HRBP's to develop succession plans and retention strategies for key talent and positions
- Responsible for the Time Management System Automation project to provide greater employee experience
- Manage budget planning, cost estimation, pay processes and industrial relations activities within the scope of work
- Managed payroll processing for hundreds of employees, ensuring timely payment while adhering to strict budgetary guidelines.
HR Payroll & Benefits Analyst
Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada
07.2020 - 09.2021
- Responsible to processes, practices, procedures, methods of Payroll accounting, and HR data to more than 500 employees from 2 official political party of Ontario Canada
- Responsible analyze and resolve payroll issues related to tax, general accounting, regulatory requirements, benefits, time reporting, and labor agreement matters
- Responsible for generating all year-end reports and ensuring compliance when filing all year-end reconciliations and reports including statutory requirements such as T4's, T4A's and related department
- Responsible to update and evolve payroll M&A integration plan, tracking standard methodologies and lessons learned with a focus on continuous improvement
- Responsible to investigate and respond to escalations/inquiries from key partners; act as an escalation point for complex risks / issues, providing advice and guidance
- Responsible to work with benefit vendors to ensure existing and new administrative processes are compliant and providing best employee/customer satisfaction
- Maintain positive labor relations by cultivating the site's union relationship, understanding & managing through a Collective Bargaining Agreement compliance with established internal HR policies and procedures and regulatory requirements
Manager, Payroll & Labour Management
Fairmont Hotel Corp, Canada
12.2018 - 10.2019
- Manages all functions of payroll and the HR administration of pension and employee benefits
- Aids with the preparation of the annual operating P&L, CAPEX and budget for the properties to achieve substantial revenue growth and minimize recurring cost
- Managing payroll preparation, deductions, payment, complies payroll information, completing reports and records for around 1,800 employees by-weekly
- Provide advice on pay structures, pay decisions, and pay policies, evaluate and modify existing compensation programs, policies, and procedures
- Prepares, analyses, and assists the Director in presenting corporate financial reports related to HR, payroll, pension, and employee benefits which helped achieved 10% growth yearly
- Act as a trusted business partner and coach to senior line management
- Consult and support line managers across the business units
- Responsible to liaison with Finance, Strategy and Reward accounting to understand and apply business performance outcomes to pay funding and outcomes
HR Payroll Analyst
Marriott International Canada
02.2018 - 12.2018
- Process, transmit, reconcile, and balance payroll finance for union-non-union, salaried-hourly employees weekly using Ceridian HPL and Insync, ADP timesaver and Unifocus system
- Respond to inquiries on a full range of HR and Payroll topics including payroll, benefits deduction, pension, union dues, RRSP deduction, and other similar payroll related topics
- Provide advisory service to the Business, wider HR and Line Managers on pay policy matters
- Responsible to educate and support leaders, managers in their people R&R: appraisals, grievance, absence, H&S, Planning, TA, Briefings, development and training
- Ensure payroll systems and processes are appropriately set up to remain compliant with country/province regulatory legislation related to payroll
- Regularly reviews payroll data for discrepancies and variances to ensure payments comply with policies, regulations, and collective agreements
- Worked as an active ambassador for people and HR function focusing on operational partnership to build great interface at all levels of the organization for 24 properties in Canada
Senior HR Pay & Benefits Specialist, Canada & The USA
Lafarge Holcim Canada
11.2015 - 02.2018
- Approve timecard, process HR payroll reconciliation, adjustment and balancing for 2000+ unionized employees stationed both in US and Canada in SAP weekly
- Responsible for designing, leading, and managing end to end benefits programs impacting 3,000 salaried and unionized plant operations associates
- Responsible to work with service delivery team to ensure a smooth payroll transition from onboarding project to live operation and payroll management
- Lead a team of 5 in the project to convert HRIS and benefits data for 3,000 employees for both Canada and the USA from Workday HRIS to SAP HRIS and payroll
- Respond to inquiries on a full range of HR and Payroll topics including payroll, tax, garnishment, benefits deduction, pension, union dues, RRSP deduction, and other similar payroll related topics
- Responsible to identify and help resolve issues, including providing support and guidance to employee escalations on benefit related topics, and manage appeals and exceptions
Education
BBA - Administrative Studies (Business Management)
York University
Toronto, Canada05.2009
Skills
- SAP-Payroll
- HRIS
- ADP HRIS
- Service Now
- Success Factor
- Workday
- Excel
- VLOOKUP
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Access
- People management
- Project management
- Financial analysis
- Financial reporting
- Teamwork
- Independent work
- HR policies and procedures
- Employee relations
- Microsoft office proficiency
- Benefits and compensation management
- Human resources operations
- Succession planning
- HR analytics
- Union relations
- Benefits programs
- Payroll management
- Payroll processing
- Budget administration
- Human resource management software HRMS
Citizenship
I am a Canadian citizen with valid Canadian passport.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
HR Manager - Payroll Canada
XEROX Canada
06.2023 - Current
HR Operations Manager- Asst. Vice President
Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation
04.2022 - 05.2023
HR Payroll & Benefits Analyst
Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada
07.2020 - 09.2021
Manager, Payroll & Labour Management
Fairmont Hotel Corp, Canada
12.2018 - 10.2019
HR Payroll Analyst
Marriott International Canada
02.2018 - 12.2018
Senior HR Pay & Benefits Specialist, Canada & The USA
Lafarge Holcim Canada
11.2015 - 02.2018
BBA - Administrative Studies (Business Management)
York University
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