Anupama Menon

- Transitioned to the International Staff Payroll department supporting payroll operations around 80+ countries. Executed monthly audits of recurring payments and deductions databases, liaising with the HR Operations Hub to ensure the data is aligned with the established policies within the monthly payroll deadlines. - Conducted monthly income tax audits across 54 countries, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance to diverse tax regulations. - Managed benefit administration processes for 5,000+ employees across the MENA region, administering cash advances (housing and salary) and one-time payments including job bonuses, sales commissions, and production quality bonuses. - Administered monthly schooling and relocation expenses for the MENA workforce through various models (direct billing, reimbursements, and allowances). - Managed end to end salary investigation processes by serving as the primary point of contact for the salary related queries and facilitating timely reprocessing of rejected/returned funds. - Administered and reconciled WPS payroll processes for Oman, ensuring accurate and timely upload of payroll files to the payer bank portal before salary release. - Managed manual payments for various third-party benefits and pension plans. - Facilitated 100+ AXA GIG/Cigna Neuron insurance enrollments for Abu Dhabi based employees and their dependents. - Served as a point of contact for drafting Verification of Employment letters for the MENA workforce, preparing letters for 1,000+ employees and resolving a high volume of related queries. - Significantly contributed in redesigning the homepage of the Employee Recognition website ‘Tamayuz’, as a part of the project ‘Spotlight’.

- Significantly contributed in Policy Auditing by developing 9 new People policies and overseeing the implementation of these novel policies, while effectively administering the existing ones - Efficiently coordinated file management by consolidating and digitising over 500 candidate, requisition, personnel and employee relations case management files - Enhanced accessibility to vital People Department information for the UK and EUCAN/ EMEA regions by diligently updating the internal People page and BioMarin Intranet Website (BioWeb) with relevant information - Evaluated existing People wellbeing processes and actively participated in process improvement initiatives

- Contributed in HR process management by designing a comprehensive presentation on staff monetary benefits and performed ad-hoc data entry tasks for the implementation of the new HR system - Coordinated recruitment by posting vacancies on various job sites such as LinkedIn Jobs, Reed.co.uk and Indeed, tracking and anonymising applications and forwarding them to line managers for review - Scheduled interviews with shortlisted candidates, confirmed their attendance and forwarded regret emails to unsuccessful candidates - Provided onboarding support by conducting Right to Work Checks and managing document and reference tracking. Additionally, issued official contract letters upon completion of onboarding requirements - Drafted contract extension/ amendment letters for student and FTC staff as well as salary acting up letters for promoted and interim staff and prepared a maternity leave letter based on policy guidelines for an expectant employee - Conducted exit interviews for 4 departing staff members

- Facilitated onboarding process (Visa Management) for newly recruited employees of Sobha - Drafted a document for process improvement (for easing onboarding process) for management approval and implementation - Played a pivotal role in achieving a milestone of onboarding 102 staff members in July. Additionally, contributed in onboarding a total of 209 staff members during the course of 3 months - Maintained and updated a database consisting of onboarding details of employees and coordinated with Government Relations Department to facilitate receipt of Visas and Labour Approvals -Teamed with the Talent Acquisition team to execute a Walk-in Recruitment Drive (1000+ candidates) for various positions - Hosted 3 team building events