Sudhir Kumar

Global Head of Payroll Nokia

Sudhir Kumar is heading Payroll Function globally at Nokia. Payroll is part of People Organization. Sudhir has been working in HR shared services for more than 10 years at Nokia. From a generalist human resources approach with HR transformation, he has extensively contributed toward creating a modern HR shared services organization including a global Payroll team at Nokia. Approach towards offering global value-added services and enhanced people experience & Digitalization has been an enriching experience during this evolution. Cultural nuances in different geographies also plays an important role, he has learnt this by managing Regional shared services centres for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-pacific. Sudhir has over 20 years of HR experience in telecom, software, professional services, BPO as well as manufacturing organizations. With a Business Management qualification in Human Resources and Master’s in Psychology, he has been associated with Nokia, Bharti Airtel, Tata Consultancy and Willis Towers Watson.

9:00 AM Panel Discussion: Adopting A Global Payroll Transformation Approach: Maximizing Global Impact, Minimizing Local Disruption

Payroll is traditionally a local process; local regulations, local language, local pay-slip formats, local banks. The list goes on. However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t some serious gains to be made by looking at payroll from a global perspective. Not only does standardization enhance productivity and improve reporting, but the increased visibility from a global overview allows payroll heads to provide critical insight back to their business. This session talks about how you can meld global and local approaches to achieve the best outcome:

• Process standardization vs. local variation

• Global insights vs. local reporting needs

• Global costs vs. local costs

• How digital technology can help you manage global payroll

9:00 AM The Nokia Payroll Transformation: From Local-to-Regional-to-Global Approach

The Nokia Global Payroll story will focus on the following:

-local to global journey

-impact of globalization on process, technology, people development and mode of operation

-implementing a global payroll team - what and how

Key benefits include:

-visibility of end-to-end process, Benchmarking

-scaling best practices

-digitization, process efficiency

-business continuity

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