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.

July 19, 2022

10:30 AM Enhancing People Experience from Payroll Services

Research shows that engaged employees are much more productive than their peers. Employee experience from payroll is a key contributor to employee engagement. In the ever changing post pandemic work situation, employee experience has become more and more important topic as lesser physical interactions take place between employees and HR. To keep employees engaged, payroll is giving a lot of focus on enhancing people experience. During this session we will discuss:

  • The recent trends and examples of ways to improve people experience from payroll services
  • What should we expect in the future towards enhancing people experience
  • How cloud-based platforms, automation and analytics insights directly contribute to an enhanced employee experience