Amol Agaskar has over 10 years of experience in human resources and payroll. He currently works as a Specialist in Payroll and Benefits for Maersk Global Service Centres India, managing payroll for over 8,500 employees. Some of his key responsibilities include ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, maintaining statutory compliance, managing benefits administration, and supporting HR transformations. Previously, he has held payroll roles at Hungama Digital Media Entertainment and HCCA Business Services, handling payroll for over 1,000 employees in each role. He holds a B.Com degree from Mumbai University.

1. Amol Pradeep Agaskar
Mobile: +91 9769072393  Email: amol.agaskar@gmail.com
• A competent professional with over 10 years of experience in Human Resource, experience including
payroll and HR Operations.
• Displayed competency in streamlining of processes for improving the productivity and quality levels.
An effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Deft at client coordination, issue resolution.
Professional Strengths
• Knowledge in finance, payroll, retirals and daily business operations
• Familiar with the practices, principles and procedures of payroll processing, like time reporting,
personnel assignments, payroll accounting and leave management.
• Skilled in developing procedures to implement changes and solve issues in payroll system.
• Ability to explain difficult concepts in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent command over written and verbal communication in English.
• Possess supervisory and decision- making skills.
• Quick problem solver with ability to meet deadlines within limited time period.
• Familiar with the entire FRRO process for Expats.
• Familiar with Onboarding, Termination, Transfer, etc in SAP.
Academics
• Passed the B. Com. Degree with second class from Mumbai University.
• Passed with First Class in H.S.C. from Gokhale College Borivali.
• Passed with Second Class in S.S.C. from St. Joseph High School.
Work Experience
1. Currently working as a Specialist Payroll and Benefits for Maersk Global Service Centres
India Pvt. Ltd. Having 8500 plus employee strength across India.
Role and Responsibilities:
• Currently take care of End to End Payroll processing for 8500 plus employees for PAN India.
• Monthly Payroll Checking for the entire Maersk GSC employees and maintain a 100% accuracy in Payroll
Data.
• Proper audit of the Payroll process on a monthly basis in close coordination with site HR and ensure all the
checks related to payroll are documented, duly signed off and filed for reference.
• Ensure that all payroll queries are responded and closed.
• Close monitoring and tracking of all HR compliances (I-tax, PF, ESIC, LWF, Ptax etc) and ensure timely
remittance to statutory authorities and timely renewal of S&E certificate across all sites in conjunction with
the admin team.
• Adherence to all statutory requirements - PF, ESIC, Prof tax etc and ensure that all statutory dues are paid
in a timely manner with no escalations and Timely returns filing in conjunction with the vendor.
• Having monthly Governance call with all the 3 sites (Mumbai, Pune and Chennai) to share the updates as
well as to understand the concerns if any if face by 3 sites.
• Taking care of entire Benefits administration for Maersk GSC India (Group Mediclaim, Group Accidental,
Group Term Life, Group Parental)
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2. • Ensure that all existing benefits (GPA, GMC etc) are renewed in a timely manner and are negotiated at the
best rates with the vendor / broker.
• Successful rollouts of new benefits within the prescribed timelines and ensure that vendors deliver the
desired outcome through a well-defined governance structure
• Ensure that employees have a smooth and hassle-free claims experience through close coordination /
follow-ups with vendor.
• Ensure that the various MIS related to all Benefits is received on a monthly basis from the vendor which
provides a complete overview of the claims status along with TAT which will also help monitor vendor
performance.
• Ensure that all Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO) related activities for both expats and local
plus employees are seamlessly managed and visas renewed in a timely manner with minimum hassle the
entire activity taken care end to end.
• Ensure that headcount and all other critical details (compensation, DOJ, job level etc) are reconciled on a
monthly basis between payroll data and MY HR (SAP) and disconnects are immediately highlighted. /
rectified
• Ensuring all the PF forms are submitted in time and acknowledgement duly shared with employee within 90
days of exit from the organization.
• Taking care of Gratuity Trust for Maersk Global Service Centres India Pvt. Ltd and P&O Nedlloyd IT
Services.
• Timely renewal of Gratuity Policy as well as Future Gratuity Policy with LIC.
• Taking care of funding for Gratuity Trust with LIC on the basis of Valuation report share by Thanawala.
• Preparing data and sending to Thanawala for Gratuity Valuation for both the trust and also ensure that
gratuity valuation is done in a timely manner twice an year - December and April and liability funding is
done without delay
• Ensure that gratuity is processed within 30 days of the employees LWD.
• Taking care of Superannuation Trust for Maersk Global Service Centres India Pvt. Ltd and P&O Nedlloyd
IT Services.
• Taking care of funding for Superannuation Trust with LIC as per the employees eligible for
Superannuation.
• Ensure that Superannuation (wherever applicable) is paid out to the employee within 30 days of his LWD
and also funding is done in a timely manner in close coordination with Finance.
• Currently playing a major role in merger of the Gratuity Trust and Superannuation Trust.
• Managing the entire on- boarding process, termination, transfer, etc for all General Manager and above
employees in SAP and also taking care of the Joining formalities for GM (General Manager) and above
employees.
• Preparing Offer letter for GM (General Manager) and above employees.
• Have played a major role in streamlining the pending Home Pension Invoice recharge by the Home
countries for all the Expats.
• Ensure that all vendor / expat payment related invoices are processed / paid out in a timely manner with
minimal escalations.
• Currently playing a major role in HR transformation and Payroll transformation, has been awarded the
Team excellence award for the HR transformation Go Live project and has been also awarded the Champ of
the month for my role in Payroll transformation.
2. Worked as Assistant Manager at Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd the largest
aggregator, developer, publisher and distributor of Bollywood and South-Asian
entertainment content in the world. With partnerships with over 350 content creators, across
record labels, studios, broadcasters Hungama has licensed worldwide exclusive digital rights
to over 4 million music and video titles. 23rd
January 2012 till 19th
October 2013.
Role and Responsibilities:
• Over all Payroll in charge for the employee strength of 1200.
• Checking the Salary MIS (Salary Inputs) for all Hungama employees.
• Salary processing for all Hungama employees having employee strength of 1000 plus.
• Verifying all the statutory deductions (like PF, P-tax, IT, ESIC, LWF), exemptions etc.
• Preparing bank statement and coordinating with them for timely credit of salaries for Hungama
employees.
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3. • Preparation of CTC masters and salary restructuring if any.
• Attendance and Leave Management for Hungama employees.
• Calculation of various perquisites like Car Perk, Loan Perk, House Perk, etc. on monthly basis.
• Computation of tax liability and providing tax / investment assistance to employees.
• Resolving Payroll issues and queries within the specified time limit.
• Preparing and processing of Full & Final Settlements of resigned employees.
• Processing Reimbursement claims & maintaining reimbursement balances of employees.
• Preparing monthly reports of ESIC, Profession tax, PF, Income tax etc.
• Auditing & validating of final Investment proofs.
• Preparing Yearly tax returns – Form16. Form12BA, Form-24, ETDS on quarterly basis
• Processing Joining Bonus, Referral Bonus, Incentives, etc.
• Preparing various MIS reports like, Head Count Report, Attrition Report, Cost Allocation Report, etc.
3. Worked with HCCA Business Services Pvt. Ltd. as a Sr. Executive (HCCA Business Services
Private Limited is a leading service provider in the entire gamut of HR Operations and
Administration. HCCA is a fully owned subsidiary of Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd. (HGS)
12th
August 2008 till 13th
November 2010 and 18th
February 2011 till 18th
January 2012.
• Handled Payroll Processing and Statutory part for the below mentioned clients.
 Kotak Commodity Services Ltd.
 Kotak Mahendra Asset Management Company Ltd.
 ACE Derivatives and Commodity Exchange Ltd.
 Infina Finance Pvt. Ltd.
 Barclays Investments and Loans (India) Ltd.
 DBS Bank ( for Trainee employees)
• Have work for Colgate Palmolive India Ltd. in Payroll department through HCCA Business Services.
• Have work for BNP Paribas, (BNP Paribas is a European leader in global banking and financial
services and one of the six strongest banks in the world) through HCCA Business Services.
Role and Responsibilities:
• Managing Payroll and Reimbursement.
• Managing Statutory Compliance.
• Managing Final Settlement.
• Managing MIS reports and Statutory Audit.
• Employee Record Management.
• Managing Provident Fund Trust / Gratuity Trust/ Pension Trust.
4. Worked with TUV SÜD South Asia Pvt. Ltd. (Wholly owned subsidiary of TÜV SÜD Group,
Germany, and the largest of the German TÜVs (Technical Testing and Inspection
Organizations). 06th
February 2007 till 05th
August 2008.
• Have played a major role in streamlining the Payroll for the organization.
• Have Processed Payroll for all the TUV the employees, having employee strength of more than 650
employees.
• Benefits administration of all employees.
• Looking after the Statutory Compliance related to Salariesof all Employees.
• Looking after the joining formalities of all the new joiners.
• Planning Salary Structure for New joiners as well as the Benefits to be allotted to them.
• Attendance and Time Management.
• Employee Record Management.
• Supporting my team in Performance appraisals of all employees.
• Calculation of KPI to be paid as per the KPI ratings.
• Preparing Quarterly TDS, Form 24, Form 16 and calculation of PF Challan.
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4. • Have taken care of foreign remittance.
• Have played a major role in designing of HR portal for salary structure designing, Investment
Declaration and Leave Management.
• Providing Accounts with Salary Report for SAP.
• Providing various MIS Reports for Budgeting of different SBU.
• Completing all Exit Formalities of the Outgoing Employees.
• Providing MIS Reports to A/C department for provision of funds for future Expenses related to
Compensation and Benefits.
• Providing Monthly MIS Reports to our Asia Pacific office related to Employees.
• Providing time to time MIS Reports to different department heads for their Strategic meet as well as
Sales meet.
5. Worked with HR Prowess Pvt. Ltd. 1st
July 2006 to 31st
January 2007.
Role and Responsibilities:
• Payroll Management for the Clients. (The entire Payroll Process)
• Employee Record Management right from Hire till the entire process.
• Employee Transfer, Termination, Promotion, Increments, Arrears, Disciplinary Action.
• Grievance Administration.
• Recruitment as well as Applicant Tracking.
• Generating various Statutory Reports, Financial Reports, and Employee Reports etc.
• Generating MIS Reports for the Clients.
• The above mentioned activities are performed by me on a HRMS module i.e. RAMCO ERP software
which defines me as a User Master for the same.
6. Worked with BNP Paribas (BNP Paribas is the second oldest foreign bank on Indian soil) in
HRD dept. through Kelly Services Pvt. Ltd. and Shirish Dhavle Software Consultancy
(HCCA Business Services). 12th April 2005 to 30th June 2006.
• Was looking after the salary of the Bank Staff, Bank Officers as well as the Contract Employees.
• Medical cheques which had to be prepared for the New joiners.
• Calculation of LIC premium and preparing the cheque for the same.
• Calculation of Income Tax and Preparing the Income Tax Challans and the cheque for the same every
month.
• Calculation for PF and preparing the PF Challans and the cheque for the same every month.
• Passing the accounting entries for each and every transaction.
• Calculation for Housing Loans and Other Loans, preparing the cheque for the same.
• Preparing the RTGS file.
• Calculation of Overtime data, Holiday Allowance and Shift Allowance.
• Calculation of Medical premium for the staff.
• Maintaining the records for every accounting entry passed.
• Maintaining confidentiality in the work.
Extracurricular Activities
• Have completed certified course of Effective Public Speaking from Indo American Society.
• Have been trained by SIGMA SOFT for RAMCO ERP HRMS Module.
• Have attended ISO 9000 programmed conducted by TUV SUD South Asia.
• Have done MS Office course from Apptech computer classes.
• Have represented my college for the Inter college football competition.
• Have taken part in Municipal Corporation Pulse Polio programed conducted by BMC.
Personal Details
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5. • DOB: December 26th
, 1982
• Address: 25/ 23 Lal- Lal Society, DahanukarWadi,Kandivli (West), Mumbai -67.
• Marital Status:Married
• Hobbies and Interests: Travelling, Watching Movies, Listening Music.
• Positives: Hardworking, Quick Learner, Self Confident, Eye for Detail, Honest.
• Application Software: MS Office, Ramco ERP, ATLAS
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6. • DOB: December 26th
, 1982
• Address: 25/ 23 Lal- Lal Society, DahanukarWadi,Kandivli (West), Mumbai -67.
• Marital Status:Married
• Hobbies and Interests: Travelling, Watching Movies, Listening Music.
• Positives: Hardworking, Quick Learner, Self Confident, Eye for Detail, Honest.
• Application Software: MS Office, Ramco ERP, ATLAS
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