Abhijit Gupta

HR Professional with 21 years of experience in compensation & benefits, Salary Benchmarking, Manpower Planning & Budgeting, M&A, HR Operations, Statutory Compliance. Handling Payroll, Compensation and Benefits for India, US, Canada, Nigeria, Indonesia, and UAE.

Assistant General Manager – Compensation & Benefits & HR Operations at Amcor Flexibles India (2017-05 – Present)

• Lead Performance Management Systems (PMS) and Total Rewards frameworks to drive employee attraction, motivation, and retention for pan India employees.
• Developed new reward initiatives and enhanced existing compensation and benefits policies.
• Job evaluations and grading for new hires and year-end appraisal cycles.
• Annual salary survey participation and benchmarking for increment.
• Managed compensation integration for M&A transactions and handled lockout processes for 2 manufacturing plants.
• Re-structured wage components to optimize organizational costs while ensuring full statutory compliance.
• Designed and implemented employee benefits policies and SOPs across entities.
• Monitored salary structures, identified gaps, and recommended market corrections for critical roles.
• Developed retention schemes for high-potential and critical talent.
• Owned end-to-end HR operations including payroll, HR analytics, exit management, and HR dashboards.
• Expatriate payroll processing and tax calculations for overseas deputations.
• Manpower planning, workforce forecasting, and annual budgeting across entities.
• Managed renewals and administration of Group Mediclaim, Group Life Insurance, and Group Accident Benefit policies.
• Annual compensation planning, pay-review cycles, increment rollouts, and bonus payouts.
• Prepared and presented HR MIS reports and dashboards for India and APAC leadership teams.
• Partnered with business leaders to provide compensation recommendations for new hires, internal transfers, and promotions.
• Ensured statutory payroll compliance including PF, Gratuity, NPS, and other labour regulations.

Manager – HR Shared Services at Aegis Global (ESSAR Group) (2016-04 – 2017-01)

• Lead HR Shared Services operations for 30,000 employees on SAP, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and service excellence.
• Managed state-wise minimum wages compliance and ensured adherence to statutory requirements related to Income Tax, PF, ESI, and other labor laws.
• Oversaw end-to-end payroll processing, including recurring and one-time payments/deductions, operating at zero-defect standards.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new SAP configurations, policy changes, and budget updates.
• Performed data analysis, cleansing, and conversion to maintain high-quality and compliant SAP HR data.
• Coordinated and collated payroll inputs from multiple stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate payroll closure.
• Maintained employee personal files, managed benefits administration (insurance), and handled payroll for contract staff.
• Executed personnel transactions including hiring, promotions, transfers, performance reviews, terminations, and statutory/government reporting.
• Validated and processed multiple allowance types such as special allowances, sign-on bonuses, notice buyouts, and referral bonuses.
• Ensured SLA compliance across quality, service delivery, and productivity metrics.

Assistant Manager – HR at JK Cement (2014-05 – 2016-04)

• Managed the end-to-end employee lifecycle in SAP, including payroll processing for Pan-India employees using SAP Payroll.
• Generated post-payroll statutory and management reports from SAP to meet compliance and audit requirements.
• Ensured seamless integration between SAP Attendance and SAP Payroll, maintaining data accuracy and consistency.
• Administered leave management in line with employee work schedules and company policies.
• Ensured full statutory compliance related to Income Tax, PF, ESI, and other applicable labor laws across locations.
• Prepared monthly payroll data for group companies, reconciled figures, and recharged costs to appropriate cost centres.
• Performed salary reconciliation and GL accounting, ensuring accurate payroll postings and financial alignment.
• Ensured adherence to the Performance Management System, including timely completion of performance reviews, salary revisions, and development plans.
• Handled payroll escalations and investigations, resolving discrepancies within defined timelines.
• Responded to employee queries via email and calls, providing accurate and timely resolution of payroll-related issues.

HRBP at British Oil & Gas Exploration Ltd (2013-03 – 2014-03)

Assistant Manager at Syngenta India Limited (2009-07 – 2011-05)

Assistant Manager at DHL – Blue Dart (2008-08 – 2009-07)

Senior HR Executive at Hewitt Associates (2005-03 – 2008-03)

Executive at Hindustan Petro-Chem (2001-11 – 2005-03)

Post-Graduation Diploma in Business Administration in Human Resources – Symbiosis

Advance Diploma in Software Engineering – Aptech Computer Education