Venkat Prasad

Payroll and finance operations professional with 9+ years of experience across U.S. payroll operations, multi-state taxation, payroll compliance, reconciliations, and employee lifecycle administration. Proven experience supporting high-volume payroll environments with strong focus on payroll accuracy, audit readiness, stakeholder management, SLA delivery, and process improvement.

Payroll Consultant – U.S. Payroll Operations - Freelance

(2023-07)

• Provide payroll consulting support to U.S.-based small and mid-sized businesses across payroll operations, taxation, and employee lifecycle processes.
• Manage new hire setup, exits, compensation changes, payroll inputs, retro adjustments, and payroll data validation.
• Perform multi-state payroll tax reviews, withholding validations, deduction audits, and payroll compliance checks.
• Support payroll reconciliations, W-2/W-2C review, payroll reporting, and issue resolution.
• Prepare Excel-based payroll trackers, audit files, variance analysis, and exception reports for operational review.
• Partner with HR, Finance, and payroll stakeholders to improve payroll accuracy and strengthen process controls.

Career Break — Medical Leave (Completed)

(2022-07 - 2023-06)

• Took a planned medical leave for recovery and personal well-being.
• Returned to active payroll consulting from Jul 2023 onward.

Senior FinOps Analyst – U.S. Payroll - Amazon Development Centre, India - India

(2020-12 - 2022-11)

• Supported large-scale U.S. payroll operations across multiple states for high-volume employee populations.
• Managed hires, exits, transfers, LOA, retro adjustments, overpayment recoveries, and payroll validations.
• Performed payroll reconciliations and supported W-2/W-2C processing, reporting, and audit activities.
• Partnered with HR, Finance, and Tax teams to resolve payroll discrepancies within SLA timelines.

Payroll Analyst – U.S. Payroll - ADP Pvt Ltd

(2016-03 - 2020-12)

• Delivered end-to-end payroll processing for U.S. clients including regular, off-cycle, quarter-end, and year-end payroll runs.
• Conducted payroll audits and reconciliations covering earnings, deductions, taxes, and compliance checks.
• Supported W-2 processing, tax and deduction configurations, client issue resolution, and payroll reporting.
• Tracked payroll metrics and contributed to process improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

Bachelor of Business Administration - Savitribai Phule Pune University