Product Designer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented HR Business Partner & Payroll Specialist to join our dynamic team. This dual role is critical in aligning HR practices with business objectives while ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing. The ideal candidate will be a proactive and strategic thinker with strong interpersonal skills, a thorough understanding of HR principles, and expertise in payroll administration. This role requires a self-starter who can manage multiple priorities, build strong relationships with employees and stakeholders, and maintain the highest level of confidentiality.

Responsibilities:

HR Business Partnering:

●    Serve as a strategic HR partner to assigned business units or departments, understanding their goals and challenges and developing HR strategies to support their success.

●    Provide guidance and support to managers and employees on a wide range of HR matters, including employee relations, performance management, talent development, and organizational design.

●    Collaborate with management to identify and address employee performance issues, conduct investigations, and recommend appropriate disciplinary actions in accordance with company policy and legal requirements. 

●    Support the implementation of HR programs and initiatives, such as compensation and benefits, learning and development, and employee engagement programs.

●    Partner with the talent acquisition team to understand workforce planning needs and participate in the recruitment and onboarding processes.

●    Analyze HR metrics and trends to identify opportunities for improvement and develop data-driven solutions.

●    Stay up-to-date on relevant employment laws and regulations and ensure company policies and practices are compliant.

●    Facilitate organizational changes and support change management initiatives.

●    Act as an employee advocate, fostering a positive and productive work environment.

Payroll Administration:

●    Collect, review, and verify employee timekeeping data, ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable laws.

●    Calculate and process payroll adjustments, including new hires, terminations, promotions, leaves of absence, and retro payments.

●    Administer employee benefits programs related to payroll, such as deductions for health insurance, retirement plans, and other voluntary benefits.

●    Prepare and submit statutory payroll reports and filings (e.g., PF, ESI, TDS, Professional Tax, etc.) in compliance with local and national regulations.

●    Reconcile payroll data with general ledger accounts and resolve any discrepancies.

●    Respond to employee inquiries related to payroll, benefits, and tax-related matters in a timely and professional manner.

●    Maintain accurate and confidential payroll records and documentation.

●    Participate in the implementation and maintenance of payroll systems and software.

Qualifications:

●    Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master's degree in HR is a plus.

●    3+ years of progressive HR experience, with a significant portion in HR Business Partnering and payroll administration.

●    Strong understanding of HR principles, practices, and employment laws.

●    Proven experience in managing the full payroll cycle and familiarity with relevant payroll software and systems.

●    Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.

●    Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.

●    Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and integrity. 

●    Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.

●    Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). 

Preferred Qualifications:

●    Familiarity with HRIS systems (e.g., Greythr & Zoho)

●    Experience in developing and implementing HR policies and procedures.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL SKILLS

SSRS, PowerBI, SQL Server 2008/2012, TSQL, Stored Procedures, Views, UDF’s, Triggers, Charts

EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years professional experience in database development using SQL Server 2008/2012(T-SQL, SSRS)

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to analyze business requirements to determine

• processing flow, user requirements and inter-dependencies of multiple information systems.

• Experience with SDLC required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong in performance tuning especially tuning complex queries, procedures and indexing strategies

• Strong development experience in Java, JavaScript on Node.js
• Proficiency in full-stack web application development (MEAN stack)
• Strong programming skills with experience in design, coding, and testing
• Proficiency with relational databases such as MySQL
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors (such as Sass, based on project requirements)
• Good experience with AJAX, REST, and JSON
• Experience with AWS cloud services will be an added advantage
• Understanding of Source Control tools for version control: GIT/SVN

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• 2 - 6 years of hands-on experience developing, implementing, and delivering web applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Develop Android handset clients
• Develop architecture and low-end designs based on customer and product management requirements
• Communication of designs and other development issues to developers and managers
• Design, develop and manage automated unit and acceptance tests
• Peer review of design code and tests
• Participate in the agile development program
• Bug Fixing
• Take ownership of deliverables
• Adhere to development methodologies

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent knowledge of Android
• Appreciation for the limitations of handset development
• Attention to detail and subtleties of UI design and implementation
• Understanding of design patterns
• Ability to design for scalability and resilience
• Strong application process flow and problem-solving techniques
• Strong focus on refactoring and code quality
• Understanding of software configuration management and release management
• High levels of software engineering literacy and communication skills
• Friendly and professional manner
• Minimum 3 - 5 years java development
• Third Level Qualifications in computing, mathematics, or science
• Experience in building web (PWA)/mobile app using ionic/reactjs (react native)

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience of working in an agile environment
• Product development and lifecycle experience
• Experience in unit testing
• Scripting (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Shell, etc.)
• Knowledge of build systems such as Maven and Gradle
• RESTful development
• XML, JSON, HTTP, SyncML, HTML 5, CSS, Groovy
• Windows and Unix development
• Experience leading development teams or performing customer-facing duties is an advantage
• Kotlin Language Skills