Ann Nirosha Abeyewardena

ANN N IROSHA HA YAC IN TH AB EYEWARD ENA Abu Dhabi, UAE PROFILE MBA-qualified Payroll & Benefits Professional and former Bank Manager with over 10 years of progressive experience in Finance and Banking and 7 years in Finance/HR/Payroll within the UAE and multi-country environments. Proven expertise in end-to-end payroll operations, ADP system implementation, multi-country compliance, financial reporting, and stakeholder management. Seeking a challenging role in HR, Payroll, Banking, or Financial Services within a growth-oriented organization. WORK EXPERIENCE P AY RO L L T E AM L E AD - EnerMech / UAE - Feb 2023 –Up to date       Lead end-to-end payroll operations for employees across 15+ countries including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UK, Germany, Belgium, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, and others. Oversee payroll processing, timesheet validation, payroll controls, and timely salary disbursement. Update payroll data including wages, benefits, overtime, pension and tax deductions using manual templates and upload payroll through WPS and direct bank portals. Coordinate with Finance to ensure accurate payroll accounting, reconciliations, audits, and financial reporting. Played a key role in the end-to-end implementation of ADP payroll system, including: Business requirements gathering, Employee data migration and validation, System configuration and parallel payroll testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Go-live execution and post-implementation support. Act as escalation point for payroll-related queries and issue resolution. P AY RO L L AN D BE N E FIT S S E R VI C E D ELI V ERY S P E C I AL I ST - Baker Hughes / UAE - Jan 2020 -June 2022      Managed payroll processing for 4,000+ employees across 9 countries including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Kenya, Algeria, Albania, and Uganda. Verified and analyzed timesheets in accordance with country-specific payroll policies and labor laws. Entered payroll data including wages, benefits, overtime, tax deductions, and allowances into payroll systems. Prepared financial, tax, insurance, pension, and audit reports and performed payroll reconciliations Responded to payroll and benefits inquiries, ensuring timely resolution and employee satisfaction. M AN AG E R – R ET AI L & SM E CR E DIT SU P P O RT - Nations Trust Bank / Sri Lanka - Jan 2019 – Aug 2019      Managed operations supporting 93 branches with a team of 35 specialists. Improved productivity, service quality, and operational efficiency through process enhancements. Coordinated with Trade, Treasury, Compliance, Legal, Credit Risk, and IT teams for daily operations Prepared weekly and monthly regulatory reports, reconciliations, and compliance documentation Final approval of loan disbursements, rate changes, third-party correspondence, and balance confirmations DE P UT Y M AN AG E R - R ET AIL & SM E CR E DIT SU P PO RT - Nations Trust Bank/Sri Lanka - Sep 2015 - Dec 2018 S EN IO R CO R PO R AT E B AN K ING SU P PO RT AS S I ST ANT - Nations Trust Bank / Sri Lanka - June 2013 – Sep 2015 B AN K ING T R AI N E E / AS SI ST ANT - CO R P O R AT E B AN K I NG SU P PO RT U NIT - Nations Trust Bank / Sri Lanka - Aug 2011 – Jun 2013 D AT A E NT RY O P ER AT O R - LO AN S - Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Bank / Sri Lanka - Jan 2009 – July 2011 KEY PROJECTS    End-to-End ADP Payroll Implementation – EnerMech (UAE) - Supported full system lifecycle including requirements gathering, data migration, testing, go-live, and stabilization across multiple countries Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Project – Nations Trust Bank SDMM Project, SME Workflow Project, SME Insurance Workflow Project CORE COMPETENCIES        End-to-End Payroll Management ADP Payroll Implementation, Data Migration & UAT Multi-Country Payroll (Middle East, Europe, Africa) Payroll Compliance & Labor Laws Financial Reporting & Reconciliation Audit & Regulatory Reporting Team Leadership & Stakeholder Coordination EDUCATION      Masters of Business Administration - London Metropolitan University Business Administration - Association of Business Executives (ABE – UK), Oxford College of Business Diploma in Computerized Accounting - British Information of Computer Technology Google Project Management: Professional Certificate - Coursera Business English Certification Preliminary program – University of Cambridge ACHIEVEMENTS     Promoted through 5 designations in 8 years at Nations Trust Bank Consistently achieved “Exceed Expectations” performance ratings Successfully completed Lean White Belt projects. Key contributor to bank’s first Robotic Process Automation (RPA) initiative TECHNICAL SKILLS    Payroll & HR Systems: ADP (End-to-End Implementation), Workday, SAP, PMS, HITS, NAV Finance & Banking Systems: Finacle, Flexcube, BOT System, Workfolw, AccPac, MYOB, QuickBooks, Tally Tools: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access LANGUAGES Sinhala | English | Tamil | Hindi