Kavindi Wickramanayake

I am an experienced HR professional with good leadership skills and extensive teamwork and project management skills. Looking to apply my experience in developing and implementing HR strategy in support of the goals of the company. Offering HR expertise, sound business acumen, and technological aptitude. Coming with CIPD (UK) membership, MSc in HR and 8+ years of HR experience in internationally recognized companies.

People Associate- Cera Care (August 2024 to Nov 2024) 

• Handling the entire onboarding process and the resignation process. • Handling employee queries through Intercom • Processing employee’s life cycle changes, received via Kissflow system 

HR Assistant- Hafod Housing Association, UK (April 2023 to July 2024) 

• Managing onboarding process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in task such as offer letters, employment contract, and pre onboarding checks including DBS, right to work and Reference checks. • Produce employee life-cycle related letters, including variation letters and promotion letters and maintained up to date employee documentation. • Collaboration with the payroll team for processing of monthly payroll. • Maintained Access/Select HR (HRIS) to ensure the continuous availability of up to date and accurate information throughout the employee life cycle. 

Senior HR Executive-EFL Global HQ (July 2022 to November 2022) 

• Handling the entire recruitment & onboarding process. • Preparing HR related reports for management. • Handling the entire resignation process. • Processing end to end payroll on monthly basis. This includes processing monthly salary advance & reimbursement cycle & Annual bonus cycle. • Handling employee queries. 

Senior Payroll Executive- Global HR Shared Services – London Stock Exchange Group (Pvt) Ltd (July 2019 to June 2022) 

• Payroll monthly input processing- Prepare monthly payroll input & share with payroll vendors for each APAC countries as per the payroll calendars. • Responsible for end-to-end payroll processing for any of APAC payrolls including payroll checking to ensure to process employees’ salaries timely & accurately. • Service Now case management- Handle assigned cases on employee queries on timely manner. • Ensure accuracy of the statutory calculations & process the monthly statutory payments & Statutory filings in a timely manner. • Provide various payroll cost reports to management & handle audit queries & provide monthly payroll cost to finance. • Handle leavers tax reporting, tax year end processing, employees EPF and ETF claim forms, all employees B card registration and arrange EPF and ETF statement distribution to employees in a timely manner.  Preparation of SOPs on APAC payrolls. • Conducting training sessions on Australia & Malaysian payrolls for new Team. • Handling certain UK payroll related tasks such as reports generation, input preparation and submission

Senior Associate –Human Capital (April 2018 to July 2019) PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Recruiting staff for system process assurance division and Maldives division -This includes developing job
descriptions preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, background checks interviewing
and selecting candidates. • Handling HR operational work and maintaining the Human Capital Gateway system (HRIS) with minimum errors and providing accurate reports to Business Units when required.
• Preparing payroll and travel reconciliation monthly. • Completion of payroll reports in a timely an accurate manner • Acting as main point of contact for handling quarries for HR operational matters and payroll.
• Assisting Business Unit heads and other staff members either face to face or over the telephone to resolve
login Issues, leave matters etc. • Contribution to the ISMS audits and getting positive feedback every year for precise maintaining of HR processors.

Audit Associate – External Audit (April 2017 to March 2018) PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Improve knowledge on identification of cycles and validation of significant controls. • Improve knowledge on the PwC audit approach. • Improve skills on communication and reporting. • Complete assigned tasks on a timely basis. • Corporate with the engagement team and contribute to achieve targets. • Familiar with Aura

Associate – Human Capital at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sri Lanka (November 2015 – April 2017)
• Preparing job advertisements for vacancies • Shortlisting applications according to business unit requirements • Scheduling interviews, exams for shortlisted applications and conducting background checks of candidates. • Liaising with partners, directors and managers of the firm for recruitment related activities and requests. • Maintaining personal files • Preparing letter of appointments for new recruits and issuing contracts for staff members. • Handling onboarding process for new recruits in Audit & Assurance.
• Report generation and data entering to HRIS system. • Preparation of Employee profiles in the HRIS system (HCG System) and updating employee information in the msystem. • Preparing and issuing letters such as Service letters, Employee Confirmation letters, Salary Confirmation Letters, and letters for CA Institute. • Coordinating student registration process with the CA Institute. Making necessary payments for ICASL.

Intern – HR Operations (May 2015 – November 2015) Millennium Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd
• Assist in new recruit’s registration process. This contains preparation of profiles in the HR systems (Workday), assist new recruits in completing of documentation, getting IT divisions to setup mail accounts & provide access to systems, carrying out first day Induction. Organizing and facilitating Induction programs and Assessment Centers. • Administration of B Cards registration, employee re-registration and thumb print scanning process with the labor department. • Involved in preparing and issuing letters such as service letters, Lost B card letters, • Employee Verification Letters and EPF/ ETF Name correction letters Maintaining and Updating Personnel Files. • Handling Payments for HR Operational Needs. (Cash Advances, Petty Cash, PR and PO’s.) • Assist in Employee Welfare activities such as handing over Birthday gifts vouchers, helping in evaluating Crèche facility providers and Payment procedure

Intern – HR (September 2013 – December 2013) Ceylon Biscuits Limited
• Gathering and uploading into the Human Resources Information System. • Preparation of Profiles in the Human Resources Information system 

Charted Qualification in HR Management at CIPM-Colombo Sri Lanka (CIPD UK Accredited) - CIPD Associate member

MSc Degree in Human resource management and development awarded by University of Salford, UK (2019) 

BSc (Hons) Degree in Management with a Second Class Upper (GPA 3.45) awarded by University College Dublin, Ireland. (2015) 

Diploma in Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) (2013) Reading for, Advanced Diploma in Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Foundation & Operational Level Completed