Nayab Zaman, Interim Payroll Specialist/Consultant

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I have more than 11 years of experience in Canadian & US Payroll and over 6 years of experience in Global Payroll including EMEA and APAC. My experience also includes Payroll Accounting, Implementation expertise in Payroll Vendor selection and Benefits vendor selection, HR and Benefits administration. I hold a Bachelors degree in Business and Enterprise from Teesside university(UK) and Payroll Compliance Practitioner certificate from Canadian National Payroll Institute. I am originally from Canada but currently working in the Netherlands since 2021.

I have worked with multiple payroll systems such as ADP (Streamline, Celergo, WFN, iHCM, Globalview), Workday, Ceridian, Cloudpay, SD Worx, IIPay, SafeGuard, BDO.

I have worked with multiple ERP systems such as SAP, Blackline, Epicor, Netsuite, Deltek Vision etc.

My few former employers were Via, Tesla, SNC Lavalin, GenPharm Pharmaceuticals, Traffix Logistics, Verathon & Genmab BV.

Genmab BV (The
Senior Payroll Consultant (Accounting Ops)-Interim Consultant
September 2024 - Today (8 months)
Netherlands
• Process full cycle payroll for the Netherlands 1000+ FTEs using SDWorx & Workday
• Manage and review employee's life cycle changes e.g., joiners, leavers, compensation changes, work pattern changes, promotions, transfers
• Perform gross-to-net functions and resolve any data discrepancies with SD WORX
• Liaise with payroll service provider and finance to arrange funding for the payroll and to arrange all federal, state, and local tax payments following the deadlines
• Manage general ledger (GL) for the entity in SAP
• Perform all balance sheet reconciliations in Blackline monthly
• Respond to Service Now tickets from employees on a timely basis
• Process WBSO calculations
• Develop & improve payroll processes and document procedures for current and future needs.
• Other ad-hoc projects such as consolidation of Payroll vendors & HR KPIs
Verathon Medical B.V
Payroll Accountant-EMEA
January 2023 - Today (2 years and 4 months)
Netherlands
Globally)

• Process full cycle payroll for multi countries in the EMEA region 200+ FTEs (Netherlands, UK, France, Italy, Germany & Belgium) using one in house payroll (ADP IHCM) and 5 outsourced vendors such as ADP Streamline, BDO, Sistemi, SDWorx & Paye Solutions.
• Manage and review employee's life cycle changes e.g., joiners, leavers, compensation changes, work pattern changes, promotions, transfers, deposit change etc., commuter expenses, vacation accruals, time off balances, short term and long terms leave
• Perform gross-to-net functions and resolve any data discrepancies with outsourced vendors.
• Liaise with payroll service provider and finance to arrange funding for global payrolls and to arrange all federal, state, and local tax payments following the deadlines depending on the entity.
• Manage general ledger (GL) for all Payroll entities including pension reconciliations and Concur Expenses.
• Work on a payroll project to harmonize the current payroll process to one provider
• Be the main point of contact for all payroll-related communications from employees for the assigned entities and respond to them effectively and on time.
• Act as a bridge between payroll and benefits providers vendors and business to resolve all queries.
• Develop & improve payroll processes and document procedures for current and future needs.
• Complete all Accounting reconciliations in Blackline related to Payroll, pension and taxes and Concur expenses
• Act as a backup for HR when needed
• Other ad-hoc projects such as consolidation of Payroll vendors & HR KPIs
Via Technologies Europe B.V./Subsidiary
Global Payroll Manager-(Interim)
April 2022 - December 2022 (8 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Responsible for managing and leading the full cycle payroll processes globally including EMEA (9 countries, 200+ FTE), APAC (8+ countries, 40+ FTEs) & US & Canada Payroll (500+ FTEs)
• Streamlining payroll processing and researched and selected new Payroll vendor for the EMEA region
• Leading the implementation process of the new Payroll vendor
• Streamlining PEO/GEO processes by researching & choosing new vendor and consolidating all PEO services.
• Leading the implementation & switch of all PEO employees to the new PEO vendor
• Working with HR to implement new benefits in the EMEA region.
• Working with Employees to understand the benefits provided by PEO vendors
• Reviewing the gross-to-net functions and resolving any data discrepancies with the European Payroll Manager and outsourced vendor.
• Approving and reviewing the funding for global payrolls and to arrange all federal, state, and local tax payments following the deadlines depending per entity.
• Manage general ledger (GL) mapping by adding new GL's and cost centers in payroll systems and reviewing and approving GL for all Global, USA and EMEA employees.
• Respond and resolve all queries related to social securities and taxes related to all entities assigned
• Working with payroll and benefits providers and businesses to resolve all queries.
• Working closely with the Tax Manager & Director to resolve US & Global tax related issues.
• Develop & improve payroll processes and document procedures for current and future needs.
• Stay compliant with local (country wise as per entities) and global payroll legislations and advise business as needed.
• Manage relationships with payroll and benefits service provider vendors through effective communications.
• Act as a backup for direct reports in the payroll team and HR team when required

BA (Hons) Business and Enterprise
Teesside University
BA (Hons) Business and Enterprise
Canadian Payroll Certification (PCP)
CANADIAN PAYROLL ASSOCIATION
Canadian Payroll Certification (PCP)
Architectural Technology Advanced Diploma
Humber College
Architectural Technology Advanced Diploma