Cynthia Talla, Area HRIS Manager

Cynthia Talla

Area HRIS Manager

Red Bull

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.S. Industrial Psychology
Experience
21 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months

Area HRIS Manager at Red Bull
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2014

Oversees Red Bulls regional HR implementations and use of the company’s HR information’s, recruiting and development, compensation and benefits system including processes & interfaces in the HR area in alignment to Red Bulls global HR processes and HRIS governance guidelines

Coaches the functional country HR teams and supports the Area and country management teams on all HRIS matters especially on reporting and KPI needs

Oversees regional HRIS system maintenance, table integrity, test audit controls (with the existing global audit tool)

Maintains regional documentation on HR system processes, interfaces and technology infrastructure matched with the global HRIS standards

Identifies and delivers trainings of users on effective and proper HR system use

Conducts proper induction & onboarding for new joiners in HR

Handling Service Now tickets

Project & Achievements:
• Student Marketeer Harmonization
• Organizational Chart Redesign
• Company Car Roll out
• Personal Cost Planning Tool Roll out
• ESS Redesign
• TALEO Agency Portal (India)
• Roll out of new Distribution Partners (Jordan, Azerbaijan & Kenya)
• Roll out of new Red Bull Subsidiary (Pakistan, Taiwan & Nigeria)
• New Performance Management Tool Roll out
• Headcount Planning Tool Implementation
• Salary Review tool Implementation
• SAP Organizational Management/Personnel Administration redesign
• Global Code of Conduct
• IDM (Identity Management) Rules
• TALEO Implementation
• Training Management System Implementation
• Headcount report on BI tool
• Vacation, Travel & Expenses Roll out
• SAP Light Implementation

HR Manager, Data Processing at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2010 to April 2014

Acts as a main interface from Region HR Connection towards Global HR Support and is the main interface to Region HR Connection from Global HR Support . Owns SAP action processes such as but not limited to hire, termination, change in employment. Regularly maintains employee record in SAP related but not limited to job leveling, data correction, organizational changes, etc. Delivers various SAP reports such as but not limited to headcount report, data quality report, salary and job data report. Enhances the quality and diversity of the reports driven from SAP HR. Coordinates between local country HR and Global Project team for necessary actions related to HR SAP R3 implementation and integration. Prepares needed templates such as employee data collection, country plan, country checklist, cut-over plan, ramp-down plan. Creates and maintain the country Local Concept Description (LCD). Performs manual migration of employee data when necessary. Maintains regular contact with SAP specialists to discuss system compatibility and interrelation with other systems. Handles HR Web based systems application support. Provides timely and efficient system support to users, within and outside the HR unit, to help them improve their knowledge and capability of using the various company systems. Also handling C&B related calculations such as but not limited to Incentive calculation, Annual base salary reviews etc. Other HR Processes support such as but not limited to coordination between the project team and country HR on Payroll integration project, SOX compliance, etc

HR SAP Administrator at AMS International seconded to Nokia Siemens Networks
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2007 to September 2010

Regional SAP Administrator for the Middle East and Africa Region (MEA) comprising 38 countries. Responsible for all SAP Actions (hiring, change in employment e.g. promotion, horizontal job change, merit increase, leaves & terminations). Handles all reporting. Key-user for Projects and Tools being implemented globally
Projects
1. Data Quality (DQ)- project lead for Data Quality being implemented globally. Monitors and spearheading regional DQ to ensure accuracy of information in the system.
2. Headcount Reporting - providing headcount report to countries to check if data in SAP matches with the payroll file
3. SAP P23 Leading System Integration (providing Nokia Siemens Networks with one global and consistent way to manage employee data in one common database called P23) - project lead for South Africa, Iran, Mozambique, Jordan, Libya, Syria, Benin and Niger. Also worked as back-up for the other countries wherein SAP is being implemented.
4. Integrated People Management Program (IPM) - global project whose objective is to consolidate the diverse existing practices into joint global, harmonized people processes and to deploy global Web service and IT infrastructure to enable information through employee self service and manager self service for processes in scope. Updating the information in SAP to replicate in the Success4U tool being used for Annual Compensation Planning and Achieving Together Process
5. HR Intranet - developing a global HR intranet solution and content publishing processes. HR intranet has to be created to countries whose HC is not less than 10 employees. Ensuring that HR intranet has been implemented for concerned countries
6. SOX Compliance - providing evidences for counties with reported SOX deviations
7. MEA Health Analysis Report - report being submitted to all Leadership Team members
8. Payroll Integration - global project whose aim is to integrate ex-Siemens and ex-Nokia’s payroll system into just 1 common system

HR SAP Administrator at Nokia
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2007 to April 2007

Regional SAP Administrator for the Middle East and Africa Region (MEA) comprising 38 countries
Responsible for all SAP Actions (hiring, change in employment e.g. promotion, horizontal job change, merit increase, leaves & terminations)

Projects
- Services Organizational Structure - Alignment of the organizational unit structure for Nokia and Siemens employees in preparation for the merging

HR Associate at Smart Communications, Inc.
  • Philippines
  • July 1999 to April 2003

Assigned in the Compensation and Benefits Section, Human Resources Department. as Benefits in Charge.
1.Handles hospitalization of employees and dependents.
2. Computes accurate payroll transactions including maternity assistance for male employees, approved reimbursement for credit and all necessary deduction for SAP set-up.
3. Transmits accurate and complete reimbursement to external clients and credits to account upon approval.
4. Prepares bank advise for funeral assistance and credits to employees account upon approval of Finance Department.
5. Monitoring of Annual Physical Exam
6. Handels, prepares and approves employees loan
7. Handles and prepares all government transactions and benefits

As a Timekeeper in Charge/ Documentation in Charge
1. Responsible for payroll related transactions such as overtime encoding & computation, overtime vs. per diem claim, leave without pay, undertime, salary deduction; shift schedule & medicine reimbursements
2. Responsible for maintaining up-to-date information systems/records of employees attendance through SAP
3. Prepares employment certificates for employees and probationary employment agreement
4. Generating of attendance report for all the employees of the company
5. Reviews performance appraisals and prepares notice of personnel actions
6. Documentation of 201 files
7. Overtime and Tardiness Reports
8. Prepares employment certificates for employees and probationary employment agreement


Recruitment in Charge
Interviews applicants for administrative works


Payroll in Charge
Provide support in payroll processing from time to time using SAP

HR Trainee at Philippine Commercial & International Bank
  • Philippines
  • November 1998 to February 1999

Assigned in the Employment Management Division. Responsible for the monthly manpower headcount, contractual & custodial report

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.S. Industrial Psychology
  • at Polytechnic University of the Philippines
  • April 1999

Member of the PUP Honors Society, Kapatiran ng Talino at Galing

Specialties & Skills

HR Consulting
HR Service Delivery
Office Administration
Microsoft Office and Internet Applications

Languages

English
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