Standardizing Payroll & Compliance for a Pan-India Auto Parts Manufacturer
Industry: Automobile Parts Manufacturing | Scale: 20 plants across India | Employees: 5,500+
We partnered with one of India’s largest automobile parts manufacturers—spanning 20 plants and ~5,500 employees—to centralize payroll, tighten compliance, and bring transparency to CTC-linked reimbursements.
By moving from 20 in-house payroll centers to a Shared Services Center (SSC) with automated workflows and maker-checker controls, we delivered standardization, visibility, and governance cost elimination under the SSC model—driving cost efficiency to the tune of 40%.
This is their Transformation Story...
The Challenge: When Growth Becomes the Problem
Starting Point (2015)
The benefits of Integrated HR extend far beyond the HR department. Here's what business leaders experience:
Decentralized
payroll
20 separate payroll processing centers, each running independently.
In-house processing issues
Accuracy challenges and limited corporate-level visibility.
Compliance fragmentation
Managed by multiple consultants—leading to coordination gaps and poor oversight.
CTC-based expense governance
Manual, hard to control, and prone to over-limit claims.
Why this matters for similar enterprises:
Decentralization multiplies effort and risk. Without unified workflows and a single source of truth, organizations struggle with accuracy, auditability, and real-time visibility—especially across states with differing payroll and statutory rules.
Our Solution (To-Be State)
Business Impact
Efficiency through standardization
One way of working across 20 plants
Governance cost eliminated under SSC
Cost efficiency to the tune of 40%
Automated policy enforcement
Configured to disallow over-limit claims
Higher visibility to track claims
Real-time oversight of CTC-linked expenses
What Does This Mean For You...
Centralize before you optimize
Moving to an SSC eliminates duplication, clarifies ownership, and creates a foundation for automation and auditability.
Map state-specific payroll rules into the engine
Local nuances must be embedded in configuration, not handled as exceptions.
Design workflows around approvals, not spreadsheets
Codifying business rules—especially for CTC-linked reimbursements—prevents over-limit claims and reduces disputes.
Unify compliance via DMS
Central repositories make audits faster, reduce consultant coordination effort, and improve leadership visibility.
Implementation Highlights
A successful implimentation relies on many things falling in place. E.g…
Discovery & harmonization
Configuration & automation
Compliance centralization
Transition & training
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