Richa Chawla
About Richa Chawla
Richa Chawla is the Senior Manager of North America Payroll at Alight Solutions, with extensive experience in HR IT product delivery and support.
Title
Richa Chawla holds the position of Senior Manager for North America Payroll at Alight Solutions.
Employment History
Richa Chawla has an extensive career spanning multiple companies and roles. She currently works at Alight Solutions as Senior Manager-North America Payroll. Before this, she spent 13 years at JOHN DEERE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, beginning as an Associate Tech Lead from 2011 to 2015, advancing to SAP Lead Consultant from 2015 to 2021, and culminating as Chief Manager-Scrum Master from 2021 to 2024. Earlier in her career, she was a Team Lead at Mahindra Satyam from 2007 to 2011 and worked in ABAP-HR at Fujitsu Consulting from 2005 to 2007.
Education and Certification
Richa Chawla has a comprehensive educational background. She earned an Engineer's Degree in Information Technology from RSU from 2001 to 2005. Later, she pursued an MBA in Operations Management from NIBM Chennai between 2013 and 2015. She also studied ERP at SAP and obtained the SuccessFactors EC Certification in 2017. Her early education was completed at St. Xavier's High School Raipur, where she attended from 1994 to 2001.
Expertise and Specialization
Richa Chawla specializes in integrating technology to streamline HR processes and enhance organizational efficiency. Her expertise includes mentoring Agile/Scrum teams to improve their performance, optimizing HR IT product delivery, and support through vendor negotiations. She has led the implementation of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central across multiple international locations, including the UK, Ireland, Brazil, and China. Additionally, she played a significant role in backlog refinement by closely collaborating with stakeholders and product managers.