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Kalliopi Varvatou

@kalliopivarvatou

Senior HR & payroll professional with 9+ years’ experience in multi-country payroll, rewards, workforce cost planning across pharma, tech,hospitality.

Greece

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At Sani/Ikos Group, I partner with FP&A and budget owners to align workforce cost planning and headcount with financial targets. I co-designed and implemented an enhanced payroll forecast model that improved forecast accuracy by ~40%, mainly through more precise accrual calculations.

At Pfizer, I owned end-to-end payroll delivery for Ireland and later Denmark and Sweden. I also led multi-country payroll transitions and implemented process and control improvements that reduced discrepancies and strengthened payroll governance.

Earlier, I owned payroll operations for Novartis Greece and delivered multi-country payroll processing at Amazon, Slovakia Ltd. Across these roles, I worked on payroll transitions, compliance, audit support, process standardisation and automation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

HR Business Partner, FP&A

Current

Sani Ikos Group

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Partner with FP&A and budget owners to align workforce cost planning and headcount with financial targets. Led compensation and payroll cost analysis and co-designed an enhanced payroll forecast model improving accuracy by ~40%.

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Senior Payroll Analyst

Pfizer

Jul 2021 - Mar 2025 (3 years 8 months)

Owned end-to-end payroll delivery for Ireland, Denmark, and Sweden, ensuring accuracy and compliance. Led multi-country payroll transition projects and implemented process improvements to strengthen governance.

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Senior Payroll Expert

Novartis

Nov 2019 - Jun 2021 (1 year 7 months)

Owned end-to-end payroll operations for Novartis Greece, including complex cases. Led transition and stabilisation of Greek payroll activities and acted as Payroll SME, standardising workflows and driving automation.

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Senior Payroll Analyst

Amazon

Feb 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 8 months)

Delivered multi-country payroll processing for Amazon Czech Republic and supported Slovakia, Romania, and Poland. Acted as single point of contact for HR and other departments, and led payroll support for SOX audits.

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Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Macedonia

MBA, Business Administration

2013 - 2016

Grade: 8.5

Activities and societies: Key courses: Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Total Quality Management, Leadership, Communication and Public Relations, Project Management, Quality Systems and Human Resources Utilization, Organizational Behavior and Management of Change.

Specialization in Human Resources Management.

Democritus University of Thrace

BSc, International Economic Relations & Development

2008 - 2013

Grade: 6.5

Activities and societies: Key Courses: Financial Mergers - Acquisitions, Risk Management, Project Management, Corporate Governance of Businesses and Organizations, International Economics, Econometrics, Operational Research, International Business Relations, Business Strategy, Financial Analysis of International Businesses, Costing and Analytical Accounting, Macro & Microeconomic Theory, Change Management

Specialization in International Business Relations.