The Shape of Work

#95: Rohit Venugopal on the imminent bundling in HRtech, and solving for payroll, compliance and insurance management at early-stage startups

August 29, 2021 Springworks Season 1 Episode 95
The Shape of Work
#95: Rohit Venugopal on the imminent bundling in HRtech, and solving for payroll, compliance and insurance management at early-stage startups
Show Notes

Ever wondered how many companies still rely on excel sheets for their payroll and compliance management?

According to Rohit Venugopal, Business Manager at RazorpayX Payroll (Opfin), the percentage is close to 65%—and he would know. Having been an HR professional himself before even building HR products, Rohit's professional objective is to connect people & technology with people technology.

Opfin, a 2 member team serving 100+ customers was acquired by Razorpay to be a part of RazorpayX - their business banking platform. 

His previous stints include working with organizations like D.E. Shaw, Recruiterbox, Flipkart and ZingHR. In this episode of The Shape of Work podcast, he covers lessons from his career in the HR tech industry and also shares the story behind the idea of RazorpayX Payroll (Opfin).

We discuss with Rohit:

  • How RazorpayX is helping save time for HR professionals
  • Challenges with payroll, compliance and insurance management at an early-stage startup
  • Payroll management in the pandemic: challenges
  • Product feature add-ons due to remote work
  • Remote payroll trends: breaking the barrier with Crypto
  • RazorpayX Payroll’s vision: what’s next

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Abhash Kumar