Sr Payroll Specialist

Bengaluru - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

The Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for end-to-end payroll delivery across multiple countries ensuring accuracy timeliness compliance and exceptional employee experience. This role serves as the SME for payroll operations statutory compliance and controls; leads payroll projects (systems process optimization vendor transitions); and partners closely with HR Finance Legal and external vendors to drive operational excellence and scale. Handling systems implementation country rollouts M&A integrations process automation BOTs/RPA self-service enhancements.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1) Payroll Operations

Own end-to-end payroll processing for assigned countries (APAC) including data collation validation gross-to-net calculations review approvals and pay disbursements.
Manage off-cycle runs terminations retro payments bonus cycles and equity/stock transactions as applicable.
Oversee pre- and post-payroll reconciliations (headcount variance GL bank files tax/SS/NI/EPF/ESI/PF/Professional Tax/Gratuity etc.).
Ensure accurate statutory filings and payments within local deadlines (e.g. IndiaPF/ESI/PT/TDS etc).
Maintain payroll calendars SOPs SLAs MOS KPIs and knowledge base documents.

2) Compliance & Risk Controls

Ensure compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements (labor codes tax social security pension/benefits garnishments equity taxation).
Implement and monitor robust internal controls (SOX/ICFR) segregation of duties and audit trails; remediate issues promptly.
Prepare audit artifacts and manage internal/external/statutory audits; drive zero-findings culture.
Maintain data privacy and security standards (local data retention laws).

3) Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Act as primary liaison with core HR TA Benefits Finance (GL AP Treasury Audit) Legal/Compliance and IT.
Manage payroll vendor relationships (SLA governance performance reviews escalations transitions).
Communicate proactively with leadership stakeholders and employees on payroll timelines changes and issue resolution.

4) Project & Change Management

Lead and execute payroll transformation projects (systems implementation country rollouts M&A integrations process automation BOTs/RPA self-service enhancements).
Drive continuous improvement lean process re-engineering cycle time reduction first-time-right touchless processing.
Own UAT parallel runs cutovers change logs and post-go-live stabilization.

5) Systems Integrations & Reporting

Serve as power user/administrator for payroll and HCM platforms (e.g. SAP Oracle etc.).
Manage integration with HRIS Time & Attendance Benefits Equity and Finance GL; ensure data integrity and reconciliation.
Develop standard and ad hoc payroll reporting (headcount cost analytics accruals GL postings variance analysis cost allocations statutory trackers).
Partner with Finance on month-end close accruals and audits; ensure accurate GL mapping and journal postings.

6) Employee Experience & Query Resolution

Resolve complex payroll queries with empathy speed and accuracy; manage escalations to closure.
Create and maintain employee-facing guides/FAQs; conduct payroll orientation for new hires and managers.
Monitor employee satisfaction metrics and drive improvements in NPS/CSAT.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications & Experience

8 years of progressive payroll experience with multi-country/global payroll ownership and high-volume operations.
Proven experience in project management (system implementations vendor transitions process automation).
Demonstrated stakeholder management across HR Finance Legal IT and external vendors.
Hands-on expertise with at least one global payroll engine and one enterprise HRIS (e.g. SAP/Oracle).
Advanced Excel skills; strong data analysis and reconciliation capabilities.
Experience with SOX/ICFR controls internal/external audits and compliance frameworks.
M&A payroll integrations entity set-ups/shutdowns international assignments/expat payroll shadow payroll equity taxation.
Business continuity planning (BCP/DR) global banking/payments platforms
Data privacy impact assessments (DPIA) for payroll systems.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

DescriptionThe Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for end-to-end payroll delivery across multiple countries ensuring accuracy timeliness compliance and exceptional employee experience. This role serves as the SME for payroll operations statutory compliance and controls; leads payroll projects ...

Description

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1) Payroll Operations

Own end-to-end payroll processing for assigned countries (APAC) including data collation validation gross-to-net calculations review approvals and pay disbursements.
Manage off-cycle runs terminations retro payments bonus cycles and equity/stock transactions as applicable.
Oversee pre- and post-payroll reconciliations (headcount variance GL bank files tax/SS/NI/EPF/ESI/PF/Professional Tax/Gratuity etc.).
Ensure accurate statutory filings and payments within local deadlines (e.g. IndiaPF/ESI/PT/TDS etc).
Maintain payroll calendars SOPs SLAs MOS KPIs and knowledge base documents.

2) Compliance & Risk Controls

Ensure compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements (labor codes tax social security pension/benefits garnishments equity taxation).
Implement and monitor robust internal controls (SOX/ICFR) segregation of duties and audit trails; remediate issues promptly.
Prepare audit artifacts and manage internal/external/statutory audits; drive zero-findings culture.
Maintain data privacy and security standards (local data retention laws).

3) Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Act as primary liaison with core HR TA Benefits Finance (GL AP Treasury Audit) Legal/Compliance and IT.
Manage payroll vendor relationships (SLA governance performance reviews escalations transitions).
Communicate proactively with leadership stakeholders and employees on payroll timelines changes and issue resolution.

4) Project & Change Management

Lead and execute payroll transformation projects (systems implementation country rollouts M&A integrations process automation BOTs/RPA self-service enhancements).
Drive continuous improvement lean process re-engineering cycle time reduction first-time-right touchless processing.
Own UAT parallel runs cutovers change logs and post-go-live stabilization.

5) Systems Integrations & Reporting

Serve as power user/administrator for payroll and HCM platforms (e.g. SAP Oracle etc.).
Manage integration with HRIS Time & Attendance Benefits Equity and Finance GL; ensure data integrity and reconciliation.
Develop standard and ad hoc payroll reporting (headcount cost analytics accruals GL postings variance analysis cost allocations statutory trackers).
Partner with Finance on month-end close accruals and audits; ensure accurate GL mapping and journal postings.

6) Employee Experience & Query Resolution

Resolve complex payroll queries with empathy speed and accuracy; manage escalations to closure.
Create and maintain employee-facing guides/FAQs; conduct payroll orientation for new hires and managers.
Monitor employee satisfaction metrics and drive improvements in NPS/CSAT.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications & Experience

8 years of progressive payroll experience with multi-country/global payroll ownership and high-volume operations.
Proven experience in project management (system implementations vendor transitions process automation).
Demonstrated stakeholder management across HR Finance Legal IT and external vendors.
Hands-on expertise with at least one global payroll engine and one enterprise HRIS (e.g. SAP/Oracle).
Advanced Excel skills; strong data analysis and reconciliation capabilities.
Experience with SOX/ICFR controls internal/external audits and compliance frameworks.
M&A payroll integrations entity set-ups/shutdowns international assignments/expat payroll shadow payroll equity taxation.
Business continuity planning (BCP/DR) global banking/payments platforms
Data privacy impact assessments (DPIA) for payroll systems.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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