Company overview:

TraceLink is the worlds largest Agentic Business Network enabling life sciences and healthcare companies to build and manage a scalable digital workforce of governed no-code AI agents that execute and coordinate mission-critical supply chain operations alongside human teams. Powered by the Integrate-Once OPUS platform TraceLink links more than 300000 network participants enabling multi-enterprise processes at global scale.

Founded in 2009 with the simple mission of protecting patients today Tracelink has 5 global offices over 800 employees and more than 1700 customers in over 60 countries around the world. Our expanding product suite continues to protect patients and now also enhances multi-enterprise collaboration through innovative new applications such as MINT.

Tracelink is recognized as an industry leader by Gartner and IDC and for having a great company culture by Comparably.

Payroll Specialist Senior

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end APAC (India and Singapore) and EMEA (UK Spain France and Italy) payrolls.

• Act as the primary SME for APAC payroll advising stakeholders on regulatory requirements tax implications and best practices.

• Handle escalated employee payroll and tax inquiries in both APAC and EMEA with expert-level support.

• Maintain thorough and accurate documentation to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and for audit readiness.

• Own payroll reconciliations and month-over-month variance analysis; lead monthly quarterly and annual statutory reporting across all active payroll countries.

• Ensure compliance with all Indian statutory requirements including Provident Fund (PF) Employee State Insurance (ESI) Professional Tax (PT) Income Tax/TDS Labour Welfare Fund Gratuity and other applicable regulations.

• Manage external payroll vendors against SLAs holding partners accountable for accuracy and continuous improvement.

• Partner cross-functionally with HR and Finance across the employee lifecycle to ensure accuracy in new hires terminations compensation changes and variable compensation payments.

• Collaborate with Accounting to reconcile payroll liabilities resolve GL variances and support accurate month-end and year-end close.

• Serve as primary contact for internal and external audits leading documentation preparation issue resolution and remediation.

• Proactively identify and mitigate compliance risks across all active payroll countries.

Qualifications

• 5 years processing payroll in a complex or multinational environment with deep expertise in India payroll regulations TDS filings statutory compliance and year-end processes.

• Advanced Excel skills including complex reconciliations pivot tables and large dataset analysis.

• Strong knowledge of internal controls audit practices and payroll risk management.

• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence HR Finance and external partners.

• Strong written and verbal communication; fluency in English required.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

• Experience with Workday payroll and HRIS integrations preferred.

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