APAC Payroll Specialist

Overview

A Payroll Specialist oversees the payroll process and ensures accurate, timely payment to employees, while supporting various operational functions to keep business operations running smoothly.

What you'll do

• End to end processing of India payroll monthly, quarterly and yearly payroll process (ideally more than 1 country expertise)
• Update and maintain payroll records (joiners/leavers/changes) and payroll master data
• Liaise with staff and management on payroll related queries
• Process accurate and timely payroll monthly and yearly reporting, including reporting with state authorities such as the Tax Office and statutory pension providers, and provide input for Finance teams including monthly GL accounting data
• Ensure statutory payments such as Income tax, PF, PT and LWF filing are done within timelines
• Handle investment declarations, ETDS filings, investment proof submission activities and PF queries
• Deliver internal deliverables such as reporting to other teams, GL files and reconciliation
• Process payroll related allowances and deductions, deliver the yearly bonus and merit cycle, import/export payroll interface files and resolve issues
• Process all variable wage components such as hours, bonuses, provisions, leaves, employee stock option plans reporting, and international assignees' payroll (expatriates' shadow payroll)
• Be responsible for financial controls including SOX and operational controls maintained at a local country level
• Be responsible for all operational aspects of vendor management in an outsourced payroll environment, including the contractual performance management cycle with the vendor (tracking KPIs, issue escalation, monthly SLA meetings)
• Be responsible for continuous improvement within the payroll process area and embed employee-centric process changes into daily routine
• Manage employee queries
• Engage proactively with internal stakeholders to understand business needs, communicate product changes and gather feedback for continuous improvement
• Manage relationships with service providers, including performance monitoring and escalation of service issues
• Facilitate regular stakeholder meetings to ensure alignment and transparency

What you'll need

• Demonstrated payroll processing experience (8-10 years)
• Strong knowhow of payroll legislations and processes
• Use of payroll system for at least 8 years
• Understanding of international assignees' employee payroll (expatriates' shadow payroll)
• English fluent, excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Numerical ability and data entry skills
• Ability to work autonomously and within respect of deadlines
• Focus on continuous improvement in payroll and HR administration processes
• Customer service and team oriented
• Good organizational skills
• Experience in a shared service center environment
• Experience on Workday / Service Now system
• Experience on payroll vendor change projects
• Bachelor's or master's degree in commerce

Nice to have

• Experience with MS Office
• Experience supporting change management and user adoption initiatives
• Experience working with diverse, cross-functional teams across multiple geographies

Details

• Location: Bengaluru Campus 31
• Job posting end date: 2026-11-13