Global Mobility Payroll Operations Specialist

Overview

Supports U.S. and global mobility payroll governance, compliance and administration, ensuring mobility-related compensation is accurately calculated, reported and recorded across the pre-assignment, assignment and post-assignment lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Oversee U.S. payroll governance for globally mobile employees, ensuring compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Maintain global payroll governance standards for mobility programs across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ensure ongoing compliance for shadow payroll arrangements in home and host locations.
• Govern and manage Certificates of Coverage, ensuring proper social security compliance for international assignments.
• Support and execute year-end payroll processes, including mobility-specific reporting requirements.
• Prepare and manage global compensation data collection for mobile employees.
• Ensure accurate reporting and issuance of W-2 and W-2C forms, including corrections as required.
• Develop detailed compensation breakdowns for domestic assignments (pre- and post-assignment) and international assignments (during the assignment period).
• Prepare and validate Gross Statements of Earnings (GSoEs) for assignees.
• Calculate and process imputed income related to mobility benefits.
• Administer and track payroll-related mobility expenses, including Relocation Management Company (RMC) expenses, housing benefits, tax payments and tax gross-ups, and tax preparation fees.
• Manage claim of right adjustments and related payroll corrections.
• Process and coordinate tax notice payments in partnership with tax advisors and payroll teams.
• Deliver end-to-end mobility payroll processing, ensuring accurate and timely payroll outcomes.
• Administer shadow payroll operations, including data coordination, calculations and reconciliations.
• Partner with internal HR, Global Mobility, Tax and Payroll teams to resolve discrepancies and maintain data integrity.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in global mobility payroll, international assignments or expatriate compensation.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. payroll compliance and mobility-related tax concepts.
• Familiarity with shadow payrolls, imputed income and year-end reporting.
• High attention to detail with strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and complex data across countries.
• Experience working with external vendors (e.g., payroll providers, tax advisors, RMCs).

Details

• Location: 1st Floor, Embassy Vajram Onyx, Embassy Tech Village, Outer Ring Road, Devarabisanahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Reports to the Global Mobility Payroll and Tax Operations Lead.
• Cross-functional, global environment with regular interaction with payroll, tax, HR and mobility professionals.
• High-volume, deadline-driven role with peak activity during year-end cycles.