Overview
Payroll Accountant for the Global Payroll Accounting team in Chennai, focused on accurate, compliant payroll accounting and financial reporting across a global organization.
What you'll do
- Maintain payroll-related general ledger accounts and ensure compliant, accurate transactions.
- Prepare and post payroll-related journal entries for wages, taxes, benefits, accruals, and other compensation items.
- Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations of payroll accounts and resolve discrepancies.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities with timely and accurate completion.
- Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, schedules, and analyses.
- Assist with payroll system implementations, upgrades, testing, and data validation.
- Identify process improvements, automation opportunities, and control enhancements.
What you'll need
- 3+ years of payroll accounting, general accounting, or related finance experience in a corporate environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Effective communication skills in English to engage stakeholders.
- Experience working in a large, complex, matrixed organization supporting multiple business units.
Nice to have
- Experience with payroll and ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics, Workday Payroll, ADP, or SAP.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including Power BI and data analysis tools.
- Hands-on experience with payroll funding, benefits remittances, and statutory payments.
- Familiarity with payroll interfaces, system integrations, and data flow between payroll and ERP platforms.
Details
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