Payroll Analyst

Overview

Manage end-to-end payroll operations for India and multiple APAC countries, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant employee compensation.

What you'll do

• Manage and execute end-to-end payroll processes for India and multiple APAC countries, including monthly, quarterly and annual payroll cycles.
• Ensure compliance with country-specific payroll regulations, statutory requirements, tax laws and reporting obligations.
• Maintain and update payroll master data, including employee onboarding, offboarding and employment changes.
• Process payroll inputs accurately, including earnings, deductions, allowances, bonuses, leave adjustments and other variable compensation.
• Administer employee stock option plan (ESOP) reporting and support payroll processing for international assignees, including expatriate shadow payroll.
• Prepare and submit payroll-related reports for government agencies, tax authorities, pension schemes and finance teams.
• Generate monthly General Ledger (GL) reports and support payroll reconciliations and accounting activities.
• Ensure timely processing and filing of statutory contributions and deductions, including Income Tax, Provident Fund (PF), Professional Tax (PT), Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) and other regulatory requirements.
• Manage investment declarations, proof verification, e-TDS filings and employee queries related to payroll and benefits.
• Handle payroll system interfaces, including file imports, exports, troubleshooting and issue resolution.
• Support annual compensation activities, including bonus payouts, salary reviews and merit cycles.
• Maintain strong financial and operational controls, including SOX compliance and country-specific governance requirements.
• Ensure payroll processes adhere to internal policies, external regulations and audit standards, and monitor payroll accuracy with corrective actions where required.
• Act as primary liaison for outsourced payroll vendors and service providers, managing performance through KPI tracking, SLA reviews, issue escalation and service governance meetings.
• Support payroll vendor transition and implementation projects where applicable.
• Respond to employee payroll inquiries through ServiceNow and other support channels.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance payroll efficiency, accuracy and employee experience, and identify process automation opportunities.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders, communicate process and policy updates, and collaborate with HR, Finance, Tax and external service providers.
• Facilitate stakeholder governance meetings to maintain transparency, alignment and service excellence.

What you'll need

• MBA in Finance; or Bachelor's or Master's degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting or a related discipline.
• 8-10 years of payroll experience, including multi-country APAC payroll operations and payroll systems expertise.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, statutory compliance, tax regulations and payroll administration processes.
• Experience managing expatriate and international assignee payroll, including shadow payroll.
• Proficiency in Workday, ServiceNow and payroll vendor management, including payroll transformation or transition projects.
• Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience in Shared Services environments and a focus on customer service, continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Nice to have

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Experience supporting organizational change management and user adoption initiatives.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.
• Familiarity with payroll process optimization and automation initiatives.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Work mode: In-office work culture.