Payroll Coordinator - 2 Yrs - 6 Yrs - India Payroll & Statutory Compliance

Overview

Payroll Coordinator role leading the payroll execution team for India payroll, ensuring payroll activities are compliant, efficient and low-risk.

What you'll do

• Assist in the end-to-end India payroll process, including data collection, validation, and payroll inputs.
• Review employee changes such as hires, terminations, salary revisions, promotions, transfers, and leave records.
• Coordinate with payroll vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure timely payroll processing.
• Validate payroll reports, identify discrepancies, and support payroll reconciliations.
• Prepare and maintain payroll documentation, records, and audit evidence.
• Support statutory compliance activities such as tax, social security, provident fund, pension, and other regulatory filings.
• Assist with Full & Final (F&F) settlements for terminated employees.
• Respond to employee payroll queries related to salary, deductions, taxes, benefits, and pay slips.
• Support payroll system testing, enhancements, and process improvement initiatives.
• Participate in payroll audits and provide supporting documentation as required.

What you'll need

• Expert payroll processing skills with mastery of payroll operations and systems.
• Deep understanding of payroll regulatory requirements.
• Advanced problem-solving skills for complex payroll issues.
• Analytical skills for generating and interpreting payroll data reports.
• Competent communication skills for interfacing with multiple departments.
• Extensive knowledge and advanced skills in operational or administrative processes and activities.
• Ability to generate potential solutions to complex operational or administrative problems and look beyond the immediate problem to broader implications.
• Ability to complete operational or administrative work with minimal supervision and work autonomously without established procedures and practices.
• Ability to communicate important and/or sensitive information and negotiate with higher levels in other departments and/or outside organizations.

Details

• Location: IND-Pune-Smartworks.
• Candidates may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
• Interviews must be completed without AI tools or external prompts, and virtual backgrounds must be removed.