Payroll Expert

Overview

The Payroll Expert ensures accurate, efficient and timely payroll processing while maintaining statutory, tax and company compliance, and serves as the subject matter expert for payroll operations, process improvements, controls, audits, vendor management and stakeholder support.

What you'll do

• Execute and oversee end-to-end India payroll processing for assigned countries/entities.
• Ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery in line with established deadlines.
• Validate payroll data, calculations, deductions, and statutory payments.
• Review payroll results and perform payroll reconciliations.
• Execute payroll controls and ensure compliance with internal control frameworks (Novartis Financial Controls Manual).
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws, tax regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Manage statutory filings, tax payments, year-end processes, and payroll audits.
• Investigate payroll issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions and process improvements.
• Act as a key payroll partner for People & Organization, Finance, Tax, Benefits teams, external vendors, employees, and business leaders by providing guidance and resolving inquiries.
• Support payroll systems, testing, process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives, including maintaining SOPs and work instructions.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years of payroll experience in a multinational environment handling end to end core payroll processing for India Payroll.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation, and statutory compliance.
• Experience with payroll systems such as Workday, SAP, ADP.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.

Nice to have

• Experience of Australia, New Zealand or Philippines Payroll.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.
• Hybrid work mode.
• Relocation support is not offered; apply only if able to work from Hyderabad without relocation support.