Senior Manager, Payroll Accounting

Overview

Lead the operational execution and performance of global payroll accounting activities, including period-end close, journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, issue resolution and reporting. Based in Hyderabad.

What you'll do

• Lead the operational execution of global payroll accounting activities in alignment with GPO-defined processes, accounting policies and control requirements.
• Provide oversight across compensation, benefits, journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and related financial reporting.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for payroll accounting issues, including ADP-to-SAP interface discrepancies, and coordinate resolution across stakeholders.
• Drive high standards of accuracy, timeliness, consistency and accountability across payroll accounting operations.
• Lead payroll accounting period-end close activities and key financial reporting deliverables.
• Provide oversight of payroll-related journals, accruals, reconciliations and other close activities.
• Monitor and escalate material issues that could affect close timelines, financial reporting or control execution.
• Partner with the Payroll Accounting GPO, People Services, Controllership, Country Controllers, Treasury, payroll providers and business process outsourcing partners to resolve issues and strengthen end-to-end execution.
• Identify and drive opportunities for process standardization, simplification, automation and continuous improvement.
• Support implementation of global process improvements and ensure sustainable adoption within operations.
• Use operational insights and performance indicators to identify emerging issues and improvement opportunities.
• Identify and communicate material operational, financial reporting and control risks across payroll accounting.
• Coordinate appropriate remediation and contingency plans with relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain a strong control environment and support compliance with applicable accounting policies, controls and reporting requirements.
• Support internal and external audit requirements related to payroll accounting.
• Lead, coach and develop team members, fostering accountability, collaboration, inclusion and continuous learning.
• Serve as a senior subject matter expert for payroll accounting, addressing complex and escalated matters across Finance and Controllership.
• Establish clear priorities and expectations and hold the team accountable for quality, accuracy and timely execution.
• Identify development and upskilling opportunities to build sustainable payroll accounting capabilities within the team.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• 8–10 years of progressive experience in accounting, financial reporting, payroll accounting or related Finance operations.
• Demonstrated experience with Payroll Accounting, Record to Report and/or Controllership processes.
• Strong knowledge of payroll accounting, Record to Report and Controllership processes.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and payroll accounting interfaces.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and drive results across complex, cross-functional processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication capabilities.
• Fluent English with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Continuous improvement and transformation mindset.
• Ability to work effectively across geographies, cultures and organizational boundaries.

Nice to have

• Master's degree and/or professional accounting qualification such as Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA or equivalent.
• Experience with ADP strongly preferred.
• Experience with Workday or comparable HR platforms.
• Pharmaceutical or life sciences Finance experience.
• Experience operating in a global, matrixed environment and working with outsourced service providers.
• Familiarity with ADP and payroll provider outputs strongly preferred.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.
• Travel: less than 5%; overnight travel not typically required.
• Flexibility in working hours required to support collaboration with global stakeholders.