Supervisor - Global Payroll

Overview

Supervise the Global Payroll team in the India shared services centre, ensuring timely, compliant and accurate payroll, compensation, deductions and benefits processing and statutory filings for assigned populations.

What you'll do

• Oversee and manage payroll processing, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and accuracy of payments.
• Review and approve payroll runs before sign-off.
• Handle complex cases (tax, retro, expatriate payroll).
• Coordinate with HR, Finance, and vendors.
• Drive standard work instructions and SOP adherence.
• Ensure bank reconciliations are completed daily to maintain financial accuracy and liquidity.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, tax laws, and internal governance standards.
• Develop and maintain strong internal controls and financial policies to safeguard assets and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Assist the Financial Controller with external audits and liaise with auditors, tax advisors, and regulatory authorities as required.
• Act as a key liaison between the India SSC and Global finance teams to ensure alignment of financial processes and reporting.
• Lead and manage the finance payroll team, ensuring optimal performance across all functions.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and career development opportunities for team members.

What you'll need

• 8–10 years of end-to-end payroll experience, including team leadership.
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
• Strong understanding of global payroll controls and compliance.
• Significant experience in a shared services setting across Finance or HR, with proven success in a leadership role.
• Experience working in a shared service centre or multinational environment, managing multi-entity and multi-currency financial operations.
• Understanding of regional financial regulations and compliance requirements.
• Deep experience with SDWorx, ADP Enterprise EV6, ADP WorkforceNow payroll processing platforms.
• Hands-on with payroll platforms (e.g., ADP EV6, ADP WorkforceNow, SD Worx).
• Excellent communicator: clear and effective written and oral communication, tailoring messages to different stakeholders while maintaining professionalism and confidentiality.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills: builds and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, addressing their needs and concerns while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Organized and detail-oriented: strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and compliance in all tasks and maintaining data integrity.
• Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making ability: skilled in identifying and resolving issues through analysis and critical thinking, making informed, data-driven decisions.
• Strong project management skills: ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Hands-on with HCM and service management platforms (e.g. Workday, ServiceNow).
• Experience with service request ticketing systems.
• Experience with Workday HCM.

Details

• Location: Chennai, India.
• Work mode: hybrid, with teams in the office around four days a week.