Vice President, India Payroll

Overview

Lead and oversee the end-to-end India payroll function for BlackRock's Global Payroll & Employment Tax team, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant payroll execution while advancing governance, control frameworks and transformation initiatives.

What you'll do

• Lead and oversee the end-to-end India payroll function, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and full compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Manage and ensure compliance with all India statutory regulations, including PF, ESIC, PT, LWF, gratuity, and income tax, while staying current with evolving labor laws and regulatory updates.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing payroll team, driving accountability, capability building, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Drive automation and process optimization initiatives to enhance payroll systems, reporting, and operational efficiency.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships with HR (Benefits, Mobility, HRBPs), Finance (FP&A, Controllers, Accounting), and Tax teams to ensure seamless data flow, accurate reporting, and alignment of payroll processes.
• Manage the payroll vendor relationships to deliver payroll effectively.
• Develop and monitor key payroll metrics and KPIs to track operational performance, compliance adherence, and service delivery effectiveness.
• Oversee audit and compliance activities, including internal audits, employment tax audits, and social security reviews, ensuring timely and accurate response to stakeholders.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in payroll operations and statutory compliance, preferably within India and broader APAC regions.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Knowledge of withholding tax, related tax filings, tax policy and regulations as they relate to India / APAC Countries.
• Proven ability to manage payroll vendors effectively, including adherence to contracts, SLAs, and service delivery standards.
• Solid understanding of HR processes, payroll dependencies, and cross-functional integrations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word (essential).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage competing priorities.
• Flexibility to support global teams across time zones, including extended working hours when required.
• A high level of attention to detail; a positive and 'can-do' attitude; risk management; teamwork including collaborating with remote team members; problem solving; desire and ability to provide outstanding service to internal clients; adaptable, resilient and embracing of change; capable of communicating with impact; proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines; ability to identify, analyse and develop processes and drive continuous improvement; discretion in dealing with confidential information.

Nice to have

• Experience with Workday or similar HR/payroll systems.

Details

• Location: Gurugram, India.
• Hybrid work model: at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week; some business groups may require more time in the office.
• Flexibility to support global teams across time zones, including extended working hours when required.