Manager - Payroll

Job Description

Job Description: Manager - Payroll This position is responsible for managing and overseeing the end-to-end payroll processing for employees across India. This role ensures accurate, timely, and compliant payroll execution in line with local labor laws, tax regulations, and company policies. This position needs to collaborate with key stakeholders like HR function, Finance, and legal departments, and play a key role in optimizing payroll processes to support organizational goals. Key Responsibilities: 1. End-to-End Payroll Management: Oversee the entire payroll process for employees in India, ensuring timely and accurate disbursement of salaries, bonuses, and incentives. Ensure all statutory deductions (income tax, provident fund, gratuity, etc.) and benefits are correctly applied. Manage payroll reconciliations and ensure accuracy in payments and records. 2. Compliance & Taxation: Ensure compliance with Indian labor laws, tax regulations, and company policies related to payroll, including tax filings (TDS), PF (Provident Fund), ESI (Employee State Insurance), and other statutory requirements. Keep abreast of changes in tax laws and other payroll-related regulations and adjust processes accordingly and ensure proper compliance and filing of all payroll-related taxes. 3. Process Improvement & Automation: Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and streamlining of payroll operations to enhance efficiency. Work closely with Digital and HR-Automation teams to improve payroll systems and tools. Regularly review payroll data and reports to ensure ongoing improvements in accuracy and timeliness. 4. Reporting & Auditing: Prepare and submit timely payroll-related reports to senior management, finance, and other stakeholders. Coordinate and support internal and external audits related to payroll, ensuring completeness and accuracy of payroll records. Analyze payroll data for trends and discrepancies, and resolve any issues proactively. 5. Employee Support & Communication: Act as the primary point of contact for payroll-related queries from employees, providing resolutions to payroll issues or discrepancies. Communicate payroll changes (salary adjustments, bonus payments, statutory changes, etc.) to employees in a clear and effective manner. 6. Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely within the HR department to ensure the smooth integration of payroll data with HR systems, such as employee benefits, new hires, and terminations. Partner with finance to ensure payroll accuracy for financial reporting, reconciliation, and provisioning. Preferred Qualifications: Experience and knowledge in international payroll management will be considered an added advantage.