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Senior Process Analyst - Payroll

ThoughtFocus

Karnataka, IND

Full-time

Onsite

Discovered 3 weeks ago

Payroll administrationIndia payroll processingIndian statutory payroll complianceAPAC multi-country payrollPayroll reconciliationPayroll accounting

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Manage end-to-end monthly payroll processing for employees across India and APAC.
Review and validate inputs for employee changes, pay, bonuses, incentives, deductions, leave, overtime, and reimbursements.
Meet payroll calendars and SLAs; perform pre- and post-payroll validations and resolve discrepancies.
Coordinate payroll cutoffs and maintain payroll records and employee master data.

Manage India payroll activities in compliance with applicable regulations, including PF, ESI, Professional Tax, TDS, Labour Welfare Fund, Gratuity, and Bonus requirements.
Support statutory filings and payments, coordinate remittances and reconciliations with Finance and external partners, and support audits and inspections.
Coordinate payroll across APAC countries with local vendors; review country-specific inputs, deductions, taxes, benefits, and reports.
Work with regional HR, Finance, tax teams, and payroll vendors to resolve issues and document country-specific processes and controls.

Perform payroll-to-GL and payroll-to-bank reconciliations; validate payroll registers, funding reports, statutory deductions, and accounting entries.
Coordinate payroll journal postings and month-end close activities; investigate variances and support accruals, provisions, and payroll financial reporting.

Respond to employee queries about salary, deductions, taxes, benefits, reimbursements, and statutory contributions.
Handle sensitive payroll information confidentially and coordinate with HR, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Accounting, Compensation and Benefits, regional management, and external providers.

Establish payroll controls, participate in audits, and maintain SOPs, process documents, checklists, and control matrices.
Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and process improvement; support payroll system implementation, enhancement, or migration.
Maintain appropriate segregation of duties and access controls around payroll data.

3–5+ years of payroll administration or operations experience; India and APAC payroll experience is preferred.
Strong hands-on India payroll processing and statutory compliance experience; experience with multi-country payroll and regional vendors.
Knowledge of APAC payroll practices, taxation, statutory deductions, payroll reconciliation, payroll accounting, and month-end activities.
Experience managing high-volume payroll operations.
Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, data validation, and payroll data analysis.
Experience with Workday, SAP, ADP, Darwinbox, SuccessFactors, PeopleStrong, or a similar payroll or HRIS platform.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, confidentiality, communication, and deadline and stakeholder management.

A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, Business Administration, or a related discipline is preferred.
Payroll certification is an advantage.
Payroll transformation, automation, HRIS implementation, global organization, shared services, BPO, or managed payroll experience is preferred.
Exposure to payroll processes in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, or other APAC markets is preferred.

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