Manager – Payroll
TAPI
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for end-to-end payroll processing and management including consolidation of payroll input, validation, and further share with payroll vendor
- Review payroll outputs such as pay sheet and tax sheet and ensuring accurate and timely salary disbursements.
- Monitor and execute timely payments of statutory obligations, including PF, ESIC, Professional Tax, LWF, and Income Tax
- Works as first point of contact for the in-country payroll
- Ensures the organization's payroll is completed in a timely and accurate manner
- Accurately creating, collating, maintaining, processing and validating employee payroll data and records by gathering, calculating, monitoring and inputting data as necessary
- Manages the escalation process for any issues with payroll and with the chosen outsourced provider
- Adheres to company policies and procedures and complies with relevant laws
- Ensures payroll controls are in place and adhered to
- Monitors and responds to incoming calls, e-mails, post and messages to ensure a first-class service for all
- Takes the lead with complex queries from employees, finance functions, outsourced payroll provider and third-party suppliers in a professional, timely and competent manner
- Verifying data for payroll by checking carefully the information received and raising queries when required
- Responsible for keeping all payroll data safe and confidential at all times while adhering to local rules for data protection
- Produces and supplies regular and on-demand payroll reports as and when requested to do so
- Provide development opportunities for yourself and others in the payroll team and provide coaching sessions where required
- Takes the lead on payroll year-end responsibilities and any other ad hoc processes or projects
- Responsible for invoice processing
- Takes the lead in escalating payroll queries to the next level
- Participate and provide relevant details for the annual internal and external audit projects
- Participates/takes the lead in payroll-related projects
- Providing support and communications to HRMs (Human Resource Managers), participating in HR meetings when required to do so
- Responsibility for authorization of payroll-related payments
- Managing payroll data relevant reconciliations with finance.
- Minimum 10–12 years of work experience in managing Payroll India
- In-depth knowledge of payroll practice and statutory compliances of India
- Strong organizational skills and senior stakeholder management
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to manage time and work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Clear understanding of payroll processes and procedures
- Excellent payroll knowledge, preferably from qualification and experience
- Good understanding of data protection and handling sensitive and confidential data
- Monitoring error levels and proactively resolving issues to prevent recurrence
- Ability to handle sensitive matters professionally and confidentially
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
- Strong team working skills within own team and cross-functional teams
- Strong payroll skills for full end-to-end processing, including tax and statutory calculations
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Transition or outsourcing experience is an added advantage