We are looking for a Payroll Manager to join our fast-paced growing company in Pune, India.

• Support the Senior Manager Global Payroll in managing and coordinating payroll operations and related activities that ensure compliance and timely preparation of international payrolls (EMEA & APAC) in more than 25 countries and for 8,500+ employees.
• Payroll process: Manage international (EMEA & APAC) payroll processing and compliance, work closely with the payroll vendors and accounting teams on various monthly/quarterly payroll activities including account review, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Overall management and analysis of payroll operations and related activities that ensure compliance with international jurisdictions. Ensure proper processes are in place for capturing all inputs accurately and review payroll output from payroll vendors, which includes but is not limited to performing payroll analysis such as total gross payroll to net payment, average paid per headcount by country, and comparison of analysis to prior period, etc.
• Assist with managing payroll team, including day-to-day payroll deliverables, integrity of payroll data and coordination with Workday HR team
• Manage all aspects of payroll reporting and accounting, including general ledger and accrued payroll and tax liabilities, and other ad hoc reports or projects as assigned
• Assist with compliance matters, such as timely regulatory filings related to wage laws, policies and procedures
• Responsible for continuous process improvement by identifying payroll vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement and operating efficiencies.
• Employee coordination: Respond to employee inquiries and serve as liaison between employee and third-party providers.
• Cross functional partnerships: Drive meetings with cross-functional departments (HR, IT, Legal, Finance, etc.) to identify and implement payroll process improvements and best practices to drive excellence and eliminate errors.
• Experience and background with understanding payroll reporting of Stock Transactions and taxation
• Payroll policies and procedures: Develop and implement payroll processes, policies and procedures to ensure proper internal controls, efficiency and a great employee experience.
• Third-parties: Manage third-party vendors and the preparation, analysis and maintenance of all payroll related reports, including governmental and regulatory filings.
• Partnerships: Work with internal partners in People Services/Recruiting/Finance/Legal to facilitate and improve the payroll processes, including benefits and withholdings (e.g. leave of absence, employee benefits, pension plans, etc.)
• Review root cause of performance gaps and recommend process improvement plans.
• Stakeholder management: Ability to build strong and effective relations with relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Strong Drive for Results- Responsiveness, Speed and ability to navigate a matrix organization. Ability to interpret data to understand workload capacity and trends in service
• Compliance: Review all payroll reporting and ensure accurate and timely filing with appropriate government authorities. Support external financial audit. Manage any payroll related audits, if any.
• Special Projects: Provide ad-hoc support and services as required by business.
• Exercises limited management authority; sets employee performance objectives, conducts performance reviews and recommends pay actions.
• Defines team operating standards and ensures essential procedures are followed based on knowledge of own discipline.
• Vendor Management:
• Monitor activities and performance of vendors against contract terms and identify performance problems or contractual issues.
• Determine and set clear parameters and expectations of vendors’ roles and responsibilities.
• Initiate Statement of work to engage vendor

• BS degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15+ years of end-to-end payroll processing with at least 8+ years proven management/supervisory experience including companies with 1000+ employees.
• Experience with EMEA and APAC payroll is required.
• Systems: Global Payroll Solutions and advanced Excel Skills (pivot tables and lookups) preferred.
• Process Oriented: Strong understanding of payroll processes and best practices
• Excellent management and organizational skills. Project Management experience is a plus
• Technical skills: Thorough knowledge of payroll-related compliance requirements.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills needed to interface and establish rapport with all levels of the organization including executive team members.
• A proactive, high energy attitude geared towards achieving continuous improvement
• Flexibility: Ability to operate in a fast paced, and rapidly growing organization.
• A self-starter and excellent team player and then a people manager.