Role: Partner - Payroll & Offboarding

Experience: 3-7 years

Location: Mumbai

The Payroll Partner is responsible for managing end-to-end payroll operations while working closely with People & Culture and Finance teams. This role ensures accurate salary processing, statutory compliance, and a seamless employee experience related to compensation and benefits.

Role & Responsibilties

• Manage end-to-end monthly payroll processing for employees across India, US, Canada, UK, NL, Qatar and Singapore
• Maintain and validate payroll inputs including attendance, leaves, new hires, exits, salary revisions and bonus payouts from Workday
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations such as PF, ESI, PT, TDS, gratuity, and labour laws
• Coordinate with C&P Partners (HR Business Partners) and Finance for payroll inputs and reconciliations
• Manage employee queries related to salary, bonuses & reimbursements on Qdesk
• Support audits (internal/external) and maintain payroll documentation
• Detect inconsistencies and helps ideate and implement real time frameworks and/or corrections in payroll operations
• Support and later implement payroll automations to increase productivity
• Handle Full & Final (F&F) settlements, including leave encashment, recoveries, exit letter releases and responses to ex-employees
• Coordinate and ensure proper responses for payroll queries from ex-employees within defined TAT

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Finance, Commerce, or related field
• 3-7 years of experience in HR payroll and compensation operations
• Strong understanding of payroll processes and statutory compliance
• Hands-on experience with HRMS/payroll systems (e.g., Workday/ADP/PeopleStrong)
• Proficiency in Google Workspace (Google Sheets, Docs and Slides)
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity
• Strong time management and ability to meet deadlines
• Critical thinking and good process understanding to catch errors in payroll inputs
• Strong stakeholder communication and ability to resolve payroll queries with clarity and confidentiality
• Ability to use GenAI tools for payroll automation, reporting, and employee communication drafting

Good to Have

• Experienced in handling large employee base payroll (10000 - 15000)
• Knowledge of income tax regulations and investment declarations to quickly resolve queries
• Exposure to payroll audits and compliance frameworks
• Handled client-side payroll for customers
• Knowledge of benefits (India and North America) and their integration into payroll will be a plus