Payroll Professional II

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Processing: Manage full-cycle Indian payroll using SAP ECC, including regular salaries, overtime, bonuses, commissions, and variable pay.
• Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to Indian labour regulations, EPF act, professional tax, LWF and local tax withholding requirements.
• Reconciliation: Maintain and reconcile payroll-related general ledger accounts and validate the accuracy of SAP payroll results.
• Data Validation: Review and validate payroll inputs, including new hire setups, terminations, compensation changes, and leaves of absence.
• Vendor Management: Review and audit outputs provided by outsourced payroll vendors to Ensure data integrity. – should we need to mention this since we are moving to inhouse
• Reporting & Tax Filings: Generate payroll reports and manage statutory requirements, including year-end tax filing.
• Employee Support: Act as the primary point of contact for employee payroll inquiries, resolving issues professionally and promptly.
• Audit Support: Provide documentation and reporting for internal/external audits and compliance reviews.
• Legislative Monitoring: Stay current on changes to Indian labor and tax laws, updating internal
• SAP processes to reflect new regulations.
• System Improvements: Participate in SAP system testing, enhancements, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Off-Cycle & Final Settlements: Process Off-cycle payroll, payroll adjustments and final settlement as per state compliance.
• Process Documentation: Maintain and update payroll SOP, process documentation to ensure process consistency and knowledge retention.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.

Experience

• 5+ years of Indian payroll processing experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with SAP HCM ECC (PY) or SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP).
• Experience managing multi-state and multi-entity payroll.

Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Indian Payroll laws and regulations.
• SAP payroll hands on processing experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in Excel and payroll reporting.
• Good communication skills, English proficiency preferred (especially in multinational environments).
• Respond to payroll inquiries via the ticketing system.
• Proven ability to work under payroll timeline and aggressive deadlines.

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