Job Brief:

We are looking for an experienced and motivated professional to join our team as a Payroll Specialist. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in Payroll Management and tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Collecting payroll inputs, calculating, and entering data in order to maintain and update payroll information in the system
• Ensuring 100% accuracy and timelines are met in salary disbursement and other statutory compliance - PF, ESIC, PT, LWF etc
• Responsible of publishing monthly Payroll Dashboard to Senior Management
• Validating & recordkeeping for challans from vendors for Statutory compliances – PF, ESIC, PT, LWF etc.
• Managing advance payments & maintaining related schedules & recoveries for employees
• Validation of Employee Full & Final settlement & payment and ensuring pay-out within timelines
• Audit coordination for internal, statutory & external vendor compliance
• Developing ad-hoc financial and operational reporting as needed
• Manage certain time bound processes and ensure validation of data to be accurate and ethical i.e. Investments declaration, Form 16s, Tax Returns
• Responsible for MIS and Analytics regarding payroll and employee benefits with Standardization of reports for better decision making
• Assist with special projects and initiatives as needed

Candidate Profile

• Proven working experience as a payroll executive with a solid understanding of payroll software (Keka) and industry best practices
• Knowledge and experience in statutory compliance, compensation structure, and Tax calculations
• Strong analytical and processing skills and high attention-to-detail
• A minimum 3 years of experience in Indian payroll processing
• Good knowledge of the Indian tax regime to support employees when needed
• Well-versed with HR operation processes like joining formalities, issuing letters, handling personal files of employees, statutory requirements, etc
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Trustworthy with attention to confidentiality
• Proficient in MS Office and other relevant software applications (Keka, ESOP portal etc)