Manager Payroll & Compliance

Payroll Management

• Manage

  end-to-end payroll

  for employees across multiple locations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Validate salary inputs including new joiners, exits, attendance, leave, incentives, variable pay, arrears, and reimbursements.
  
• Ensure seamless payroll processing through HRMS/ERP systems and liaise with finance for disbursement.
  
• Handle full & final settlements and related statutory clearances.
  
• Implement process improvements to enhance payroll efficiency and accuracy.
  

Compliance & Statutory Management

• Ensure compliance with all applicable labor laws and statutory requirements:

  PF, ESI, PT, Gratuity, Bonus, LWF, Shops & Establishment, CLRA, and Income Tax

  .
• Oversee filings, challans, and returns in line with government deadlines.
  
• Liaise with external consultants, auditors, and authorities for compliance audits and inspections.
  
• Monitor changes in labor laws, taxation, and regulatory updates; recommend timely adjustments in policies and processes.
  
• Maintain and update statutory registers, employee records, and compliance documentation.
  

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with HR, Finance, Risk, Compliance and Audit and business teams to address payroll and compliance queries.
  
• Manage vendor relationships with payroll service providers and compliance consultants.
  
• Act as a subject matter expert for payroll and statutory compliance.
  

Analytics & Reporting

• Prepare periodic payroll MIS reports, cost analytics, and compliance dashboards for management review.
  
• Ensure accurate reconciliation of payroll with accounting and finance systems.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelors degree in

  Commerce, Finance, or Human Resources

  ; MBA/PGDM preferred.

• 8–12 years

  of experience in payroll and compliance, preferably in a technology/financial services/insurance sector.
• Strong knowledge of

  Indian labor laws, social security legislations, and income tax provisions

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  HRMS/Payroll systems

  (DarwinBox, ADP, etc.).
• Advanced proficiency in

  MS Excel

  and analytical reporting.
• Strong attention to detail, confidentiality, and integrity.
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.