Payroll Lead

HR Operations:

This position will provide HRO payroll management & delivery support services to onshore employees at Australia/New Zealand geography with a high level of effectiveness, efficiency, and a focus on customer service. The specialist will perform operational, transactional, and data/records management activities, including validating monthly payroll changes, leavers, and other data changes including smooth HTR Service. Candidates should also have experience in managing, coaching, and developing a payroll team focusing towards streamlining & standardization.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Strong knowledge of Workday, Oracle HCM, MYOB and Timekeeping tools

• Working Experience of 8-12 years for Australia/New Zealand geography.
• Good knowleedge of tax legislations & super lodgements, to do year end validations ensuring accurate lodgements
• Excellent hands-on knowledge of all aspects of Payroll (Pre-payroll, Processing, Post Payrolls) upstream/ downstream to manage any escalations from Client, to close immediate corrective actions & propose tangible preventives.
• Should be able to manually calculate Gross to Net and handle complex payroll calculations for OTP & term priority payments.
• Should be able to manually calculate Arrears, Retro Pay, Tax balance adjustment etc.
• Payroll Reporting & governance for Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Semi-Monthly and Monthly payrolls with clear execution of BIC SLAs
• Experience in Hire to retire HR transactions EDM, HR Admin, Payroll Processing & Accounting
• Assist in the preparation of all payroll activities including payroll payments, reports and forecasts including tax returns and reports for Government regulatory agencies and payroll management reports
• Ensuring IO checker validations to final pay run targetting all accurate payslips & on time, with no over or underpayments
• Weekly/ Bi-weekly experiance of collaborating & presenting business to client/ customer with focus of CIP.
• Responsible for the payroll team development, performance and maintenance within the organisation, sharing monthly targets & achivements. Focus on productive utlization tracking.
• Achieve maximum profitability and growth in accordance with organisation plans of enhancing productive utlization
• Assist in compliance with all the payroll financial and legal requirements, responsibilities and obligations
• Worked on SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Audit and helped auditors with their audit.
• Should be able to lead the DD, KT and Ramp up phase of projects & report risks & mitigations plans
• Should have fair knowledge of Business excellence to draft FMEA for all processes in-scope
• Manage team with a focus to upskill & cross utlize resources
• Collaborate with Business support Teams and execute to meet company leadership expectations/ vision.
• Conduct System and Database Audits as expected to company standards.

Formal Education & Certification;

• Bachelor / Masters degree in any discipline

• Basic computer knowledge required (MS- Office Applications

Skill Set:

• HRO Experience of Australia/New Zealand geography geography

• Strong knowledge of Oracle HCM (mandatory), Workday, SAP
• Strong email and voice communication skills
• Prior Experience in process transition, Due Diligence, Knowledge Transfers
• Proven ability to adapt to new tools by applying logical approach
• Strong communication, problem solving and resolution skills.
• Must be able to multi-task, maintain confidentiality, work independently, and have good organizational skills.
• Must have good experience and exposure in direct or telephonic communication with onshore clients

Behavioral Attributes;

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Managerial and Leadership skills.

• Good Interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).

• Eye for detail and accuracy.

Work Conditions:

• Occasional extended work hours to meet deadlines.

• Ability to work 24*7 shift timings and night shifts (India night shifts) •

Lead the training sessions, presentations and meetings within counterparts / end client.

• Work from office no remote working