Payroll Specialist

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Job Summary:

Payroll & Compliance professional with a strong finance background

Key Responsibilities:

Payroll Management (Finance-Driven):

• Process end-to-end payroll for

  2,000 - 5,000+ contract employees

  on a monthly/multi-frequency basis.
• Validate attendance, overtime, shift allowances, and deductions with strong financial accuracy.
  
• Reconcile payroll registers with finance ledgers and bank statements.
  
• Coordinate with finance teams to ensure timely salary disbursement, fund transfers, and audits.
  
• Ensure proper taxation (TDS, Professional Tax) and year-end financial reconciliations.
  

Compliance & Statutory:

• Handle all statutory compliances:

  PF, ESI, PT, LWF, Gratuity, Bonus Act

  etc.
• File returns and ensure remittances are done within stipulated timelines.
  
• Maintain compliance dashboards and prepare data for internal & client audits.
  

Financial Controls & Reporting:

• Prepare

  monthly payroll MIS, variance reports, cost analysis, and reconciliation statements.

• Support budgeting, cost optimization, and financial planning for staffing payroll.
  
• Partner with auditors to ensure 100% accuracy in payroll and compliance records.
  

Vendor & Client Coordination:

• Coordinate with external payroll vendors and statutory consultants.
  
• Work with client SPOCs for attendance, invoicing, and payroll-related queries.
  
• Manage background verification, insurance, and payroll outsourcing vendors.
  

Employee Query Management:

• Act as the

  first point of contact

  for payroll-related queries.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of

  Finance-driven payroll & compliance

• Deep understanding of

  Indian labor laws & statutory norms

• Hands-on experience in

  General Staffing payroll (blue/grey collar workforce)

• Excellent analytical, reconciliation, and financial reporting skills
  
• Proficiency in

  Payroll Software, HRMS, Excel, and Compliance Portals

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
  

Qualification & Experience:

• Graduate/Postgraduate in Commerce, Finance, HR, or related field

• 3 -7 years

  of experience in

  Payroll & Compliance within staffing/manpower industry

• Preferred: Experience in handling

  large-scale workforce payroll

  (2,000+ employees)

  Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile