Payroll Specialist
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Golconda, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Finance
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5–8 years of hands-on experience in Indian payroll and statutory compliance, preferably managing payroll for 500+ employees.
- Strong practical knowledge of Indian payroll processing and statutory compliance.
- Hands-on experience with PF/EPF, ESI, PT, LWF, TDS, gratuity, bonus and payroll taxation.
- Strong experience maintaining payroll and statutory registers and supporting compliance audits.
- Experience handling multi-state payroll and state-specific statutory requirements would be preferred.
- Strong understanding of salary structures, CTC, gross salary, taxable income, employer contributions and net-pay calculations.
- Strong knowledge of payroll reconciliations and payroll-to-GL processes.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, reconciliation and large-data validation.
- Experience working with HRMS/payroll platforms.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage high-volume payroll within strict monthly deadlines.
- Ability to handle confidential employee and compensation information appropriately.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
Full description
We are looking for an experienced Payroll
Specialist to independently manage end-to-end payroll for 1,000+ employees
across India. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in payroll
processing, statutory compliance, payroll taxation, reconciliation, statutory
filings, maintenance of mandatory registers, and payroll audits.
The ideal candidate should be
capable of owning the complete payroll cycle—from validating employee inputs
and attendance data to salary disbursement, statutory remittances, returns,
reconciliation, and audit readiness—while ensuring accuracy, confidentiality,
and compliance with applicable Indian labour and payroll regulations.
Key Responsibilities.
End-to-End Payroll Management
- Own and execute monthly payroll processing for 500+
employees with a strong focus on accuracy and timely closure.
- Validate payroll inputs including new joiners,
exits, attendance, leave, LOP, salary revisions, promotions, incentives,
bonuses, arrears, reimbursements, deductions and other variable
components.
- Calculate monthly earnings and deductions including
Basic, HRA, allowances, incentives, overtime, arrears, LOP and recoveries.
- Manage Full & Final (F&F) settlements,
leave encashment, notice-period recovery/payments, gratuity and other
separation-related payments.
- Perform pre-payroll and post-payroll validations
and variance analysis before payroll sign-off.
- Prepare bank advice/payment files and coordinate
timely salary disbursement.
- Generate and distribute payslips and other
payroll-related employee documents.
- Maintain payroll calendars, checklists and
maker-checker controls to ensure timely payroll closure.
**Statutory & Payroll
Compliance**
- Ensure payroll complies with applicable Indian
labour, employment, social-security and taxation requirements.
- Manage compliance relating to Provident Fund
(PF/EPF), ESI, Professional Tax (PT), Labour Welfare Fund (LWF), TDS and
other applicable payroll-related statutory requirements.
- Manage PF processes including UAN-related