Senior Payroll Analyst

Senior Payroll Analyst

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Payroll Analyst to support the delivery of accurate and compliant payroll operations across the APAC region. This role is responsible for the end-to-end processing, validation, reconciliation, and governance of payrolls across multiple countries, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time while maintaining compliance with local statutory and company requirements.

The ideal candidate will have strong multi-country payroll experience, exceptional analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with Human Resources, Finance, Tax, external payroll vendors, and employees across a diverse regional environment.

This role offers the opportunity to be a key contributor to a growing global payroll organization while supporting employees across the APAC region with accurate, compliant, and customer-focused payroll services.

In this role you will...

• Own end-to-end payroll processing for India and other APAC assigned countries, including payroll inputs, new hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, allowances, deductions, and benefits. Support off-cycle payrolls, supplemental payments, and payroll corrections as needed. Validation, payroll execution, statutory compliance, reconciliations, and vendor coordination.
• Serve as the payroll reviewer for assigned international payrolls (currently supporting up to eight countries), validating payroll outputs, legislative compliance, calculations, and adherence to company policies before payroll approval.
• Own the preparation, validation, approval coordination, and secure processing of payroll bank payment files across all supported countries, ensuring payment accuracy and compliance with internal financial controls.
• Review payroll variance reports, reconciliation reports, tax reports, and payroll outputs to proactively identify and resolve discrepancies before payroll sign-off.
• Validate and ensure timely payment of statutory liabilities including PF, ESIC, PT, LWF, Income Tax, and other statutory obligations.
• Partner with payroll vendors, HR, Finance, HRIS, and business stakeholders to resolve complex payroll issues and improve service delivery.
• Act as the primary escalation point for payroll-related queries, statutory matters, taxation, and payroll compliance.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve payroll SOPs, review checklists, process documentation, and governance controls to strengthen business continuity.
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