Manager/Senior Manager - Payroll

Description:

Role Overview:

- We are looking for an experienced Payroll Manager / Senior Payroll Manager to lead and manage end-to-end payroll operations.

- This role requires deep expertise in payroll processing, statutory compliance, employee settlements, and stakeholder coordination.

- The ideal candidate must have strong experience handling payroll for Workmen (WC) and Business Contract (BC) categories while ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

Payroll Processing

- Prepare and manage the monthly payroll calendar

- Collect, validate, and consolidate payroll inputs (joiners, exits, LOP, CTC changes)

- Validate CTC structures, salary registers, and variance reports

- Process salary JVs, TDS payments, and coordinate with Finance

- Share payslips, salary registers, and required reports with HR & plant teams

Final Settlement (FnF)

- Collect FnF inputs including notice recovery and leave encashment

- Validate registers and reconcile with FCTC trackers

- Prepare FnF JVs, coordinate with Treasury for payouts

- Share FnF slips and reports with stakeholders

Statutory Compliance

- Ensure timely PF, PT, NPS, SAF, Gratuity & TDS payments

- Coordinate for challans, compliance reports & filings

- Maintain statutory registers and support audits

FCTC Management

- Validate FCTC registers and prepare JVs

- Coordinate with vendors & Treasury for payments

- Maintain accurate trackers and ensure timely fund movement

Administrative & HR Support

- Maintain master data: job codes, departments, cost centers, employee/vendor codes

- Approve resignations, separations, and no-dues clearance

- Manage transfers, supervisor changes, and system updates

- Support HRBPs during goal-setting, performance cycles & reporting

Additional Responsibilities

- Handle employee payroll queries

- Provide data for actuarial valuation, ESOPs, statutory challans

- Support audits, vendor payments, and error resolutions

- Deliver payroll MIS dashboards & compliance reports to management

Skills & Competencies

- Strong knowledge of payroll laws: PF, PT, NPS, Gratuity, TDS, Bonus, LWF

- Expertise in SAP/HRIS and vendor management

- Excellent analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills

- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities

- Detail-oriented with high accuracy and confidentiality standards