Senior Payroll Specialist

JOB TITLE: Senior Payroll Specialist
WORKPLACE: Bangalore - India
DEPARTMENT: Service Delivery
REPORTS TO: Manager-Service Delivery
Position Responsibilities
Ø Manage end-to-end monthly India payroll processing, ensuring accurate and timely payroll completion.
Ø Collect, validate, and process payroll inputs including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, incentives, allowances, deductions, arrears, and Loss of Pay.
Ø Perform and validate the payroll register, including earnings, deductions, taxes, and net salary including variance analysis.
Ø Process and validate Full & Final settlements, including leave encashment, notice pay/recovery, gratuity, incentives, and other applicable payments or deductions.
Ø Ensure accurate calculation and deduction of Provident Fund (PF) contributions for employees and employers.
Ø Handle PF portal activities, including new employee registrations, employee exits, and termination updates.
Ø Prepare, validate, and complete monthly PF ECR submissions, challans, payments, and reconciliations within statutory deadlines.
Ø Manage ESIC portal operations, including employee enrollment, ESI number generation, and ESI card issuance.
Ø Calculate Employees' State Insurance (ESI) contributions and ensure accurate statutory submissions, payments, and reconciliations.
Ø Calculate and process Professional Tax (PT) according to applicable state-specific slabs and requirements.
Ø Handle Professional tax portal activities including challans generation and payments.
Ø Manage Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) calculations, contributions, payments, and applicable state-specific submissions.
Ø Calculate employee Income Tax / TDS on Salary, considering applicable tax regimes, declarations, exemptions, deductions, and taxable income.
Ø Manage employee tax declaration and investment-proof processing and make necessary payroll tax adjustments.
Ø Manage employee reimbursement, reimbursement proof verification and process.
Ø Support preparation, validation, reconciliation, and timely filing of quarterly Form 24Q.
Ø Perform year-end payroll tax reconciliation and support accurate preparation and issuance of Form 16.
Ø Manage TRACES portal activities for tax adjustments, gross salary corrections, and merging
Form 16 Part A & B
Ø Ensure all payroll-related statutory payments and submissions are completed accurately within prescribed deadlines.
Ø Monitor changes in India payroll and statutory regulations and ensure payroll calculations and processes remain compliant.
Ø Maintain accurate payroll and statutory records, supporting documents, challans, returns, and reconciliation reports for audit and compliance purposes.
Ø Handle and resolve employee queries related to salary calculations, payslips, tax/TDS, PF, ESI, PT, LWF, Form 16, and Full & Final settlements.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
· Degree holder in any disciplines
· Minimum of 4+ years of experience in handling end-to-end India payroll
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
· Proficient in written and spoken English
· Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, reconciliation techniques, and data validation.
· Demonstrated experience independently handling end-to-end India payroll.
· Strong practical experience with statutory calculations, payments, reconciliations, and submissions.
· Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
· Ability to work under strict payroll deadlines.
· Experience working with payroll systems such as Zoho, Keka, greytHR, Saral, or similar platforms is an advantage
· Multi-national and expat payroll is a plus.

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