Experience:
4 or more years of dedicated payroll or HR operations experience in a professional environment.

Systems Fluency:
Hands-on familiarity with global payroll platforms such as
Payfit, Gusto, Monnify, Razorpay, or similar cloud-based tools.

Analytical Prowess:
Strong attention to detail and advanced confidence working with spreadsheets, complex data sets, and financial numbers.

End-to-End Processing: Prepare, validate, and record payroll inputs across all active platforms in multiple countries, ensuring local nuances and regional labor laws are respected.

Accuracy & Reconciliation: Execute rigorous monthly cycles, including variance reviews, accuracy checks, and reconciliation of payroll feeders to the general ledger.

HRIS Synchronization: Audit and validate that employee lifecycle changes (hires, terminations, promotions) are mirrored accurately between HRIS and payroll systems.

SOX Compliance & Controls: Maintain and adhere to SOX-compliant workflows, ensuring all payroll activities follow established internal controls, approval hierarchies, and strict audit trails.

Statutory Submissions: Support the timely filing of PAYE, pensions, taxes, and other local statutory requirements across all operating jurisdictions.

Audit Readiness: Assist in producing detailed schedules and documentation for internal and external audits, ensuring a "zero-findings" environment.

Employee Experience: Respond to payroll-related inquiries with professional clarity, maintaining high satisfaction through timely and empathetic communication.

Third-Party Management: Coordinate with payroll providers and third-party vendors to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.

Process Improvement: Troubleshoot data discrepancies and collaborate with HRIS and Finance teams to automate manual tasks and maintain updated process documentation (SOPs).