Associate Manager- ANZ Payroll

PepsiCo; Rangareddy; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo India is seeking an experienced payroll specialist responsible for the accurate and timely processing of payrolls in a multinational environment, ensuring compliance with statutory legislation, industrial agreements, company policies and audit requirements.

You will act as SME for Kronos and Affinity, support HR and finance with timely reports and analysis, respond to employee queries within 24 hours, and help drive process improvements while maintaining data integrity.

Qualifications

• 6–7 years in a large multinational payroll environment (FMCG/manufacturing preferred).
• Experience with Affinity payroll system and Kronos time/attendance.
• End-to-end payroll process experience.
• Ability to interpret multiple Enterprise Bargaining Agreements.
• Strong Excel skills and analytical capability.
• Autonomous, detail-oriented, and team player.

Responsibilities

• Ensure payrolls are processed on time and accurately per schedules.
• Act as in-house SME for Kronos; support payroll/HR on queries.
• Act as in-house SME for Affinity; develop pay elements and improve processes.
• Maintain employee master file and leave entitlements in Affinity.
• Process payments for Inpat/Expat staff and resolve queries.
• Respond to employee inquiries within 24 hours.
• Ensure compliance with policies, controls, and authorization.
• Maintain data integrity and compliance with awards.
• Provide reports on Workers Comp, Expat/Inpat payments, leave provisions.
• Support audits with required documentation.
• Promote health, safety, and welfare of employees.
• Assist National Payroll Manager and team to achieve goals.
• Compliance and reporting to HR and finance.

Skills

Kronos

Affinity

Payroll processing

Excel

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Tools

Affinity (Payroll System)

Kronos

Job description

Job Description:

Overview

Ensuring the accurate and timely processing of Australian and New Zealand wages in accordance with statutory legislation, relevant industrial agreements, company policies and procedures and other contractual requirements.

Support the management team by providing accurate and timely reports with analysis to identify trends and other notable items. This role also provides a high level of customer service to all employees for general payroll queries.

Responsibilities

• Ensure allocated Payrolls are processed on time and in an accurate manner, ensuring compliance with the relevant Payroll Processing Schedule and Task List
• Act as an in-house SME/Super User of Kronos and support payroll/HR teams on ad-hoc queries and issue resolution
• Act as in-house SME/Super User of Affinity. Be heavily involved in creation and testing of new pay elements, upskilling of other team members and development of more efficient processes
• Updating and maintaining the employee master file and leave entitlements in Affinity in accordance with legislation and written instructions received by Human Resources
• Ability to process payments and resolve queries for both Inpat and Expat staff
• Enquires and requests from all employees are responded to with acknowledge within 24 hours and are actioned in a timely and accurate manner
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies/procedures and business controls to ensure all transactions are processed correctly, saved electronically and have been properly authorized before payment
• Maintaining data integrity and compliance to industrial instruments (e.g. EBA/CWA/Modern Award)
• Provide punctual reporting to the HR and Finance functions regarding Workers Compensation, Expat/Inpat payments, Leave Provisions and Labour Costings
• Demonstrate and exercise a commitment to promote, develop and improve the health, safety, and welfare of our people
• Provide assistance to the National Payroll Manager, Payroll Officers, and Payroll Accountant in order to archive the departments operational and strategic goals
• Compliance and Reporting- Maintain compliance with internal policies and legislation and reporting requirements
• Participate in Bi-annual audits and corporate audits by providing required documentation to auditors

Qualifications

• 6-7years of experience working in a large and complex Multinational payroll environment, preferably FMCG or other manufacturing environment
• Prior working experience with the Affinity (Payroll System) and Kronos (Time and Attendance system) preferred
• Proven ability to deliver an end-to-end Payroll process
• Experience interpreting multiple Enterprise Bargaining Agreements
• High attention to detail in own work and as a checker/auditor
• Great time management skills with the ability to work to moving deadlines
• Sound level of super, tax and payroll legislative knowledge
• Demonstrated analytical skills and strong Excel skills
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Pro-active skills to identify, analyse and resolve issues
• Exceptional customer service skills with exceptional written and verbal skills and ability to interact with employees at all levels