Inviting Application For experienced payroll analyst

Capgemini; Chennai; Hybrid; INR 540,000 - 780,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness benefits

Health insurance top-ups

New parent support

Flexible work options

Learning & development access

Job summary

Capgemini India is seeking a Payroll Operations specialist in Chennai to manage end-to-end payroll processing, statutory compliance, and compensation administration. You will collaborate with HR, Finance, and external vendors to ensure accurate payroll outcomes and timely payouts.

Role involves processing full payroll cycles for 500+ employees, maintaining tax declarations, and supporting audits while leveraging MS Excel and HRMS platforms for reporting and analytics.

Qualifications

• 2-6 years of experience in Payroll Administration or Payroll Operations.
• Experience handling payroll for 500+ employees preferred.
• Exposure to payroll outsourcing or shared services environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Process monthly payroll accurately and within defined timelines.
• Validate payroll inputs including attendance, leave data, reimbursements, incentives, deductions, and arrears.
• Prepare salary payout files and coordinate salary disbursements with banking partners.
• Generate and validate payslips and payroll reports.
• Ensure PF, ESI, PT, TDS, and labour-law compliance; reconcile deductions.
• Support audits and compliance checks.
• Administer compensation structures and salary revisions.
• Process bonuses, incentives, ex-gratia payments, and special payouts.
• Support annual compensation review cycles and payroll-related benefits.

Skills

End-to-End Payroll Processing

PF & ESI Compliance

Payroll Taxation and TDS

Compensation & Benefits Administration

Full & Final Settlement

Gratuity & Leave Encashment Calcula

Payroll Reconciliation

HRMS/Payroll Systems

Advanced MS Excel

Job description

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way youd like, where youll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where youll be able to reimagine whats possible. Join us and help the worlds leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.

Role & responsibilities

Payroll Operations

• Process monthly payroll accurately and within defined timelines.
• Validate payroll inputs including attendance, leave data, reimbursements, incentives, deductions, and arrears.
• Prepare salary payout files and coordinate salary disbursements with banking partners.
• Generate and validate payslips and payroll reports.

Statutory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with:
• Provident Fund (PF)
• Employees' State Insurance (ESI)
• Professional Tax (PT)
• Tax Deducted at Source (TDS)
• Labour law requirements
• Reconcile statutory deductions and coordinate filings.
• Support audits and compliance checks.

Compensation & Benefits Management

• Administer compensation structures and salary revisions.
• Process bonuses, incentives, ex-gratia payments, and special payouts.
• Support annual compensation review cycles.
• Manage employee benefit-related payroll transactions.

Employee Separation & F&F

• Process Full & Final Settlements (F&F).
• Calculate:
• Gratuity
• Leave Encashment
• Bonus payouts
• Recovery adjustments
• Ensure timely settlement of employee dues.

Payroll Taxation

• Manage employee tax declarations and investment proofs.
• Prepare Form 16 and related tax documents.
• Support quarterly and annual TDS return filing (24Q).
• Handle payroll tax reconciliations.

Reporting & Analytics

• Generate payroll MIS reports such as:
• Cost Center Reports
• Variance Analysis
• Headcount Reports
• Compensation Reports
• TDS & Statutory Reports
• Support management with payroll analytics and insights.

Stakeholder Management

• Resolve employee payroll queries.
• Coordinate with HR, Finance, and external vendors.
• Support payroll transitions, migrations, and process improvements.

Preferred candidate profile

• 2-6 years of experience in Payroll Administration or Payroll Operations.
• Experience handling payroll for 500+ employees preferred.
• Exposure to payroll outsourcing or shared services environment is advantageous.

Mandatory Skills

• End-to-End Payroll Processing
• PF & ESI Compliance
• Payroll Taxation and TDS
• Compensation & Benefits Administration
• Full & Final Settlement
• Gratuity & Leave Encashment Calculations
• Payroll Reconciliation
• HRMS/Payroll Systems
• Advanced MS Excel

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE

• You can shape your career with us. We offer a range of career paths and internal opportunities within Capgemini group. You will also get personalized career guidance from our leaders.
• You will get comprehensive wellness benefits including health checks, insurance with top-ups, elder care, partner coverage or new parent support via flexible work.
• You will have the opportunity to learn on one of the industry's largest digital learning platforms, with access to 250,000+ courses and numerous certifications.
• Were committed to ensure that people of all backgrounds feel encouraged and have a sense of belonging at Capgemini. You are valued for who you are, and you can bring your original self to work.
• Every Monday, kick off the week with a musical performance by our in-house band - The Rubber Band. Also get to participate in internal sports events, yoga challenges, or marathons.
• At Capgemini, you can work on cutting-edge projects in tech and engineering with industry leaders or create solutions to overcome societal and environmental challenges.

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of 22.1 billion.