LAM- Indian Stat Compliance

EXL; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL in India seeks a Lead Assistant Manager to drive day-to-day HR statutory compliance across entities, ensuring timely filings, accurate documentation, and payroll-linked compliance. You will partner with HR, Payroll and Finance to support audit readiness and regulatory responses.

You will assist in Labour Code transition, vendor and contract labour compliance, and digital compliance initiatives, while handling complex cases and governance with SLAs.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Indian labour and employment laws including EPF/ESIC/Bonus and related items.
• Understanding of the four Labour Codes and their impact on wage definition and social security.
• Experience with payroll processes and statutory documentation.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Power BI and MIS reporting.

Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day India HR statutory compliance operations and filings.
• Coordinate with Payroll, HRSS, Finance for timely statutory deliverables and audit readiness.
• Support Labour Code transition and regulatory tracking across locations and entities.
• Handle employee benefit queries and escalate complex matters to senior leadership.

Skills

Labour law knowledge

Payroll systems

UAN management

EPF/ESIC portals

MS Excel

Power BI

Tools

EPFO portal

Job description

The Lead Assistant Manager India HR Statutory Compliance will be responsible for executing day-to-day India HR statutory compliance operations under the supervision of the HR Statutory Compliance leadership. The role will support statutory compliance activities across applicable Indian entities and locations, including social security operations, payroll-linked statutory compliance, statutory filings and records, employee benefit case execution, vendor and contract labour compliance support, audit documentation, government notice and inspection coordination, Labour Code transition support, regulatory tracking, and digital compliance initiatives. The role will also manage employee-level statutory benefit queries for active and inactive employees, ensure timely case execution on EPF/ESIC and related platforms, maintain accurate documentation, coordinate with stakeholders, and escalation complex, VIP, grievance, or authority-sensitive matters to the Functional Head / Senior Manager for review and resolution.

Statutory Compliance Operations Support

• Support operational compliance activities under applicable central and state labour laws, including EPF, EPS, EDLI, ESIC, Gratuity, LWF, Professional Tax, Shops and Establishments, Minimum Wages, Bonus, Maternity Benefit, Employment Exchange, and other location-specific labour requirements.
• Ensure monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual statutory activities, filings, registers, challans, returns, acknowledgements, and supporting records are completed within prescribed timelines.
• Track assigned compliance calendar items, pending cases, ageing, evidence closure, and escalation points for periodic leadership review.

Labor Code Readiness and Transition Support

• Support implementation readiness for the four Labour Codes, including the Code on Wages, Code on Social Security, Industrial Relations Code, and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code.
• Assist in mapping legacy statutory obligations to Labour Code requirements, including wage definition, appointment letter governance, social security coverage, working conditions, registers, returns, records, and digital compliance requirements.

Employee Benefits Query Management and Statutory Case

• Execute employee-level statutory benefits queries raised through online service desk platforms, Alumni Portal, emails, and other approved channels for active as well as inactive employees.
• Perform first-level query triage, classification, routing, follow-up, and closure tracking, and expedite complex cases, VIP queries, grievances, and authority-sensitive matters for review and resolution.
• Execute EPF transfer, withdrawal, pension, EDLI settlement, ESIC enrolment, UAN activation, e-Nomination, Aadhaar seeding, DBT enablement, and related statutory benefit transactions on applicable digital platforms.
• Administer death claim cases, including nominee verification, legal heir validation, documentation follow-up, settlement coordination, and escalation to the Functional Head / Senior Manager wherever authority liaison or legal review is required.
• Execute complex statutory benefit cases such as blocked UANs, duplicate UANs, legacy records, overlapping employment, pension eligibility issues, and portal exceptions, while flagging matters to the Functional Head / Senior Manager for authority liaison wherever required.
• Coordinate with Payroll, HRSS, and Finance for employee benefit matters, payroll-linked statutory corrections, contribution validation, employee master data issues, and supporting documentation.
• Support employee outreach activities relating to UAN activation, e -Nomination, Adhar seeding and other stat benefits drives.

Contract Labour and Vendor Compliance

• Support contract labour and manpower vendor compliance activities, including deployment validation, monthly vendor audits, statutory document review, and compliance evidence tracking.
• Coordinate issuance of Form V, contractor licence validation, principal employer records, and vendor compliance dashboards in line with applicable CLRA and Labour Code transition requirements.
• Follow up with compliance partners and business stakeholders for timely closure of gaps, escalations, remediation actions, and audit observations.

Statutory Notices, Inspections and Authority Support

• Prepare, maintain, and track statutory notices, inspection notices, conciliation matters, EPFO/ESIC/Labour Department communications, and authority submissions.
• Coordinate data, records, replies, representations, and acknowledgements with internal teams and compliance partners for timely submission to statutory authorities, wherever assigned.
• Support attendance and representation before labour, EPFO, ESIC, and other statutory authorities along with the Functional Head, Senior Manager, or authorized representative, wherever required.

Audit Documentation and Statutory Case File Maintenance

• Maintain audit-ready statutory case files, employee benefit records, registers, returns, challans, acknowledgements, inspection records, correspondence, and supporting evidence.
• Support internal audits, external audits, compliance partner reviews, management reviews, and employee benefit/statutory case documentation requirements as per defined guidance.
• Track audit observations, corrective actions, responsibility owners, timelines, and closure evidence until final resolution.

Digital Compliance, Regulatory Intelligence and Process Improvement

• Monitor statutory notifications, minimum wage revisions, state specific amendments, government circulars, portal changes, and compliance alerts relevant to Indian labour and employment laws.
• Support automation and digital enablement initiatives relating to compliance calendars, regulatory intelligence, case trackers, employee queries, documentation repositories, and management dashboards.
• Identify recurring compliance issues, process gaps, portal dependencies, and stakeholder delays, and recommend practical improvements for stronger governance and SLA adherence.

Stakeholder Coordination, MIS and Operational Support

• Coordinate with Payroll, HRSS, HRMS/HR Technology, Finance, Employee Relations, Business HR, Compensation and Benefits, compliance partners, and relevant internal stakeholders for assigned statutory compliance and employee benefit deliverables.
• Support daily operations, statutory compliance deliverables, query handling, documentation quality, tracker hygiene, SLA adherence, and escalation protocols.
• Prepare structured MIS, case trackers, compliance calendars, issue trackers, benefit query dashboards, audit updates, and escalation notes for leadership review.

Technical / Functional Skills

• Strong working knowledge of Indian labour and employment laws, including EPF, EPS, EDLI, ESIC, Gratuity, LWF, Professional Tax, Minimum Wages, Shops and Establishments, CLRA, Bonus, Maternity Benefit, and related state-specific requirements.
• Good understanding of the four Labour Codes and their impact on wage definition, social security, working conditions, digital records, registers, returns, contract labour, and employer compliance governance.
• Hands-on working knowledge of Payroll processes, EPF/ESIC tools, EPFO and ESIC portals, UAN management, employee query systems, service desk platforms, and statutory documentation repositories.
• Must have advanced working knowledge of MS Excel, Power BI, Mail Merge, PowerPoint, Word, dashboards, trackers, data analysis, and MIS reporting