Lead Payroll Analyst

Cloud Software Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Software Group, a leading cloud solution provider, seeks a Payroll Specialist for India to manage payroll processing via a service provider, ensure accuracy, and handle tax compliance. You will coordinate with HR/Benefits and external providers, review pay changes, and produce monthly and year-end reports.

You will work closely with a BPO partner to maintain SLA quality, support audits, and respond to employee payroll inquiries while ensuring strict adherence to Indian statutory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Knowledge of Indian payroll laws, tax regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Thorough understanding of payroll processes and payroll compliances including but not limited to employee withholding taxation.
• Experience with working with third-party payroll vendors is essential.
• Track record for meeting deadlines.
• Service oriented with a collaborative approach toward problem-solving.
• Proficient using Excel, Word and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form, especially with employees is a must.

Responsibilities

• Processing payroll for India via a payroll service provider.
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately.
• Execute data exchange between HR/Benefits and payroll processing providers.
• Review initial pay rate changes and adjustments; ensure proper entry of deductions and withholdings.
• Communicate regularly with payroll providers to ensure timely, accurate processing and compliance with local requirements.
• Understand taxation and payment requirements of employer paid benefits.
• Review and reconciliation of payroll and accruals.
• Process journal entry uploads for payroll and reconcile payroll reports.
• Prepare periodic management reports (monthly, mid-year, fiscal year end).
• Process accurate and timely year-end reporting.
• Resolve payroll tax issues with service providers for jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with external laws and internal policies; support audits.
• Assist employees with payroll questions.
• Manage relationships with the BPO provider and monitor SLA quality.
• Oversee BPO-driven activities and address issues to meet deadlines.
• Other related duties as assigned

Skills

Payroll processing

Vendor management

Data reconciliation

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Excel

Word

Microsoft Office

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Processing payroll for India via a payroll service provider
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately
• Execute data exchange (automated or manual) between HR/Benefits and to payroll processing providers
• Responsibility for initial review of employee pay rate changes and adjustments as well as ensuring proper entry of deductions and withholdings
• Communicate regularly with payroll processing providers to ensure timely, accurate processing, and knowledge of local requirements
• Understand taxation and payment requirements of employer paid benefits
• Review and reconciliation of payroll and accruals
• Reconcile all payroll reports after each payroll run and process journal entry upload transactions for payroll
• Prepare periodic reports for management, as necessary or requested (monthly, mid-year and fiscal year end reports)
• Process accurate and timely yearend reporting
• Resolve and work with payroll services related to any issues related to payroll tax matters as required for jurisdictions
• Ensure compliance with external laws and regulations, as well as internal policies and controls, and support internal and external audits
• Assist employees with payroll question
• Manage overall relationship with BPO provider
• Oversee activities managed by the BPO provider to ensure SLA quality and timeliness standards are met and develop action plans to resolve identified issues
• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Knowledge of Indian payroll laws, tax regulations, and statutory requirements.

• Thorough understanding of payroll processes and procedures, and payroll compliances including but not limited to employee withholding taxation.
• Experience with working with third-party payroll vendors is essential.
• Track record for meeting deadlines.
• Service oriented with a collaborative approach toward problem-solving.
• Proficient using Excel, Word and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form, especially with employees is a must.

About Us:

Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.