Payroll Accounting Associate

PwC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 450,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC in Bengaluru is seeking a Payroll Accounting Associate with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. The role covers end-to-end payroll accounting activities, reconciliations, audits, and month-end close, with emphasis on accuracy and compliance.

The ideal candidate will have strong accounting knowledge, payroll process expertise, and stakeholder management skills, ready to support SLA-driven client queries and drive process improvements within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• End-to-end payroll accounting activities.
• Handling reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Support audits and month-end close processes.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll accounting journal entries, accruals, provisions, and adjustments.
• Perform payroll balance sheet and P&L reconciliations.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close.
• Investigate and resolve payroll accounting variances.
• Respond to client payroll accounting queries within SLA.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Ensure compliance with payroll controls and statutory requirements.
• Drive continuous process improvements.
• Monitor payroll KPIs such as accuracy, timeliness, and query resolution

Skills

Payroll Accounting

General Ledger Accounting

Journal Entries

Payroll Accruals & Provisions

Payroll Reconciliations

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Month-End Close Activities

Variance Analysis

Audit Support

Payroll Compliance

Financial Reporting Knowledge

Job description

Job Description

Role: Payroll Accounting Associate (Minimum 3 years of relevant experience)

Role Summary: The Payroll Accounting Associate is responsible for end-to-end payroll accounting activities, payroll reconciliations, client query resolution, compliance, audit support, and month-end close activities. The role requires strong accounting knowledge, payroll process expertise, stakeholder management, and analytical skills

Key Responsibilities

• Process payroll accounting journal entries, accruals, provisions, and adjustments.
• Perform payroll balance sheet and P&L reconciliations.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close.
• Investigate and resolve payroll accounting variances.
• Respond to client payroll accounting queries within SLA.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Ensure compliance with payroll controls and statutory requirements.
• Drive continuous process improvements.
• Monitor payroll KPIs such as accuracy, timeliness, and query resolution

Mandatory Skills

• Payroll Accounting
• General Ledger Accounting
• Journal Entries
• Payroll Accruals & Provisions
• Payroll Reconciliations
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Month-End Close Activities
• Variance Analysis
• Audit Support
• Payroll Compliance
• Financial Reporting Knowledge

Location

Bangalore- BTP Office

Shift timings

1:00 PM to 10:00PM IST

Category

Preferred

Immediate Joiner

Highly Preferred

0-30 Days

Preferred