Payroll and HR Operations Specialist Bangalore

Emergentagent; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily Meals: Lunch and Dinner provided

Family Insurance: 5 Lakhs coverage

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Working Hours

Job summary

Emergent is seeking a Payroll and HR Operations Specialist to own end-to-end payroll, reimbursements, compliance, and HRMS data integrity, while supporting onboarding, exits, and engagement in a fast-moving startup.

You will manage monthly payroll processing, reimbursements, final settlements, payroll accounting with Finance, and audit preparation, ensuring PF/ESI/PT/TDS/LWF compliance and data accuracy with Keka HRMS.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of payroll and HR operations experience.
• Hands-on India payroll processing and statutory compliance.
• Proficiency in Excel/Sheets for reconciliations.
• Experience with HRMS data integrity and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly payroll processing end-to-end: inputs, validations, disbursement coordination, and post-payroll reconciliation.
• Manage employee reimbursements, including policy adherence and verification.
• Handle full and final settlements for exiting employees with accuracy and speed.
• Coordinate with Finance on payroll accounting, salary registers, and audits.
• Ensure timely statutory compliance: PF, ESI, PT, TDS, LWF, gratuity.
• Build and maintain HR reports and dashboards for headcount and payroll cost.

Skills

Payroll processing

HR operations

Excel/Sheets

Data confidentiality

Statutory compliance

Tools

Keka HRMS

Darwinbox

greytHR

ZingHR

Job description

Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.

Since our public launch, we've crossed $130M in Annualised Revenue and grown to over 10M users across 190+ countries, who have built 12M+ applications on Emergent. We're backed by Creaegis, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Lightspeed, Together, Y Combinator, Google, Claypond and Sentinel Global.

We're solving the hard part of AI-driven software creation: correctness, reliability, security, and scale in real production systems. The team is built by repeat founders, Olympiad medalists, IIT & IIM alumni, and leaders from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.

We're hiring builders who want ownership, speed, and impact at global scale.

The Role:
We are looking for a Payroll and HR Operations Specialist who will own end-to-end payroll operations and keep our HR engine running smoothly. You will be the go-to person for payroll accuracy, reimbursements, statutory compliance, and HRMS data integrity, while also supporting employee lifecycle processes like onboarding, exits, and engagement as the team needs. This is a high-ownership role in a fast-moving environment where precision and empathy both matter.

What You'll Do:

• Own monthly payroll processing end-to-end: inputs, validations, approvals, disbursement coordination, and post-payroll reconciliation
• Manage employee reimbursements, including policy adherence, verification, and timely processing
• Handle full and final settlements for exiting employees with accuracy and speed
• Coordinate with Finance on payroll accounting, salary registers, and audit requirements
• Ensure timely and accurate statutory compliance: PF, ESI, Professional Tax, TDS, LWF, gratuity, and related filings
• Support payroll and labour law audits, and maintain clean documentation for all statutory records
• Stay current on regulatory changes and proactively flag anything that impacts payroll or policy
• Own employee data integrity on Keka HRMS: employee records, org structure, compensation data, leave and attendance
• Build and maintain HR reports and dashboards for headcount, payroll cost, leave, and attrition
• Drive process hygiene: clean workflows, documented SOPs, and audit-ready data at all times
• Support employee lifecycle processes like onboarding, exits, engagement, policy rollouts.

What We're Looking For:

• 3 to 6 years of experience in payroll and HR operations, ideally in a fast-growing startup or tech company
• Hands-on expertise with India payroll processing and statutory compliance (PF, ESI, PT, TDS, LWF)
• Working experience with Keka or a comparable HRMS (Darwinbox, greytHR, ZingHR), with strong data discipline
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, with comfort in payroll registers, reconciliations, and reporting
• High attention to detail, strong ownership, and the ability to handle confidential information with discretion

Good to Have:

• Exposure to US payroll
• Experience supporting HR operations across multiple entities or geographies
• Experience in a company that scaled from 100 to 500+ employees

Benefits and Perks:

• Daily Meals: Lunch and Dinner provided
• Family Insurance: 5 Lakhs worth of coverage for you and your family
• Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and come back refreshed
• Flexible Working Hours: Work arrangements that fit your life and commitments

Let's build the future of software together.