Payroll Senior Specialist

Takeda; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Healthcare Insurance

Life Insurance

Accident Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Learning platforms

DEI programs

Internet & Mobile reimbursements

Employee referral program

Parental leave

Job summary

Takeda in Bengaluru (IND) seeks a Senior Payroll Specialist to manage complex payroll activities across a regional portfolio with increasing independence. You will validate earnings, deductions, taxes, and changes while coordinating with payroll providers, HR, and finance to ensure accurate, timely delivery.

The role emphasizes process improvement, automation, and governance, with exposure to Workday, ADP, SAP Payroll, and ServiceNow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in HR, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Typically 3–5 years of payroll experience in regional, multi-entity, or international operations.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations, controls, reconciliations, documentation, tax and statutory support, and confidentiality.
• Experience with outsourced payroll providers and confidence working with payroll data, reports, and structured datasets.
• Fluent English; additional languages desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end payroll activities through approved systems and external providers for an assigned portfolio.
• Validate complex earnings, deductions, taxes, statutory contributions, benefits, equity-related transactions, time data, and employee changes.
• Perform reconciliations, controls, corrections, off-cycle transactions, and year-end support with increased independence; prepare audit-ready evidence and records.
• Investigate complex issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions within authority, and escape material risks where appropriate.
• Serve as operational contact for payroll providers; partner with Payroll COE, HR, Finance, Total Rewards, Mobility, Technology, Risk, Audit, and other stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Use approved digital, AI, and automation tools responsibly with human review; support system changes, testing, transitions, and process updates related to payroll.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate recurring work and reduce manual effort; provide day-to-day guidance and knowledge sharing.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Payroll certification (advantageous)

Tools

Workday

ADP

SAP Payroll

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Description

Job Posting Description

The Future Begins Here

At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.

Bengaluru, the city, which is India's epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.

Objective / Purpose

The Senior Payroll Specialist is a senior professional role responsible for supporting payroll operations across an assigned payroll portfolio with greater independence and complexity. This role manages complex transactions, performs deeper validations and reconciliations, resolves operational issues, supports projects and change activities, and provides day-to-day technical guidance to colleagues. The role contributes to accurate, timely, compliant, and employee-focused payroll delivery while helping improve process quality and resilience. It covers an assigned regional, multi-entity, or multi-market payroll portfolio, with no budget ownership and no direct reports.

Accountabilities

• Coordinate end-to-end payroll activities through approved systems and external providers for an assigned portfolio.
• Validate complex earnings, deductions, taxes, statutory contributions, benefits, equity-related transactions, time data, and employee changes.
• Perform reconciliations, controls, corrections, off-cycle transactions, and year-end support with increased independence, and prepare and maintain audit-ready evidence, documentation, and process records.
• Investigate complex issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions within authority, and escape material risks where appropriate.
• Serve as an operational contact for payroll providers, and partner with Payroll COE, HR, Finance, Total Rewards, Mobility, Technology, Risk, Audit, and other stakeholders to resolve issues, support service quality, and ensure follow-through.
• Use approved digital, AI, and automation tools responsibly with human review and validation, and support system changes, testing, transitions, implementations, and process updates related to payroll and connected processes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate recurring work and reduce manual effort or recurring errors, and provide day-to-day guidance, peer coaching, and knowledge sharing to colleagues.

Education & Competencies (Technical and Behavioral)

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in HR, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; payroll certification is advantageous.
• Typically 3–5 years of payroll experience, ideally in regional, multi-entity, or international operations.
• No direct reports; the role provides day-to-day guidance, peer coaching, and knowledge sharing rather than formal people management.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations, controls, reconciliations, documentation, tax and statutory support, and confidentiality, with experience of outsourced payroll providers and confidence working with payroll data, reports, and structured datasets. Experience with payroll systems and digital tools such as Workday, ADP, SAP Payroll, ServiceNow, or equivalent is desirable. Fluent English; additional relevant languages are desirable.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, service, prioritization, and communication skills, with sound judgment in more complex payroll situations. Demonstrates accountability, collaboration, inclusion, curiosity, and openness to change.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements - Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves - Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time