Payroll Specialist

Takeda; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Health insurance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Learning platforms

Diversity programs

Leaves policy

Job summary

Takeda is seeking a Payroll Specialist in Bengaluru to support day-to-day payroll operations for an assigned portfolio. You will process inputs, perform validations, and maintain documentation while ensuring compliant, timely delivery with a focus on accuracy and confidentiality.

The role emphasizes collaboration with payroll providers and internal stakeholders, using approved digital solutions in a hybrid work setting. 1–3 years experience and fluency in English are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience desirable.
• 1–3 years of payroll, HR operations, finance, or related experience.
• Individual contributor role with no direct or indirect reports.
• Fluent English; additional languages desirable.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, service orientation, and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Collect, review, and process payroll inputs.
• Perform validations, reconciliations, corrections, and off-cycle tasks.
• Maintain payroll calendars, trackers, and process documentation.
• Respond to routine payroll inquiries and coordinate with providers.
• Support testing and automation for payroll systems and processes.

Skills

Payroll operations

Data handling

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Job 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 Payroll Specialist supports day-to-day payroll operations for an assigned payroll portfolio. This role processes payroll inputs, performs routine validations and controls, maintains required documentation, and provides professional support to employees and stakeholders. The role contributes to accurate, timely, compliant, and employee-focused payroll delivery by following established procedures and escalating issues appropriately. It covers an assigned country, legal entity, business unit, or payroll portfolio, with no budget ownership and no direct or indirect reports.

_ Accountabilities: _

• Collect, review, and process approved payroll inputs, including employee changes, earnings, deductions, benefits, taxes, and time-related information.
• Perform routine validations, reconciliations, corrections, and off-cycle support activities in line with established procedures, and support statutory, year-end, and audit-related activities as assigned.
• Maintain payroll calendars, trackers, control evidence, case records, and process documentation.
• Follow established procedures and escalat…
• Respond to routine payroll inquiries in a professional, timely, and employee-friendly manner, and coordinate with payroll providers and internal stakeholders to resolve assigned issues and ensure follow-through.
• Use approved digital, AI, and automation tools responsibly, with appropriate validation, data privacy, access controls, and human review.
• Support testing, adoption, exception monitoring, and user feedback for payroll-related system or process changes, and identify repetitive or rules-based activities that may be simplified or automated, sharing suggestions with senior team members.

Education & Competencies (Technical and Behavioral):

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience is desirable; payroll training or certification is advantageous.
• Typically 1–3 years of payroll, HR operations, finance, or related experience.
• Individual contributor role with no direct or indirect reports; people management experience is not required.
• Working understanding of payroll inputs, controls, reconciliations, documentation, structured data handling, and confidentiality, with the ability to learn payroll systems, reporting tools, case management platforms, and approved digital solutions. Fluent English; additional relevant language skills are desirable.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, service orientation, and confidentiality, with the ability to work accurately within established procedures and deadlines. Demonstrates accountability, collaboration, curiosity, openness to learning, and a continuous improvement mindset.

BENEFITS:

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• 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)

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Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time