Payroll Specialist

Zoho; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TazaPay in Bengaluru, India is seeking a hands-on Senior Global Payroll Specialist to own end-to-end payroll operations across global entities. The role is suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced fintech environment, can independently manage multiple country payrolls, and is comfortable building processes as the organisation scales.

You will work closely with Finance, People, and external payroll partners to ensure payroll is accurate, compliant, well-controlled and delivered on time.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of payroll experience with hands-on ownership of multi-country/global payroll.
• Strong knowledge of India payroll and statutory requirements including PF, ESI, PT and TDS.
• Experience with jurisdictions such as Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, Australia, US and Canada preferred.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills and comfort working with large datasets.
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset and ability to operate independently in a fast-paced fintech/start-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly payroll processing across multiple countries.
• Manage payroll inputs covering joiners, exits, salary revisions, bonuses, incentives and full & final settlements.
• Review payroll registers, exception reports and month-on-month variances before sign-off.
• Coordinate salary payments and off-cycle payroll requirements.
• Maintain country-wise payroll calendars and timelines.
• Ensure timely payroll tax, social security and other statutory filings and payments.
• Maintain country-specific compliance checklists and supporting documentation.
• Track regulatory changes impacting payroll and coordinate implementation with local providers.
• Support year-end payroll reporting and employee tax documentation.
• Reconcile payroll registers to bank payments, accounting records and statutory liabilities.
• Review payroll journals, accruals and payroll-related balance sheet accounts.
• Strengthen maker-checker controls and payroll approval workflows.
• Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies promptly.
• Maintain complete audit trails and payroll documentation.
• Partner with People, Finance and Treasury teams on payroll-related matters.
• Manage third-party payroll providers and COR partners across jurisdictions.
• Resolve employee payroll queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Hold external providers accountable for accuracy and agreed service levels.
• Standardise payroll processes across countries.
• Build scalable SOPs, dashboards and exception reporting.
• Identify opportunities to automate payroll validations, reconciliations and reporting.
• Support onboarding of payroll in new countries as the business expands

Skills

Global payroll

Multi-country payroll

India payroll

Excel

Google Sheets

Payroll tax compliance

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

TazaPay is a trade management platform for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to conduct cross-border commerce safely.

It will bring together the best technologies and financial services that are only available to the large companies today and make them accessible to the SMBs.

We are trying to address the unmet needs of millions of exporters and importers who not have access to the essential tools for doing cross-border trade such as trade protections via escrow, currency hedging and finance

Lack of trust is one of the biggest inhibitors for B2B cross border business. Buyers and sellers tend to work only with known and trusted parties thereby limiting their business opportunities. Our platform will enable access to various services for doing cross-border trade safely - such as counterparty risk assessment, trade assurance and trade protections via escrow

Our goal is to enhance trust in the trade process so that SMBs feel confident about doing more business with overseas counterparties

Our platform is cloud-based and easy to use. Our mobile and web apps simplify and digitalize every step of the process. Using our cloud-based platform, the SMBs can do more business with trusted parties in a trusted and convenient manner.

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Global Payroll Specialist

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Global Payroll Specialist to own end-to-end payroll operations across our global entities. This role is suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced fintech environment, can independently manage multiple country payrolls, and is comfortable building processes as the organisation scales.

You will work closely with Finance, People, and external payroll partners to ensure payroll is accurate, compliant, well-controlled and delivered on time

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Global Payroll Operations

Own monthly payroll processing across multiple countries.

Manage payroll inputs covering joiners, exits, salary revisions, bonuses, incentives and full & final settlements.

Review payroll registers, exception reports and month-on-month variances before sign-off.

Coordinate salary payments and off-cycle payroll requirements.

Maintain country-wise payroll calendars and timelines.

Statutory & Compliance

Ensure timely payroll tax, social security and other statutory filings and payments.

Maintain country-specific compliance checklists and supporting documentation.

Track regulatory changes impacting payroll and coordinate implementation with local providers.

Support year-end payroll reporting and employee tax documentation.

Payroll Controls & Reconciliation

Reconcile payroll registers to bank payments, accounting records and statutory liabilities.

Review payroll journals, accruals and payroll-related balance sheet accounts.

Strengthen maker-checker controls and payroll approval workflows.

Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies promptly.

Maintain complete audit trails and payroll documentation

Partner with People, Finance and Treasury teams on payroll-related matters.

Manage third-party payroll providers and COR partners across jurisdictions.

Resolve employee payroll queries in a timely and professional manner.

Hold external providers accountable for accuracy and agreed service levels.

Process Improvement & Automation

Standardise payroll processes across countries.

Build scalable SOPs, dashboards and exception reporting.

Identify opportunities to automate payroll validations, reconciliations and reporting.

Support onboarding of payroll in new countries as the business expands

• Support onboarding of payroll in new countries as the business expands
  

  Qualifications & Experience
  

8 -10 years of payroll experience with hands-on ownership of multi-country/global payroll.

Strong knowledge of India payroll and statutory requirements including PF, ESI, PT and TDS.

Experience with jurisdictions such as Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, Australia, US and Canada preferred.

Strong understanding of payroll accounting, reconciliations and internal controls.

Experience working with global payroll vendors, EORs and payroll platforms.

Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills and comfort working with large datasets.

Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset and ability to operate independently in a fast-paced fintech/start-up environment.