Payroll Specialist

IND - 2028 Takeda Innovations India Private Limited; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Healthcare insurance

Life Insurance

Employee assistance program

Learning platforms

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Takeda Bengaluru invites you to join as Payroll Specialist to support day-to-day payroll operations across an assigned portfolio. You will process inputs, perform validations, maintain documentation, and provide professional support to employees and stakeholders.

This role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and the ability to learn payroll systems, with a focus on data privacy and collaboration with payroll providers.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Fluent English; additional language skills desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collect, review, and process payroll inputs such as changes, earnings, deductions, and taxes.
• Perform validations, reconciliations, and off-cycle support activities per procedures.
• Maintain payroll calendars, trackers, and control evidence.
• Respond to routine payroll inquiries professionally and coordinate with providers.
• Support testing, adoption, and feedback for payroll system/process changes.

Skills

Fluent English

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Confidentiality

Learning payroll systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Payroll systems

Reporting tools

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 escalates exceptions, missing information, or control concerns within required timelines.
• 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

• 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)

Employment Details

• #Li-Hybrid Locations IND - Bengaluru Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

Company Information

Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do. We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own.

Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.