Senior Analyst - Payroll

WPP; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

WPP in Mumbai is seeking a senior payroll expert to manage end-to-end payroll processing for in-house employees, ensuring accurate compensation and strict compliance with tax regulations, company policies, and confidentiality.

The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate with HR, vendors, and statutory bodies for timely payouts, tax filings, provident fund, and annual reports while adapting to regulatory changes.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of India inhouse payroll experience.
• Experience with tax compliance and provident fund.
• Strong communication and Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• End to end payroll processing for inhouse employees.
• Coordinate with HR, vendors, and statutory bodies.
• Prepare tax and payroll reports and journals.
• Ensure accuracy in salary taxes, PF, and compliance.
• Handle audits and payroll reconciliations.

Skills

Payroll processing

Advanced Excel

Communication

In-house payroll

Tax regulations

Provident Fund

Audit liaison

MS Office

Tools

Excel

Word

Vision

PowerPoint

Job description

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.

We unite cutting‑edge media intelligence and data solutions, world‑class creativity, next‑generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.

Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

For more information, visit WPP.com.

Why we’re hiring:

This position is responsible for managing & processing payroll for employees within an organization. This role ensures accurate & timely compensation while maintaining compliance with tax regulations, company policies & confidentiality standards.

Job location :- Vikhroli

What you’ll be doing:

• End to end payroll processing preferably experience in handling inhouse payroll activities.
• Well versed in advanced excel and having good communication skills.
• Scheduling Monthly Payroll and Statutory activities.
• Input coordination with Opco along with monthly attendance and preparation of input in Excel file and share with vendor for salary processing.
• FFS processing – final tax working, unclaimed leave balance, working of notice period shortfall, gratuity calculation.
• Checking output reports received from payroll vendor - Salary register, tax register, CTC master, bank file and Journal entries.
• Complete knowledge of salary taxes – calculation, chapter 6A, section 10 working, perquisite calculation.
• Knowledge of statutory calculation, compliance with due dates of payout and returns.
• Complete knowledge of Provident Fund compliances and query handling.
• Coordination with HR SPOC on payroll processing, investments, employees taxes, etc.
• Coordination with consultant for statutory challan & return filing.
• Working and understanding of annual reports - Managerial remuneration, statutory bonus working.
• Understanding of Leave and Gratuity Acturial Valuation and accounting entries.
• Form 24 (e-TDS Quarterly) return filling, revised returns filing & understanding of entire activity to generate Form 16.
• Knowledge of new wage code.
• Employee’s query management on a daily basis.
• Audit handling – Statutory, tax audit and government audits and all types of Payroll related reconciliations.

What you’ll need:

• 7 -12 years of India inhouse payroll experience.
• Ability to work efficiently and independently, handle pressure.
• Collaborative and great teammate
• Should be capable in doing multitasking and should be quick in doing right delegation and decision making.
• Must be dynamic, having an eye on details and able to work well under deadlines in a changing environment.
• Should be good in Microsoft Office. Especially in Excel, Word, Vision, and Power-point.
• Should be innovative to adopt the technology change in the process for smoother operations.
• Should be excellent in presentation skills.

Who you are:

You're open: we are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: we approach all that we do with confidence: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: We are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we’ll give you:

• Passionate, inspired people – we champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work
• Scale and opportunity – we offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
• Challenging and stimulating work – unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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