Senior Payroll Specialist

CH01 CHE Fresenius Medical Care (Schweiz) AG; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care invites a payroll professional to Bengaluru to independently manage end-to-end payroll processes for complex employee populations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and regulatory compliance.

You will review calculations, resolve issues as the primary escalation point, and partner with external providers while driving process improvements and knowledge sharing across HR and Finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 5–7 years of payroll experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced knowledge of payroll operations, payroll legislation, tax, social security, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end payroll processes for complex employee populations with accuracy and timeliness.
• Review and validate payroll calculations and outputs before finalization.
• Act as technical expert and first escalation point for complex payroll issues.
• Partner with third-party payroll providers to resolve issues and ensure compliance.
• Lead payroll process improvements and standardization initiatives.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Time & Attendance, Benefits and business leaders to resolve cross-functional payroll issues.

Skills

Payroll operations

Compliance

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

HRIS

Time & Attendance

Job description

Role Summary Delivers end-to-end payroll services for complex countries or employee populations while serving as a subject matter expert for payroll operations. Ensures payroll accuracy, compliance, and service excellence by resolving complex payroll issues, mentoring team members, leading operational initiatives, and driving continuous improvement across the Managed Services organization.

Job Description Independently execute end-to-end payroll processes for complex countries or employee populations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. Review and validate payroll calculations, statutory deductions, and payroll outputs before payroll finalization. Act as the primary technical expert and first point of escalation for complex payroll issues. Investigate payroll discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions. Partner with third-party payroll providers to resolve complex operational and compliance matters. Review the quality and accuracy of payroll work completed by team members, providing feedback and recommendations where appropriate. Lead payroll process improvements, standardization initiatives, and operational excellence activities. Support the Payroll Manager with workload planning, knowledge sharing, onboarding, and training activities. Collaborate with HR, Finance, Time & Attendance, Benefits, and business leaders to resolve cross-functional payroll issues. Identify operational risks and recommend actions to improve payroll quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

Experience Advanced knowledge of payroll operations, payroll legislation, tax, social security, and compliance requirements. Strong understanding of payroll systems, HRIS, and Time & Attendance solutions. Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and 5–7 years of payroll experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated experience supporting complex, multi-country payroll operations is preferred.

Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.

Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease of which approximately 4.5 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. United by a shared purpose of creating a future worth living for chronically and critically ill people, we care for around 292,000 dialysis patients around the globe. In addition, we operate around 35 global production sites to provide products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers, and related disposables. We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.