Senior Payroll Specialist

Fresenius Medical Care; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care in Bengaluru seeks an experienced payroll expert to manage end-to-end payroll for complex country populations, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

You will act as technical lead for payroll issues, mentor teammates, and partner with HR, Finance, and external providers to resolve cross-functional matters.

The role emphasizes process improvements, risk reduction, and delivery of high-quality payroll services across managed services.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of payroll operations, legislation, tax, social security, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of HRIS and Time & Attendance solutions.
• Bachelor's degree with 5–7 years of payroll experience.
• Experience supporting multi-country payroll operations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute end-to-end payroll processes for complex countries or employee populations, ensuring accuracy.
• Review and validate payroll calculations, statutory deductions, and outputs before finalization.
• Serve as the primary technical expert and first point of escalation for complex payroll issues.
• Investigate payroll discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Partner with third-party payroll providers to resolve complex operational and compliance matters.
• Review the quality and accuracy of payroll work by team members.
• Lead payroll process improvements, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Support the Payroll Manager with workload planning, 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.

Skills

Advanced payroll knowledge

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.