Sr Payroll Analyst

UKG; Dadri; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking an experienced payroll professional to join our team in a role focused on global payroll processing, reporting, and payment. The position operates with a 11:30am–8:30pm IST schedule and expects leadership in mentoring staff, ensuring accuracy, and maintaining compliant payroll operations across multiple regions.

Ideal candidates will have 5–8 years in payroll, strong Excel skills, and experience with US/IR and international payrolls, with ERP exposure and a customer-service

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of payroll related work experience.
• Experience with payroll processing for US/IR region along with Intl. regions.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Strong conceptual understanding of Payroll Accounting.
• Any ERP experience would be a plus.
• Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Accounting or Finance.
• Advanced Excel skills are a must.
• Ability to embrace technology and change.

Responsibilities

• Focus on Payroll processes for UK, Ireland and other intl. locations of EMEA and APAC regions.
• Lead, train, and provide work direction to staff; coordinate assignments and review work for accuracy and compliance.
• Experience on team mentoring and payroll projects.
• Handle complex payroll data including gross pay, tax, and retirement details; balance and reconcile payrolls for check processing.
• Provide technical training and assistance to staff on payroll activities.
• Manage payroll service provider relationships and SLAs.
• Ensure tax withholding and employee benefits are processed.
• Partner with HR to maintain global employee data.
• Oversee maternity or STD pay and end-of-period settlements.
• Support audits and system upgrades.

Skills

Payroll experience

Global payroll

Verbal communication

People and customer service

Tech adaptiveness

ERP exposure

Payroll accounting

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting or Finance)

Job description

Why UKG

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

Why UKG

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

Job Summary

This position will be an essential part of the payroll function. The key responsibilities will be related to preparation, reporting and payment of the payroll process and Tax, with a strong focus on internal customer service levels. This role will support the payroll team with payroll processing globally. This position will operate during 11:30am IST to 8:30pm IST.

• Focus on Payroll processes for UK, Ireland and other intl. locations of EMEA and APAC regions


• Lead, train, and provide work direction and guidance to assigned staff; coordinate employee work assignments and review work for accuracy, completeness and compliance with established standards, requirements, and procedures; provide input regarding staff evaluations


• Experience on team mentoring and payroll projects


• Participate in complex payroll support functions; calculate, review, verify and post a variety of complex payroll data such as gross pay, retirement, contract adjustments, retroactive payments, hours, tax information and leave; balance, reconcile and submit payrolls for check processing; input of new hires and enrolment/separation applications for retirees and active employees in appropriate retirement system.


• Provide technical training and assistance to staff concerning payroll activities and related functions


• Assist with managing the payroll service provider relationship to ensure all aspects of the service level agreements are met


• Tax withholding, voluntary deductions and employee benefits


• Partner with HR to insure accurate employee data maintenance globally


• Process/Coordinate payroll tax payments with the payroll service provider/local tax authorities Manage special situations like maternity or STD pay


• Ensure receipt of all supporting documents with related to Full & Final Settlement and preparation of the same.


• Payment and reconciliation of bonus payments, calculation payment and reconciliation of tax


• Preparation and reconciliation of payment summaries


• Ensure prompt maintenance of staff records at all times including archiving and filing


• Liaise with HR staff appointments, terminations, remuneration, conditions of service and other relevant matters.


• Serve as subject matter expert for all payroll-related systems


• Perform payroll systems monitoring and auditing as required


• Optimize payroll processes with automation & standardization


• Assist with end-to-end system testing for version upgrades and legislative updates


• Assist with internal and external payroll audits

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of payroll related work experience


• Experience with payroll processing for the US/IR region along with Intl. regions


• Excellent Verbal communication skills


• Strong conceptual understanding and experience with Payroll Accounting


• Any ERP experience would be a plus


• Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Accounting or Finance


• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is a must


• Ability to embrace technology and change


• Strong people and customer service skills, advocate positive working relationships among internal and external customers


• Well-organized, extreme attention to detail and a self-directed individual

Company Overview

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.

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