Sr Payroll Specialist - India Payroll

Gartner, Inc.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Gartner, Inc. in India seeks a payroll professional to support non-US payroll operations with a focus on India. You will coordinate monthly payrolls, review off-cycle payments, and ensure compliance with local regulations and policies.

You will work with HR to update Workday data, resolve queries, and implement process improvements while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Accounting or Finance degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years payroll experience, corporate environment; ADP and Workday knowledge preferred.
• Experience handling payroll across multiple countries/regions is a plus.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally within a team.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, and Outlook; strong verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, review, and approve monthly/semi-monthly payrolls for non-US entities (India focus) in compliance with local regulations.
• Prepare and review off-cycle and manual payments, ensuring accuracy.
• Process special payments (commissions, bonuses, severance, overtime) per local requirements.
• Analyze processes to drive efficiencies and best practices.
• Resolve payroll-related queries on earnings, deductions, and withholding.
• Collaborate with HR to update employee data and benefits in Workday.
• Review payroll system audits and address discrepancies with the provider.
• Prepare and analyze payroll reports and metrics for management.
• Partner with team leads on project management initiatives.

Skills

Payroll processing

Excel

Word

Outlook

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting or Finance degree

Tools

ADP

Workday

Job description

About this role

This position operates in a fast-paced environment and is responsible for supporting payroll operations for non-US entities, working closely with our managed service payroll provider to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing.

What you’ll do

• Coordinate, review, and approve monthly and/or semi-monthly payrolls for non-US entities (Focusing for India), ensuring compliance with local regulations and company policies.
• Prepare and review off-cycle and manual payments as required, ensuring all calculations and system entries are correct.
• Process all special payment requests such as commissions, bonuses, severance, and overtime in accordance with local requirements.
• Analyze processes to drive efficiencies and best practices.
• Resolve payroll-related queries and issues, including those related to earnings, deductions, and statutory withholdings.
• Collaborate with HR to ensure accurate and timely updates of employee data and benefits in the Workday HR system.
• Review payroll system audits and work with the payroll provider to address any discrepancies or issues.
• Prepare and analyze payroll reports and metrics for management as requested.
• Partner with the team leads on all project management initiatives.

What you’ll need

• Accounting or Finance degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years prior payroll experience preferably in a corporate environment ADP and Workday knowledge preferred.
• Experience managing payroll across multiple countries or regions is a plus.
• Proven ability to work cross functionally within a team.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive personnel data with discretion.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Effective influencing and listening skills.
• Strong initiative and drive
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and meet tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively.
• Adaptable and proactive in responding to changing business needs.
• Maintain and update payroll process documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Who you are

• Motivated, high-potential performer, with demonstrated ability to influence and lead.
• Customer-focused mindset, with a commitment to delivering a positive employee experience.
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to solve complex problems and successfully manage ambiguity and unexpected change.
• Open to feedback and committed to continuous improvement.
• Consistently high achiever, marked by perseverance, humility, and a positive outlook in the face of challenges.

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Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance. We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients. Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations. We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work. Gartner is the world authority on AI At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes. It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

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