Group Payroll Head

Role & Responsibilities

• Own the group-wide payroll function end-to-end for 4,000+ employees across all entities, states, and business verticals steel, mining, power, food processing, and corporate offices
• Set payroll strategy, standardize policies, and centralize processes across group companies to establish a single source of truth
• Lead payroll digital transformation, driving implementation and optimization of an integrated HRMS-payroll platform group-wide
• Build and own payroll analytics and dashboards (cost-to-company, overtime, headcount cost by vertical) for leadership decision-making
• Manage multi-state, multi-entity payroll complexity — varying minimum wages, DA revisions, shift/overtime, plant incentives, and geographic allowances
• Ensure statutory deductions, remittances, and filings (PF, ESI, PT, TDS, LWF) across all states with zero late-remittance penalties
• Own full-and-final settlements, gratuity, bonus, leave encashment, and arrears with complete audit trails
• Lead contract-labour wage compliance and reconciliation under principal-employer obligations across the group
• Design controls and process re-engineering to scale payroll for greenfield/brownfield manpower ramp-ups
• Reconcile payroll with Finance/GL monthly and lead statutory, internal, and cost audits
• Build and lead a payroll team, setting SLAs for processing, disbursement, and query resolution
• Report to leadership on payroll compliance, cost trends, and risk exposure

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Graduate/Postgraduate in Commerce, Finance, or HR; payroll/compliance certification preferred
• 15–18 years of progressive payroll experience, with 8–10+ years in a Head-level or enterprise payroll leadership role
• Demonstrated ownership of group-level payroll across multiple entities, states, and 4,000+ employees in a large manufacturing/industrial setup
• Deep expertise in Indian payroll statutes — PF, ESI, PT, TDS, Bonus, Gratuity, Wage Codes
• Strong experience running payroll on SAP/HRMS platforms at scale, with a track record of leading system implementations or upgrades
• Advanced HRMS/payroll systems and Excel proficiency, with strong payroll analytics capability
• High accuracy, confidentiality, and process discipline
• Strong reconciliation, audit-management, and stakeholder-management skills
• Proven people-leadership experience managing a payroll team

Perks and Benefits

• Leadership role owning payroll for a 4000+ Crore diversified industrial conglomerate spanning multiple entities and states
• High-visibility mandate reporting into senior leadership, with direct influence on payroll digital transformation and governance
• Ownership of a large-scale, complex payroll operation covering 4,000+ employees across steel, mining, power, and food-processing businesses
• Competitive senior leadership-level compensation (as per industry standards, negotiable based on experience)