HR Operations & Payroll Professional

Role Overview

Lead - Operations / Payroll

Department

HRM

Qualifications

• Educational Qualification: Any graduate + MBA (HR) or equivalent
• Experience (in years): 3 - 6 years

Keywords

• SAP (HCM)
• Payroll management
• Attendance Administration
• MS Excel (Advance)
• HRMS
• Salary processing / calculations
• Internal Stakeholder management
• Strong communication

Experience Expertise

• Hands on experience for salary processing Payroll management for 500+ employees
• Strong understanding of SAP (HR module) good to have experienced in any HRMS
• Supervising employees' attendance
• Lead HR operations: e.g.: Employee onboarding Exit, file management.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Stakeholder management (Finance, HR, Legal, Business Heads).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and maintain confidentiality.

Role and Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end payroll processing for on-roll, contractual, and consultant employees across all business units.
• Ensure timely disbursement of salaries, full final settlements, and other payouts.
• Validate salary inputs such as attendance, incentives, bonuses, reimbursements, and deductions before payroll closure.
• Review and approve payroll reconciliations and reports.
• Compliance Statutory Regulations: Ensure 100% compliance with statutory laws including PF, ESI, PT, Income Tax, LWF, and Gratuity.
• Liaison with internal and external auditors to facilitate payroll audits.
• File timely returns (Form 24Q, PF returns, etc.) and ensure adherence to labour laws and statutory timelines.
• Handle HR operation activities like employee onboarding, exit clearance, internal / external audits
• Work on innovative ideas for process improvement.

Behavioral Competencies

• Innovative - Opportunity Sensing and driving innovation.
• Strategic Thinking - Envisioning future, creativity and systems thinking.
• Passion for innovation - Out of box thinking
• Emotional connect, - ownership accountability and drive for results.
• Willing to travel on need basis, as and when required.
• Highly motivated, analytical, self-believer, focusing on core knowledge innovative thinking.