Manager - Compensation & Benefits

Responsibilities:

1. End-to-End Payroll Management

• Own the complete monthly payroll cycle, including input collection, validation, processing, output review, approvals and timely salary disbursement.

• Administer salary changes, promotions, variable pay, incentives, arrears, recoveries, reimbursements, deductions, leave impacts and other payroll adjustments.

• Manage full and final settlements, including leave encashment, notice pay, statutory deductions, recoveries, gratuity inputs and timely settlement documentation.

• Maintain payroll calendars, maker-checker controls, exception logs, reconciliations, employee records and complete supporting documentation.

• Resolve employee queries relating to salary, deductions, tax, benefits and settlements within defined service levels.

2. Workday, ADP and Payroll Vendor Governance

• Ensure accurate and timely employee, compensation and payroll-related updates in Workday and alignment of approved inputs with ADP. • Coordinate with ADP and other service providers for payroll processing, system configuration, pay elements, issue resolution and statutory deliverables.

• Validate interfaces, payroll outputs and data consistency between Workday, ADP, attendance/leave systems and Finance records. • Monitor vendor performance, service levels, recurring errors, corrective actions, invoices and process improvements.

3. Wage Code and Statutory Compliance

• Support implementation of applicable wage code requirements and corresponding changes to salary structures, payroll processes, policies and employee communication.

• Ensure accurate and timely statutory computation, payment, filing and record maintenance for PF, professional tax, labour welfare fund, income tax/TDS and other applicable payroll obligations.

• Monitor legislative changes, assess payroll and benefit impact, and coordinate implementation with internal stakeholders and external advisers.

• Maintain compliance calendars, challans, returns, registers, reconciliation records and evidence required for inspection or audit.

4. Compensation and Benefits

• Administer compensation programmes, salary structures, annual merit and promotion cycles, variable pay calculations and compensation reporting.

• Manage employee benefit programmes, including Group Medical Coverage (GMC), Group Personal Accident (GPA) and Group Term Life (GTL). Manager - Compensation & Benefits | Internal HR Document

• Lead benefit enrolment, additions/deletions, endorsements, claims coordination, employee communication and query resolution.

• Coordinate annual policy renewals, census data validation, utilisation/claims review, insurer and broker discussions, quotations, approvals and policy documentation.

• Support benefit benchmarking and recommend improvements that balance employee value, market practice, cost and governance. 5. Income Tax Administration

• Manage employee tax declarations, investment proof collection and validation, tax computation, payroll deductions and year-end tax closure.

• Coordinate quarterly salary TDS returns, Form 16 issuance and resolution of employee tax queries in partnership with the payroll provider and tax advisers.

• Ensure tax records and reconciliations are accurate, complete and audit-ready.

6. Finance Closing, Reporting and Actuarial Inputs

• Complete monthly payroll closure and provide Finance with accurate payroll journals, cost summaries, variance explanations, headcount/payroll MIS and statutory reconciliations.

• Reconcile payroll, benefits, statutory liabilities, employee recoveries and vendor payments with Finance and resolve differences promptly.

• Coordinate data and inputs for actuarial valuation reports, including gratuity and leave-related employee data, and validate reports for completeness before Finance submission.

• Support budgeting, forecasting, accruals and year-end closing for payroll, employee benefits and statutory costs.

7. Audit, Controls and Governance

• Lead payroll and benefits support for internal, statutory and external audits, ensuring timely submission of accurate evidence and closure of observations.

• Design and maintain SOPs, process maps, approval matrices, access controls, segregation of duties and payroll control checklists.

• Protect confidential compensation and personal data in accordance with company requirements and applicable law.

• Identify control gaps, recurring payroll issues and opportunities for automation, standardisation and improved employee experience. Key Stakeholders

• Employees, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition and HR Operations

• Country/Cluster HR leadership, Finance, Legal/Compliance and business leaders

• ADP, Workday support teams, insurers, brokers, actuaries, auditors, tax advisers and statutory consultants Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Commerce, Finance or a related discipline; a postgraduate HR qualification is preferred.

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in end-to-end India payroll, compensation and employee benefits, with demonstrated ownership of payroll controls and compliance.

• Hands-on experience with Workday and ADP is strongly preferred.

• Sound working knowledge of Indian payroll taxation, statutory payments, wage-related compliance, employee insurance and benefits administration.

• Experience supporting audits, actuarial reporting, Finance closing and senior stakeholder reviews.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability, including reconciliations, validation, data analysis and management reporting. Manager - Compensation & Benefits | Internal HR Document Manager - Compensation & Benefits | Internal HR Document Core Competencies • Payroll and C&B expertise

• Compliance and risk orientation

• Analytical accuracy

• Confidentiality and integrity

• Stakeholder management

• Vendor governance

• Planning and deadline discipline

• Clear employee communication

• Problem solving

• Continuous improvement Success Measures

• Accurate and timely payroll processing, statutory payments and employee settlements.

• Clean payroll-to-Finance reconciliation and dependable month-end reporting.

• Timely policy renewals, benefit administration and resolution of employee queries.

• Audit readiness, effective closure of observations and sustained payroll controls.

• Accurate Workday and ADP data, reduced manual errors and measurable process improvement.