Payroll Executive and Accountant

Join TCS Talent Operations | Payroll Professionals | Hybrid Mode

We are looking for dynamic Payroll Professional to join Tata Consultancy Services (Talent Operations) in Pune and play a critical role in managing end-to-end Payroll Operations for a large workforce.

Payroll Operations

• Execute end-to-end monthly payroll processing in SAP Payroll.
• Ensure timely and accurate salary disbursement.
• Process payroll corrections, arrears, and retroactive adjustments.
• Perform pre-payroll and post-payroll validation checks.
• Reconcile payroll outputs with approved inputs.

Payroll Accounting & Reconciliation

• Validate payroll accounting entries and HR-to-FI integration.
• Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end payroll closing activities.
• Review and post journal entries, accruals, provisions, reversals, and reclassifications.
• Monitor GL balances and investigate variances.
• Handle payroll accounting reconciliations and reporting.

Compliance & Statutory

• Ensure compliance with:
• Provident Fund (PF) / ESIC
• Income Tax (TDS)
• Labour laws and wage regulations
• Support statutory audits and compliance reporting.
• Verify tax, statutory and benefit deductions.

Process Excellence

• Drive payroll automation and standardization initiatives.
• Participate in SAP Payroll enhancement projects.
• Recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Manage stakeholder queries and provide payroll guidance to employees.

What We're Looking For - Must-Have Skills

• SAP HCM Payroll
• SAP ECC 6.0 / S4 HANA
• Payroll Processing & Reconciliation
• Payroll Accounting & GL Accounting
• Income Tax & Statutory Compliance
• PF, ESIC, PT, TDS Compliance
• Advanced MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, MIS Reporting)
• Payroll MIS & Reporting

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of labour legislation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work with confidential information
• Experience handling large employee populations
• Process improvement and automation mindset