Analyst - India Payroll, Finance

Posted: 2026-10-07

Payroll Processing Support

• Process monthly payroll inputs, including attendance, leave, overtime, reimbursements and new joiner and exit data. • Validate payroll data for accuracy and completeness and flag discrepancies before each payroll run. • Generation and distribution of pay slips, tax statements (e.g., Form 16) and other payroll-related employee documents. • Reconcile payroll registers against the general ledger and investigate variances. • Maintain payroll trackers and keep employee master data current in the HRIS/payroll system. • Ensure timely and accurate FFS for exit employees.

Statutory & Regulatory Compliance

• Timely computation and remittance of statutory dues, including Provident Fund (PF), Professional Tax (PT), Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), etc. • Preparing and filing periodic statutory returns (e.g., PF ECR, PT returns, TDS/Form 24Q) within prescribed deadlines. • Monitor changes in payroll-related labour law, tax and social-security regulations and escalate impact to the team. • Work on the actuarial valuations and coordinate for accounting and decision-making. • Ensure compliances towards Gratuity Trust, accounting, auditing, taxation. • Prepare documentation for statutory audits, inspections and internal compliance reviews.

Documentation & Audit Support

• Maintain accurate, audit-ready records of payroll transactions, statutory filings and compliance certificates. • Support internal and external auditors with payroll data, reconciliations and compliance evidence during audits. • Reconciliations of payroll GLs on a regular basis • Help prepare SOPs, checklists and process documentation for payroll compliance activities.

Stakeholder Co-ordination

• Respond to employee queries on pay slips, deductions, tax declarations, statutory benefits, etc. • Liaise with HR, Finance and external consultants (statutory auditors, PF/ESI consultants) as needed. • Work and coordinate with Finance on payroll-related accounting entries and cost allocations. • Review and send out the offer letters prepared by the payroll vendor in agreed timelines. • Providing MIS reports to concerned teams on pre agreed dates.