Senior Manager - Global Payroll & Delivery

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Your work profile

This position involves overseeing the overall project governance for all client geographies from the perspective of preparation, documentation, and disbursement of all payroll checks, payroll taxes, and employee benefit payments. A key focus of the role is ensuring accuracy and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, while also optimizing payroll processes for efficiency and effectiveness.

Illustrative activities include but are not limited to :

Payroll Operations Management :

Oversee the entire payroll processing to ensure timely and accurate payment to employees for all countries.

Manage regular preparation of relevant reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports (e.g., gross payroll, hours worked, vacation accrual, tax deductions, benefit deductions).

Compliance and Governance :

Ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal wage and hour laws.

Stay current with changes in the law and update payroll policies and procedures to reflect these changes.

Coordinate and manage payroll audits by internal and external auditors.

Strategy Development and Implementation :

Develop and implement payroll practices and strategies that improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Evaluate and implement payroll systems and software for process improvement.

Team Leadership and Development :

Lead, mentor, and manage the payroll team, ensuring professional development and high performance.

Foster a collaborative work environment and encourage knowledge sharing.

Financial Reporting and Analysis :

Prepare financial reports for management, detailing payroll costs and projections.

Conduct analyses to identify payroll trends and opportunities for cost savings.

Stakeholder Communication and Service :

Serve as the primary contact for payroll-related inquiries from employees, finance, HR, and external partners.

Ensure high levels of service and communication standards in responding to employee and management queries.

Strategize, oversee, and facilitate the transition of payroll processes, encompassing knowledge transfer, reverse knowledge transfer, coordination with client stakeholders, and the documentation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Identify opportunities to generate additional business within the current scope.

Requirements :

Work location : Bengaluru

Chartered Accountant / MBA (Finance) / Postgraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.

Payroll certification (e.g., Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)) is highly preferred.

8+years of experience in payroll, with 6-10 years of experience in a management role.

Proven experience in a large, complex, or multinational business environment.

Experience in Construction / Projects business, specifically around Accounts Payables, is preferred.

Prior experience in collaborating with global stakeholders.

Extensive knowledge of payroll software systems and databases.

Location and way of working.

Base location : Bangalore

This profile involves frequent travelling to client locations.

Hybrid is our default way of working. Each domain has customized the hybrid approach to their unique needs.

Your role

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In addition to living our purpose, across our organization must strive to be :

Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation

Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose

Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity

Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future

Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders

Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions

Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen

Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities

Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization

Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities

Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

the success of engagement(s)

Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience

Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision

Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems

Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte

Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive.

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