Payroll Lead, India & APAC

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An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Senior Payroll Specialist, India!!

Job :
51444

Do you LOVE being responsible for managing end-to-end India payroll, supporting the regional shared services model, and leading the transition from ADP to an in-house payroll model using BIPO. And also sometimes will be the back up for APAC Payroll Manager to support rest of APAC countries.? If so, we want to hear from you!

Who are we?

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

As our Senior
Payroll Specialist, India , you’ll support HID’s successby:

Summary

The India Senior Payroll Specialist will sit within the APAC Payroll Shared Services team and will be mainly responsible for managing end-to-end India payroll, supporting the regional shared services model, and leading the transition from ADP to an in-house payroll model using BIPO. And also sometimes will be the back up for APAC Payroll Manager to support rest of APAC countries.

The role requires deep India payroll expertise, strong statutory compliance knowledge, payroll accounting capability, and experience delivering payroll transformation in a multinational shared services environment.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

Payroll Leadership & Operations

• Lead accurate, compliant, and timely end-to-end India payroll operations.
• Act as the India payroll SME for legislation, statutory compliance, governance, controls, and employee payroll matters.
• Review payroll inputs, calculations, reconciliations, approvals, salary disbursements, statutory payments, and Full & Final settlements.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Tax, vendors, and business stakeholders to resolve issues and maintain strong audit trails.
• Provide support for escalated employee payroll queries, ensuring clear communication, timely resolution, and appropriate documentation.

Payroll Transformation & Implementation

• Lead the ADP-to-BIPO transition, including requirements, process design, testing, data validation, parallel runs, UAT, cutover, and stabilization.
• Work with BIPO, HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to deliver a compliant implementation and operating model.
• Document procedures, workflows, controls, and opportunities for automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Help build the in-house India payroll capability, including process ownership, controls, knowledge transfer, governance, and continuous improvement after go-live.

Governance, Compliance & Controls

• Ensure payroll operations comply with applicable Indian labour laws, tax regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Monitor changes in legislation, government notifications, CBDT circulars, EPFO guidelines, ESIC regulations, and other statutory updates affecting payroll operations.
• Assess the payroll impact of new regulations, public rulings, and legislative changes on employee compensation, benefits, allowances, and deductions.

Review and implement payroll changes arising from amendments to:

• Income Tax Act and TDS regulations
• Employees' State Insurance (ESI)
• Professional Tax (PT)
• Labour Welfare Fund (LWF)
• Payment of Bonus Act
• Payment of Gratuity Act
• Code on Wages and other applicable labor laws

Payroll Accounting & Reporting

• Own payroll reconciliations, month-end accounting, accruals, journals, balance sheet reconciliations, reporting, and audit support.
• Review payroll reports to identify risks, trends, and process improvements.

Your Experience and Background include:

Education and Experience

• Fluent English communication skills, written and verbal, are essential.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, HR, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years’ payroll…