Payroll Manager

About the Company
ARCHER Systems is a leading technology enabled legal services company that provides pre-settlement and post- settlement administration services for single event, mass tort, and class action cases with the goal of helping claimants access their settlement proceeds more efficiently and quickly. The company plans to continue leveraging technology and top tier talent to enhance customer service and offer new product lines and services.

ARCHER’s core offering is post-settlement Healthcare Lien Resolution Administration and QSF (Qualified Settlement Fund) Administration and payments processing for multi-claimant (mass tort and class action) litigation. Other services include claims administration, single event lien resolution, probate and bankruptcy coordination, release administration, medical records review, and plaintiff fact sheet and other intake/census preparation and management. ARCHER enables law firms to focus on their litigation while ensuring that critical pre-settlement and post-settlement administration documents, services, business analytics and reporting are handled efficiently and effectively.

About the Role
We are looking for a seasoned Payroll Manager who thrives as a hands-on individual contributor and owns the end-to-end payroll lifecycle with precision. This is a depth-over-breadth role: you will be the single point of accountability for accurate, compliant, on-time payroll for single office workforce. The ideal person has run payroll in a service or captive environment, has been through a payroll ERP implementation or migration, and brings a zero-defect, control-first mindset to statutory compliance.

Responsibilities
Own the complete monthly payroll cycle end-to-end — inputs, validation, processing, reconciliation, disbursement, and post-payroll activities — with zero-defect, on-time delivery.
Manage accurate income tax computation (old and new regimes), investment declaration ETDS and Form 16 / Form 24Q filings.
Ensure full statutory compliance across PF, ESIC, Professional Tax, LWF, Gratuity, NPS, and Bonus, including timely challan generation, returns, and registrations.
Administer full-and-final settlements, gratuity computation, leave encashment, and exit payouts within defined SLAs.
Partner with auditors on statutory, internal, and SOX / ICFR where applicable.
Serve as the primary point of contact for employee payroll queries, building a reputation for responsiveness and accuracy.
Maintain payroll controls, documentation, and audit trails; drive continuous process improvement and automation.
Manage payroll vendor / managed-services relationships where applicable, holding them to compliance and SLA standards.

Qualifications
10+ years of dedicated payroll experience, with a strong track record as a hands-on individual contributor (people-management is not the focus of this role).
Proven background in a services, captive / GCC, shared-services, IT / ITES, or BFSI setup; this role's complexity is suited to a non-manufacturing payroll background.
Deep, current expertise in Indian statutory compliance, with a demonstrated track record of timely, accurate filings and no material compliance lapses.
Exceptional at tax calculation accuracy and able to explain computations clearly to employees and auditors.
Graduate / Postgraduate in Commerce, Finance, or HR; professional payroll / tax certifications are a plus.

Required Skills
Experience through a payroll ERP / HRMS implementation or migration (e.g., SAP Success Factors / Employee Central Payroll, Oracle / People Soft, Workday, Ramco, Darwinbox, ADP, greytHR, or similar) — whether as a functional contributor, in requirements and UAT, or through parallel runs and post go-live stabilization.
Comfortable validating system configuration, reconciling parallel runs, and stabilizing payroll after go-live.
Strong advance Excel and reconciliation skills; ability to work with large datasets and build control reports.

Preferred Skills
Precision and ownership — treats accuracy and timeliness as personal accountability.
Deep statutory and tax knowledge with the ability to interpret and apply changing regulations.
Strong reconciliation and analytical rigor; control-and-audit mindset.
Discretion and integrity in handling sensitive compensation data.
Self-directed operator who delivers without requiring a team beneath them.

Pay range and compensation package
Details regarding pay range or salary or compensation will be provided during the interview process.