Assistant Manager Payroll

Key Responsibilities1. End-to-End Payroll Management

• Manage monthly payroll processing for a large employee workforce.
• Ensure accurate salary calculation, deductions, incentives, overtime and arrears.
• Process full and final settlements (F&F) for exiting employees.
• Ensure timely salary disbursement and payroll closure.

2. Statutory Compliance

• Strong knowledge of PF, ESI, PT, TDS and Labour Laws.
• Handle PF/ESI challans, returns and statutory documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable labour regulations.
• Coordinate with statutory consultants and government authorities.

3. Attendance & Salary Reconciliation

• Validate attendance, login hours, shift allowances, LOP and overtime.
• Coordinate with Operations, HR and WFM for payroll inputs.
• Reconcile payroll data against attendance and employee master records.

4. MIS & Reporting

• Prepare monthly payroll MIS and salary reports.
• Maintain payroll trackers, cost reports and variance analysis.
• Generate headcount, attrition and salary-related reports.

5. Team & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and supervise the payroll team.
• Handle employee salary-related queries and escalations.
• Coordinate with Finance, HR, Operations and external vendors.
• Required Skills & QualificationsGraduate in Commerce, Finance, HR or a related discipline.
• 4–7 years of relevant payroll experience, preferably in BPO/ITES.
• At least 1–2 years of team-handling experience.
• Advanced MS Excel knowledge (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, IF formulas).
• Experience handling high-volume payroll operations.
• Strong understanding of statutory compliance and payroll audits.