Senior Payroll Accounting Analyst

Senior Analyst- Payroll Accounting

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future. Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster. 

Job Title

Senior Analyst – Regional Compensation

Location: Mumbai

Role Purpose: The Senior Analyst – Regional Compensation is responsible for managing end-to-end payroll operations through third-party payroll vendors, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, statutory compliance, and seamless coordination with payroll vendors, accounting and finance teams. The role supports both India and selected global payrolls within a shared services environment, contributing to process efficiency, standardization, and audit readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing through external vendors for India and assigned global entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and SLA adherence.

• Act as the primary liaison with payroll vendors and coordinate payroll calendars, cut-offs, and sign-offs with HR and Finance.

• Review payroll outputs including salary calculations, incentives, arrears, statutory deductions, and final settlements.

• Ensure accurate payroll accounting, including payroll journals, accruals, reconciliations, and support for month-end and year-end closures.

• Coordinate salary disbursements, statutory payments, and third-party payments with finance and treasury teams.

• Ensure statutory and regulatory compliance and support global payroll compliance through vendor and stakeholder coordination.

• Support statutory filings, audits (internal and external), and timely closure of audit observations.

• Operate within a shared services payroll model, driving process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Partner with HR, Finance, Tax, and Legal teams to resolve payroll issues and manage employee payroll queries with confidentiality and accuracy.

Knowledge & Skills

Technical & Functional Knowledge

• Strong understanding of India payroll structures, salary components, taxation, and statutory compliances.

• Working knowledge of global payroll concepts, including gross-to-net processing, statutory deductions, and country-specific variations.

• Experience working with third-party payroll vendors and shared services payroll models.

• Good understanding of payroll accounting, GL postings, and reconciliations.

Systems & Tools

• Hands-on experience with payroll and related systems (Workday, or vendor payroll platforms).

• Strong Excel skills for payroll analysis, reconciliations, and reporting.

• Exposure to HRMS, time & attendance, and finance systems D365 is preferred.

Behavioral & Professional Skills

• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy.

• Ability to manage multiple payrolls and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Effective stakeholder management and communication skills.

• High level of confidentiality, integrity, and compliance orientation.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.

• Experience in payroll operations, preferably in a shared services or multi-country environment.

• Prior experience handling India payroll is mandatory; exposure to global payrolls is strongly preferred.

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Experience Level

Senior Level