Job Description
The Impact of a Senior Payroll Specialist at Coupa:
We are seeking a detailed‑oriented and experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to join our fast-growing team.While this role oversees global payroll operations, significant preference will be given to candidates with extensive, hands-on experience in India payroll and statutory compliance. This role is critical to managing end-to-end operations and providing expert support to our employees. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, the ability to thrive under payroll deadlines, and a collaborative mindset to support our cross‑functional teams.
What Youll Do
- End-to-End Processing: Follow the payroll calendar timelines to prepare accurate inputs, validate new hire information, and submit data for next-level review and vendor processing.
- Quality Assurance: Review and validate payroll outputs, salary calculations, and backup records to ensure 100% accuracy.
- Financial Coordination: Coordinate approvals with the payroll manager, process payments (Net, tax, invoices), and share Gross‑to‑Net and Journal Entries with the accounting team.
- Query & Vendor Management: Manage daily payroll queries, ticketing systems, and vendor communications efficiently.
- Post Payroll activities: Complete trackers, KPIs, FloQast sign‑offs, and manage timely statutory payments (PF, PT, TDS and other Compliance Payment).
- Audit & Year-End: Manage year‑end filings, reconciliations, and employee support for tax forms (e.g., Form 16 /130). Prepare comprehensive payroll data for audits and ensure adherence to internal controls. Support all internal and external financial audits
- Process Improvement: Ensure timely updates to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and act as a reliable backup for team members. Lead initiatives to streamline payroll workflows and enhance efficiency in collaboration with cross-functional partners
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with HR and other related department to ensure seamless data flow between systems and verify that personnel changes are accurately reflected in payroll
- Compliance & Tax Management: Apply deep knowledge of international tax regulations, local wage laws, and statutory requirements to ensure full global compliance.
- Records Management: Maintain comprehensive payroll records in accordance with company policies and internal control protocols (SOX/compliance)
What You Will Bring to Coupa
- Experience:Minimum 8â€10 years of recent, ideally within a fast-growth company environment, and experience in Tech company can be added advantage
- Education:Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
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- Technical Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in modern payroll systems, service desk tools, and MS Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, etc.).
- Subject Matter Expertise: Deep, proven knowledge of Indian payroll protocols, labor laws, taxation, statutory regulations, and audit requirements.
- Work Ethic: Ability to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines, and maintain strict data confidentiality with a strong sense of professional integrity.
- Analytical Mindset: Highly detail-oriented with a passion for numerical accuracy and data integrity.
- Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills able to explain complex payroll concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Proactive and flexible comfortable navigating the shifting priorities of all business.
- Problem Solving: Assertive and creative approach to resolving issues and escalating risks when necessary.
Skills
AuditAssuranceAuditsInternal ControlStatutory ComplianceInternal ControlsInternational TaxJournal EntriesProcess ImprovementQuality AssuranceSopsSoxStandard Operating ProceduresIf an employer asks you to pay any kind of fee, please notify us immediately. Jobaaj does not charge any fee from the applicants and we do not allow other companies also to do so.
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Application Deadline
24 Jun 26, 01:27 PM IST
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