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You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, well provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. Youll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firms diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, youll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
You will play a critical leadership role in transforming and running multi-country payroll across the EEMA and APAC regions.
You will combine hands-on payroll transformation and implementation expertise with strong operational leadership, taking complex country payrolls from design and transition through go-live, stabilization, and high-quality steady-state delivery.
You will lead payroll transformation and managed services implementations across EEMA and APAC, partnering closely with regional Finance and HR leaders, Technology teams, and payroll providers. You will translate country requirements into robust solutions, challenge vendor designs, drive configuration and integration readiness, lead end-to-end testing and parallel payrolls, manage cutover and stabilization, and ensure that implementations meet demanding standards for accuracy, compliance, controls, employee experience, and business continuity.
Alongside transformation, you will be accountable for the ongoing health of payroll operations across your portfolio. You will govern payroll calendars and controls, manage provider performance against KPIs and SLAs, drive root-cause resolution of payroll issues, oversee statutory and regulatory readiness, strengthen SOPs and operating discipline, support internal and external audits, and ensure payroll queries and escalations are resolved with urgency and quality.
Your work requires someone who can move confidently between strategy and execution: understanding the details of payroll calculations and country requirements while also leading cross-functional programs, influencing senior stakeholders, and holding vendors and internal teams accountable for outcomes. You will help build a resilient payroll operating model that reduces manual dependency, strengthens tax and regulatory compliance, improves controls, and delivers accurate and timely pay every cycle.
You will be based in Gurugram or Chennai, as part of our Finance Global Operations - Payroll Team, with significant collaboration across EEMA and APAC time zones and travel as required for implementation and critical operational priorities.
Your Qualifications and Skills
- 10+ years of progressive payroll experience in a complex multinational or professional-services environment, with substantial hands-on responsibility for both multi-country payroll transformation/implementation and live payroll operations
- Demonstrated experience leading complex payroll implementations or transformations across multiple countries in EEMA and APAC markets; experience transitioning from in-house/SaaS payroll to managed services is highly desirable
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- Deep practical knowledge of end-to-end payroll - from inputs and gross-to-net through controls, payments, accounting interfaces, statutory filings, year-end activities and post-payroll compliance - with the ability to identify risks and challenge solution designs
- Proven implementation of leadership across requirements and process design, fit-gap assessment, data migration, payroll configuration, integrations, test strategy, UAT, parallel payroll, cutover, go-live and stabilization. Experience recovering or de-risking challenging implementations is a strong advantage
- Strong multi-country payroll operations leadership, including payroll calendar governance, exception management, controls, reconciliations, issue resolution, service quality, business continuity, and employee/payroll query management
- Excellent vendor-management capability with experience governing major payroll providers or managed-services partners through clear SOWs, RACIs, KPIs, SLAs, governance forums, escalation mechanisms and performance improvement plans
- Strong understanding of payroll tax, statutory and regulatory compliance, with the judgment to engage country experts and tax advisers, translate regulatory changes into payroll actions, and ensure changes are tested and implemented on time
- Robust controls and risk mindset, with experience designing or operating payroll financial controls, supporting ICFR/SOX-style control environments, and leading remediation of internal or external audit findings
- Strong technology orientation and experience working across HRIS, payroll engines and finance systems. Working knowledge of SAP/SuccessFactors or comparable enterprise HR/payroll platforms and payroll integrations is preferred; familiarity with ServiceNow or similar case-management tools is advantageous
Skills
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About Company
McKinsey & Company India Careers 2025 – Overview
McKinsey & Company, founded in 1926 by James O. McKinsey, is a New York City‑based global management consulting firm that advises leading businesses, governments, and institutions across the private, public, and social sectors.
With offices in 65+ countries and a team of ~45,000 professionals worldwide, McKinsey delivers expertise in strategy, operations, technology, digital transformation, sustainability, and AI‑driven innovation.
In India, McKinsey operates from hubs in Gurugram, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai, employing ~1,150–1,200 consultants and specialists. The firm is known for its rigorous problem‑solving approach, deep industry knowledge, and ability to deliver measurable impact for clients.
Business Model
McKinsey operates as a project‑based B2B professional services firm, generating revenue through high‑value strategic and operational consulting engagements.
Its model blends:
- Top‑tier problem‑solving frameworks with deep industry expertise
- Global knowledge networks with local market insights
- Long‑term client relationships built on trust and measurable results
Strategic priorities for McKinsey India include:
- Expanding digital, analytics, and AI capabilities
- Growing sustainability and climate transition advisory
- Strengthening implementation and transformation services alongside strategy
- Investing in talent development and diversity initiatives
Recent Wins & Recognition
- Advised a leading Indian conglomerate on a multi‑billion‑dollar renewable energy transition strategy (https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/electric-power-and-natural-gas/our-insights).
- Partnered with a major Indian bank to implement AI‑driven credit risk modelling (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/risk-and-resilience/our-insights).
- Published the India’s Turning Point 2025 report outlining pathways to $10 trillion GDP by 2035 (https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/asia-pacific/indias-turning-point).
- Recognised among Top 10 Most Prestigious Consulting Firms Globally in Vault’s 2025 rankings (https://firsthand.co/best-companies-to-work-for/consulting).
Culture & Values
McKinsey’s culture is anchored in its Obligation to Dissent, Client First mindset, and commitment to professional development.
Core values include:
- Adhere to the highest professional standards
- Improve clients’ performance significantly
- Create an unrivaled environment for exceptional people
The firm promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion, offers global staffing opportunities, and invests heavily in continuous learning through McKinsey Academy and leadership programs.
Client‑Facing Practices
Strategy & Corporate Finance
What it is – Core strategic advisory for CEOs and boards. India work includes:
- Corporate Strategy – Growth, portfolio, and market entry strategies.
- M&A Advisory – Deal strategy, due diligence, and integration.
- Performance Transformation – Large‑scale cost and growth programs.
Operations
What it is – End‑to‑end operational excellence. India work includes:
- Manufacturing & Supply Chain – Lean operations, procurement, logistics.
- Product Development – Innovation and time‑to‑market acceleration.
- Capital Projects & Infrastructure – Planning and execution excellence.
Digital & Analytics (McKinsey Digital)
What it is – Technology‑driven transformation. India work includes:
- Digital Strategy – Roadmaps for digital transformation.
- Advanced Analytics – AI/ML solutions for business impact.
- Cybersecurity – Risk assessment and resilience building.
Sustainability & ESG
What it is – Helping clients transition to net‑zero and sustainable operations. India work includes:
- Climate Strategy – Decarbonisation pathways.
- Circular Economy – Waste reduction and resource efficiency.
- ESG Reporting & Compliance – Framework design and assurance support.
People & Organizational Performance
What it is – Talent, leadership, and culture transformation. India work includes:
- Leadership Development – Coaching and succession planning.
- Organisational Design – Structure and governance optimisation.
- Change Management – Driving adoption of transformation initiatives.
Important dates & deadlines?
Application Deadline
31 Oct 26, 02:00 PM IST
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