Senior Payroll Specialist

Meet Our Team

As a key contributor to Pegas Payroll Team, you will work alongside highly talented professionals assisting in all aspects of payroll operations for India. The Payroll Team may be globally spread out in the UK, Poland, India, Brazil and U.S., but remains a tightly knit team of top-notch technical specialists looking to add another strong member.

Picture Yourself At Pega

As a key member of the Finance team, you will be part of a fast-paced, payroll team processing monthly payrolls for India and be a crucial member of a multifaceted team with HR, Legal and Finance among others. You will work as part of the APAC payroll team and have exposure and growth opportunities in our operations across Asia and the Pacific Region.

At Pega, we actively explore and embrace emerging AI capabilities with curiosity, responsibility, and a drive for meaningful innovation. You will work in an environment where AI enabled tools are used to enhance learning, improve engineering efficiency, and support better decision making across the cloud platform.

We expect all to apply critical thinking to all AI generated outputs—validating accuracy, quality, and relevance before applying them in production environments. We view AI maturity as a spectrum, progressing from foundational adoption toward more strategic, advocacy driven integration, and you will play an active role in that journey.

What Youll Do At Pega

• Work with members of the India payroll team to process a monthly payroll of 2,000 + employees in India
• Support India payroll with Compliance and Labor law requirement
• Process Payroll and accounting accrual entries for processed payrolls
• Gain invaluable experience working in a fast-paced, high growth, extremely diverse environment
• Knowledge of International worker regulations is added advantage

• You demonstrate a strong Growth Mindset—embracing curiosity, continuous learning, and adaptability in a fast-changing technology environment. You are comfortable speaking about AI with confidence and conviction, and you view AI as an enabler to improve outcomes rather than a substitute for sound engineering principles.
• You challenge assumptions, learn quickly from change, and apply critical thinking to validate outputs and make informed decisions. You bring a thoughtful, quality driven approach to your work and actively contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Has 8 to 12 years proven track record of handling an enterprise level payroll in India
• Experience with India Payroll operations is required
• Based out of Hyderabad location
• Solid understanding of India payroll processes and common Indian tax and compliance issues
• Understanding of accounting practices relating to payroll GL and accruals
• Functional expertise in Excel
• Works well in both team and individual environments
• Good communication skills both oral and written
• Established analytical and time management skills

• Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment
• Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, and employee equity in the company
• A flexible work environment of both office and remote work (4 days office and 1 day Home)