Manager- India Payroll & Compliance

Role Overview:

The Manager India Payroll and Compliance will lead end-to-end payroll operations, statutory compliance for India, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery while maintaining full adherence to applicable central and state labour laws, standing orders, wage regulations, social security obligations, taxation requirements, and evolving requirements under Indias new labour codes, including the Code on Wages, 2019. The role will have to co-ordinate with HR, Finance, Legal, business leaders, and employees on payroll, employment compliance, employee taxation, wage restructuring, labour code readiness, stakeholder-specific pay structure advisory, and background verification process governance. The person must bring a strong service mindset and the ability to evaluate and modify tax and pay structures, within legal and policy boundaries, to make compensation outcomes more practical, compliant, and conducive for stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage end-to-end India payroll operations, including payroll inputs, validations, salary processing, reimbursements, incentives, final settlements, statutory deductions, and payroll accounting support.
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of salaries, statutory contributions, tax deductions, employee recoveries, benefits, and other payroll-related payments.
• Establish strong payroll governance through maker-checker controls, reconciliations, audit trails, exception reporting, and periodic process reviews.
• Partner with HR Operations, Finance, Legal, Treasury, Benefits, and external vendors to ensure seamless payroll delivery and resolution of employee queries.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation, standardization, and simplification of payroll and compliance processes.
• Ensure timely initiation, tracking, escalation, and closure of background verification cases in line with agreed timelines, internal policies, candidate experience expectations, and business hiring needs.
• Maintain strong working relationships and active networks with background verification vendors to ensure

Labour Law and Statutory Compliance

• Maintain a thorough and current understanding of Indian labour laws, standing orders, wage codes, social security requirements, state-specific rules, and regulatory changes, including Indias new labour codes and their impact on payroll, salary structures, statutory contributions, and compliance processes.

Taxation Advisory and Employee Consultation

• Consult with employees, HR, Finance, and leadership on payroll taxation, income tax deductions, exemptions, perquisites, reimbursements, tax declarations, investment proofs, and year-end tax processes.
• Oversee accurate Tax Deducted at Source calculations, monthly and quarterly TDS compliance, Form 16 issuance, tax reconciliations, and related reporting.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders on India payroll, compliance, taxation, and labour law matters.
• Lead payroll and compliance teams or service partners, ensuring clear accountability, service quality, capability building, and timely issue resolution.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Commerce, Finance, Human Resources, Law, Business Administration, or a related discipline; a postgraduate qualification or professional certification in payroll, taxation, labour law, or HR compliance will be preferred.
• 10 to 12 years of relevant experience in India payroll, statutory compliance, HR operations, labour law compliance, or payroll taxation, with at least 3 to 5 years in a managerial or Team Leader capacity.
• Strong working knowledge of Indian payroll regulations, central and state labour laws, standing orders, new labour codes, the Code on Wages, 2019, wage and social security laws, statutory filings, and payroll tax requirements.
• Experience managinging a team

If Interested, Kindly share me your CV to monica.arthur@topsourceworldwide.com