Senior Manager-Global Payroll Tower Lead-Chennai
Location: Chennai • Level: Senior Level • Openings: 1 • Type: Full-time
Job description
Work Location – Chennai
Work Mode - Work from office
Candidate Industry : BPO / KPO / GBS / GCC / GSS / Captive Shared Services
Shifts : Flexible with Shifts as per client requirement
Candidate Expectation & Responsibilities :
Role Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Payroll Supervisor to lead end-to-end payroll operations across EMEA
countries for our client.
This role owns payroll governance, compliance, vendor and client management, and
payroll integrations with Workday and ServiceNow.
The ideal candidate brings deep EMEA payroll
knowledge, strong stakeholder communication, and hands-on expertise with Workday Connector, PECI, and
PICOF and any payroll implementation experience.
Job Description:
Candidates with 12+ years in multi-country payroll with at least 5+
years focused on EMEA regions. (EMEA, UK, Middle east, Africa)
Lead monthly payroll processing across multiple
countries ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and
statutory compliance (tax, social security,
pensions).
Strong understanding of EMEA statutory rules, tax,
social contributions, GDPR, and local payroll
calendars.
Establish controls, audit readiness, and adherence
to local regulations; manage GDPR requirements
and data privacy.
Own and optimize payroll integrations and
validations of data flow through Workday
Connector, PECI (Payroll Effective Change
Interface), PICOF (Payroll Interface Change Output
File).
Manage payroll service requests, incident triage,
and knowledge base via ServiceNow; track SLAs
and continuous improvement. Hands-on Workday payroll integrations (Connector,
PECI, PICOF); ServiceNow (SNOW) for case
management; advanced Excel.
Oversee external payroll providers; handle
governance and drive performance
Engage HR, Finance, Compliance, and Country
Leaders; provide clear communications,
dashboards, and executive updates.
Own payroll reconciliations (gross-to-net),
Finanace postings, approvals, payment files, and
post-payroll and Pre payroll controls.
Handle transitions, lead new countries go live and
implementation, payroll transformation projects;
manage parallel and other testing, KT and DD.
Develop metrics and reports (Observations,
accuracy and other variances); drive insights and
root-cause analysis using advanced Excel.
Bachelor's degree in Finance/HR/Business or
equivalent; payroll certifications (e.g., CIPP/APA)
preferred.
Mandatory Key skills : EMEA Payroll, UK Payroll, Middle east Payroll, Africa Payroll, Workday, Service now , Workday Connector, PECI,PICOF
Good to have: CIPP, APA , Transition, Transformation
Job ID: 2022