The prospect

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Payroll Specialist to join our EMEA Payroll team. In this role, you will support the accurate and timely processing of payroll across multiple EMEA countries while ensuring compliance with local regulations, internal controls, and company policies.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience managing payroll operations across countries such as France, Spain, Belgium, Lithuania, and other EMEA jurisdictions, with strong analytical skills, payroll accounting knowledge, and experience working with global payroll systems and providers.

This is a hybrid role based in our Bangalore office. General working hours for this role will be 2pm-11pm IST during the weekdays.

What You'll Be Doing

Manage end-to-end payroll processing for assigned EMEA countries, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local statutory requirements.
Partner with payroll vendors and in-country payroll providers to process monthly payrolls, validate results, and resolve payroll discrepancies.
Review and validate payroll inputs,



including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, benefits, equity transactions, absences, and other payroll-related transactions.
Perform detailed payroll audits and reconciliations to ensure payroll accuracy and data integrity.
Prepare and review payroll reports, statutory filings, and year-end activities as required.
Support payroll accounting activities, including payroll journal preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, and variance analysis.
Investigate and resolve complex payroll, tax, social security, and accounting-related queries from employees, HR, Finance, and external providers.
Partner closely with HR, People Operations, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Mobility, and Benefits teams to ensure seamless payroll operations.
Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities related to payroll.
Ensure compliance with internal controls, SOX requirements

📌 Payroll Specialist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Unity
📍 Bengaluru