Lead – Payroll | Japan Payroll Specialist

Kyndryl is looking for an experienced Payroll Lead / Japan Payroll Specialist to join our team and provide operational leadership across Japan, India, and other APAC countries.

This role is ideal for a payroll professional with strong hands-on experience in Japan payroll processing, Japanese statutory compliance, vendor management, and enterprise HRIS/payroll platforms.

What you'll do:
- Lead end-to-end gross-to-net payroll processing for Japan and other APAC entities.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert on Japanese payroll regulations, including Shakai Hoken, Koyou Hoken, Juminzei, and Nenmatsu Chousei.
- Partner with third-party payroll vendors and internal/global stakeholders as a key regional liaison.
- Perform payroll audits, reconciliations, and control checks to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Support Workday, SAP HCM/ECP, ADP, or similar HRIS/payroll system enhancements and integrations.
- Partner with HR teams on separation payroll, final settlements, severance, and offboarding.




- Drive process improvements and support global payroll initiatives across APAC.

What we're looking for:
- 7+ years of overall experience in Payroll Operations / Payroll Accounting.
- 5+ years of hands-on Japan Payroll experience.
- Business-level Japanese language proficiency (Japanese language proficiency of 3-5 years).
- Robust knowledge of Japanese employment law, payroll taxation, social insurance, employment insurance, resident tax, and year-end tax adjustment processes.
- Experience with enterprise payroll/HRIS platforms such as Workday, SAP HCM/ECP, ADP, or similar.
- Advanced MS Excel skills.
- Strong stakeholder, vendor management, and communication skills.
- Experience managing multi-country APAC payroll is preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or a related field is preferred.

Why this role?

You'll have the opportunity to take ownership of Japan Payroll operations while working across a broader APAC payro

📌 Lead, Payroll – APAC (Bengaluru)
🏢 Kyndryl
📍 Bengaluru