Role Summary

The Senior Payroll Officer will be responsible for managing day-to-day
US payroll operations and compliance activities
across multiple entities. The role will ensure accurate and timely payroll processing, payroll tax compliance, garnishments, reconciliations, reporting, and coordination with ADP and internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
- Manage and validate
end-to-end US payroll processing
including payroll inputs, employee changes, deductions, adjustments, and payroll registers.
- Handle
multi-state payroll compliance
, including FICA, FUTA, SUI, state registrations, wage bases and payroll tax requirements.
- Manage
garnishments and agency notices
, including child support, tax levies, creditor orders and related correspondence.
- Review payroll tax reports, notices and discrepancies and coordinate resolution with
ADP and relevant agencies
.
- Perform payroll
reconciliations, variance analysis and payroll-to-GL reviews
and provide required reports to Finance/Accounting.
- Validate payroll data across
ADP, Workday and timekeeping systems




and ensure data accuracy.
- Coordinate with
HR, Advantages, Compensation, Finance, Accounting, Compliance and ADP
to resolve payroll issues and employee queries.
- Support
payroll audits, controls and compliance reviews
, maintaining appropriate documentation and audit trails.
- Prepare and maintain
payroll SOPs, process documentation and controls
.
- Identify opportunities for
process improvement, standardization and automation
to improve payroll accuracy and efficiency.
- Support payroll-related
projects, system changes, implementations and transitions
.
- Independently manage assigned payroll activities and escalate complex issues, risks and compliance matters.
- Prepare and review payroll journal entries, accruals and payroll-related accounting adjustments.
- Perform payroll-to-GL and payroll liability reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities,

📌 Senior Payroll Officer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cyient
📍 Hyderabad