Job Title: Accounts & HR Generalist – Payroll

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 1 – 3 Years

Industry: IT / Software

Job Summary

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Accounts & HR Generalist with strong hands-on experience in payroll processing and HR operations. The role will primarily be responsible for managing the end-to-end monthly payroll process, including attendance inputs, salary calculations, deductions, statutory components, payroll validation and employee payroll queries. The candidate will also support day-to-day HR generalist activities along with basic accounts and reconciliation-related tasks to ensure accurate and timely employee and financial records.

Key Responsibilities – Payroll & HR Operations

- Manage the end-to-end monthly payroll process for employees, ensuring accuracy and timely closure.
- Collect, verify and consolidate monthly payroll inputs including attendance, leave, overtime,

incentives, deductions, new joiners, exits and salary revisions.
- Prepare and validate payroll calculations, salary sheets and payroll-related reports.
- Coordinate with Finance/Accounts for payroll disbursement and ensure payroll data is accurately reconciled before processing.
- Handle employee payroll queries related to salary, deductions, reimbursements, leave, attendance and statutory components.
- Maintain accurate employee master data and payroll records in HRMS/ERP systems.
- Coordinate full & final settlement for exiting employees, including salary, leave encashment and other applicable components.
- Support statutory payroll activities and maintain relevant records and documentation.
- Handle employee onboarding, induction and exit formalities.
- Maintain and update employee records, HR databases and personnel files.
- Manage attendance and leave administration and ensure timely payroll inputs.
- Support employee engagement, grievance handling and employee relations activities.




- Assist with performance management, training coordination and other HR initiatives.
- Ensure adherence to HR policies, processes and confidentiality requirements.

Key Responsibilities – Accounts & Finance Support

- Coordinate with the Accounts/Finance team for payroll-related accounting and reconciliation activities.
- Assist in reconciliation of payroll data with salary payable, deductions and other employee-related accounting records.
- Maintain supporting documents and records for payroll and employee-related financial transactions.
- Assist with employee reimbursements, advances, deductions and other payroll-linked financial entries.
- Support preparation of payroll-related MIS and monthly reports.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to resolve discrepancies between HR, payroll and accounts data.

Required Skills

- Strong hands-on knowledge of end-to-end payroll processing.
- Positive understanding of attendance, leave, salary structures, deductions and payroll inputs.
- Basic knowledge of statutory compliance related to payroll.
- Good understanding of HR generalist processes and employee lifecycle management.
- Basic knowledge of accounting, reconciliation and employee-related financial transactions.
- Hands-on experience with HRMS/Payroll/ERP tools.
- Strong MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, formulas and data reconciliation.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Commerce, Accounting or a related field.
- MBA/PGDM in HR or B.Com/M.Com/related accounting qualification will be an added advantage.

Preferred Skills

- Prior experience handling payroll independently or with minimal supervision.
- Exposure to statutory payroll compliance and payroll audits.
- Experience working with HRMS/ERP and payroll software.
- Good understanding of Excel-based payroll MIS and reconciliation.

- • Experience in an IT/Software organization will be an added advantage.

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