Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Our EMEA APAC Payroll team is part of our Ankura Business Services function.

The People Office is a strategic partner and enabler for our business and provides support and services to our leaders and colleagues across all of our markets to unlock the potential of our people through a differentiated culture, employee experience, and set of learning and development opportunities.

Role Overview:
Ankura is looking to recruit an experienced Payroll Specialist on a 19 months fixed term contract to support the payroll processing for our EMEA and APAC region. You will be responsible for some of the countries and provide back up support for others, across 12 countries - currently UK, Ireland, Belgium, Spain, Germany, UAE, KSA, India, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and growing. This is an exciting role, and you will be a key member of the People Office team.



As well as ensuring excellent day to day service in this role you will have the prospect to work on projects as we look to transform and improve our payroll operations across the region. The expected duration of the 19th month fixed term contract is September 2026 to March 2028.

This is a hybrid role based in Gurugram, India.

Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day organisation of payroll administration and employee queries, working with outsourced payroll vendors.
- Strong working knowledge of India payroll compliance requirements. Experience processing India payrolls in house from start to finish is a plus but not a must, as our India payroll is also outsourced.
- Prepare monthly payroll reconciliations, review and analyse payroll reports for accuracy to identify discrepancies or errors and make necessary corrections.
- Conduct payroll audits to ensure payroll reporting and payments are compliant with company policy and local regulations.
- Resolve complex payroll issues and employee queries to ensure smooth payroll processing.
- Develop, maintain,

📌 Senior Payroll Specialist Emea (Gurugram)
🏢 Ankura
📍 Gurugram