The Amazon Payroll team within Amazon Finance Operations (FinOps) is a fast-paced, team-focused, agile environment. Our mission is to pay employees accurately and on time, every time, whilst keeping our costs controlled and complying with all regulatory requirements. The Amazon Payroll team is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic relationship manager with outstanding analytical, negotiation, and project management skills to join our Vendor Management team.

The Payroll Vendor Manager is responsible for payroll vendor selection, and vendor management across all countries. This position will help oversee the performance of payroll service providers (vendors) and keep all agreements current. The incumbent is required to build strong relationships with Legal, Finance Operations, Tech, Compliance, HR, and regional payroll operations teams.

This broad role is not only a relationship management role, it also focuses on Operational Excellence by partnering with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt team members to support continuous improvement of Amazon processes, aligning them with customer requirements,



and delivering positive impacts in controllership, quality, and cost savings. This role may expand beyond the payroll space to support internal partners in FinOps and HR as needed. This position will initially have no direct reports.

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
● Supporting the management of payroll vendor selection.
● Supporting market research activities.
● Supporting the negotiation and maintenance of contracts, ensuring reduction of cost per pay slip and alignment with Amazon's compliance and control requirements.
● Assisting and participating in vendor meetings as required.
● Analyzing and developing vendor performance data to support vendor governance.
● Analyzing vendor cost and cost improvement opportunities, monitoring monthly spending patterns, and identifying exceptions and areas for potential improvement.
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📌 Payroll Vendor Manager, Amazon Global Payroll team (Hyderabad)
🏢 Amazon
📍 Hyderabad