Payroll Specialist, United States Payroll

A Career with Point72’s Finance Team

The Finance team provides a broad range of timely, accurate, relevant, and objective financial information, advice, and services to its business partners, with commitment to the highest professional and ethical standards. Our team offers a dynamic and collaborative environment where our colleagues can learn at a quick pace and are rewarded with advanced opportunities both within Finance and across the firm.

What you’ll do

We are seeking a Payroll Specialist for the U.S. Payroll who will have direct ownership of hands-on payroll processing in addition to providing subject matter expertise and oversight. Specifically, you will:
- Own end-to-end U.S. payroll processing with minimal supervision, including data gathering, validation, review, and final sign-off
- Lead complex payroll activities such as multi-state tax calculations, W-2 testing and reconciliation, 401(k) processing, salary variance analysis, and retroactive adjustments
- Serve as the U.S. payroll subject matter expert,



providing guidance on federal, state, and local tax matters and ensuring compliance and accuracy
- Independently prepare, review, and post payroll journal entries, including accruals, reversals, and adjustments
- Act as the primary point of contact for payroll escalations, employee inquiries, client questions, and external vendor coordination
- Partner with Human Resources (HR), Finance, Tax, and Benefits teams to resolve payroll issues, support audits, and manage cross-functional dependencies
- Review payroll outputs for quality and compliance, proactively identifying, investigating, and remediating discrepancies
- Drive payroll process improvements, automation, system enhancements, and transitions using tools such as Excel, Workday, and other reporting/automation solutions, while mentoring junior team members as needed

What’s required?
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 4+ years of finance, accounting, and/

📌 Associate, Payroll (Bengaluru)
🏢 Point72
📍 Bengaluru