Job Title : Global Payroll Tower Lead– Senior Manager

Work Location – Chennai

Work Mode

- Work from office

Candidate Industry : BPO / KPO / GBS / GCC / GSS / Captive Shared Services Shifts : Flexible with Shifts as per client requirement

Candidate Expectation & Responsibilities Role Summary: We are seeking an experienced Payroll Supervisor to lead end-to-end payroll operations across EMEA countries for our client.

This role owns payroll governance, compliance, vendor and client management, and payroll integrations with Workday and ServiceNow.

The ideal candidate brings deep EMEA payroll knowledge, strong stakeholder communication, and hands-on expertise with Workday Connector, PECI, and PICOF and any payroll implementation experience.

Candidates with 12+ years in multi-country payroll with at least 5+ years focused on EMEA regions. (EMEA, UK, Middle east, Africa)

Lead monthly payroll processing across multiple countries ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and statutory compliance (tax, social security, pensions).

Robust understanding of EMEA statutory rules, tax, social contributions, GDPR, and local payroll calendars.

Establish controls, audit readiness, and adherence to local regulations; manage GDPR requirements and data privacy.

Own and optimize payroll integrations and validations of data flow through Workday Connector,



PECI (Payroll Effective Change Interface), PICOF (Payroll Interface Change Output File).

Manage payroll service requests, incident triage, and knowledge base via ServiceNow; track SLAs and continuous improvement. Hands-on Workday payroll integrations (Connector, PECI, PICOF); ServiceNow (SNOW) for case management; advanced Excel.

Oversee external payroll providers; handle governance and drive performance

Engage HR, Finance, Compliance, and Country Leaders; provide clear communications, dashboards, and executive updates.

Own payroll reconciliations (gross-to-net), Finanace postings, approvals, payment files, and post-payroll and Pre payroll controls.

Handle transitions, lead new countries go live and implementation, payroll transformation projects; manage parallel and other testing, KT and DD.

Develop metrics and reports (Observations, accuracy and other variances); drive insights and root-cause analysis using advanced Excel.

Bachelor's degree in Finance/HR/Business or equivalent; payroll certifications (e.g., CIPP/APA) preferred.

Mandatory Key skills : EMEA Payroll, UK Payroll, Middle east Payroll, Africa Payroll, Workday, Service now , Workday Connector, PECI,PICOF

Good to have: CIPP, APA , Transition, Transformation

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