Role & responsibilities

Job Title: Lead Payroll

Department: Human Resources / Payroll

Reports To: Head HR

Preferred candidate profile

Job Purpose To lead and manage the end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely salary processing, statutory compliance, payroll accounting, employee query resolution, and effective payroll controls across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Payroll Management

- Lead end-to-end monthly payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and timely salary disbursement.
- Manage payroll inputs, including attendance, leave, overtime, incentives, bonuses, reimbursements and deductions.
- Review payroll calculations, salary revisions, promotions, new joiners and full & final settlements.
- Ensure accurate processing of monthly, quarterly and annual payroll components.
- Manage payroll reconciliation and validation before salary release.

2. Statutory Compliance

- Ensure compliance with applicable statutory regulations, including:

- Provident Fund (PF)

- Employee State Insurance (ESI)

- Professional Tax (PT)
- Tax Deducted at Source (TDS)

- Labour Welfare Fund (LWF)

- Gratuity and Bonus
- Ensure timely statutory payments, returns and submissions.
- Coordinate with statutory authorities, consultants and auditors.
- Monitor changes in labour laws and payroll-related regulations.

3. Payroll Accounting & Reporting

- Prepare monthly payroll reports and salary reconciliation statements.
- Coordinate with Finance for payroll accounting, journal entries and salary provisions.
- Manage payroll-related accruals, provisions and cost analysis.




- Prepare MIS reports covering employee costs, payroll trends and statutory liabilities.
- Support internal, statutory and tax audits.

4. Team Leadership

- Lead, guide and mentor the payroll team.
- Establish payroll calendars, workflows and standard operating procedures.
- Review team performance and ensure adherence to payroll timelines.
- Build effective coordination with HR, Finance, IT and business stakeholders.

5. Payroll Systems & Process Improvement

- Manage payroll software
- Ensure data accuracy, confidentiality and access controls.
- Identify opportunities for payroll automation and process optimization.
- Maintain employee payroll records and documentation.
- Implement solid internal controls to minimize payroll errors and compliance risks.

6. Employee & Stakeholder Management

- Act as the escalation point for complex payroll-related queries.
- Ensure timely resolution of employee salary and tax-related concerns.
- Coordinate with HR Business Partners and Finance teams.
- Manage payroll-related communication and employee support.

Required Qualifications & Skills

- Grduate/MBA / PGDM in HR or Finance, or relevant postgraduate qualification.
- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Finance or related discipline.
- 1215 years of experience in payroll management.
- Strong knowledge of Indian payroll and statutory compliance.
- Experience in managing large-scale payroll operations.
- Hands-on experience with SAP
- Advanced MS Excel and payroll reconciliation skills.
- Strong analytical, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- High level of integrity and confidentiality.

📌 Lead Payroll (Full Time Retainer) (Mumbai)
🏢 Hathway Cable u0026 Datacom
📍 Mumbai