Global Payroll leader

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 20 years

Location: Chennai

JobType: full-time

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Global Payroll Leader to join a leading Big 4 consultancy organization. This role is ideal for professionals with strong expertise in global payroll operations, payroll tax compliance, and stakeholder management across multiple geographies. The candidate will play a critical role in ensuring accurate and compliant payroll delivery while acting as a strategic bridge between the client’s global leadership teams and operational delivery functions.

As a Global Payroll Leader, you will manage end-to-end payroll delivery for a global organization, with a strong focus on payroll operations across APAC and Europe, while supporting employee payroll tax compliance for the United States and Puerto Rico. The role requires a strong understanding of multi-country payroll governance, statutory compliance, operational controls, and client communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee end-to-end payroll delivery across multiple countries and regions, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing.
• Handle payroll operations across APAC and Europe, ensuring adherence to local labor laws, statutory regulations, and organizational policies.
• Support and monitor employee payroll tax compliance activities for the United States and Puerto Rico.
• Act as the primary coordination point between client leadership teams and payroll delivery teams to ensure seamless communication and issue resolution.
• Review payroll inputs, validations, reconciliations, deductions, benefits, tax calculations, and final payroll outputs.
• Ensure compliance with payroll tax regulations, statutory filings, year-end reporting requirements, and audit standards across regions.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Tax, and external payroll vendors to streamline payroll processes and maintain operational efficiency.
• Drive governance, controls, and process improvements to enhance payroll accuracy and employee experience.
• Support payroll audits, compliance reviews, and reporting activities.
• Identify payroll risks and proactively recommend mitigation strategies.
• Assist in payroll transformation initiatives, automation opportunities, and process standardization projects.
• Prepare MIS reports, payroll analytics, and compliance dashboards for senior stakeholders and client leadership.

Required Skills

Mandatory Skills

• Strong experience in global payroll operations and payroll delivery management.
• Expertise in payroll tax and compliance processes across multiple geographies.
• Hands-on experience managing payroll operations for APAC and Europe regions.
• Knowledge of employee tax compliance requirements for the United States and Puerto Rico.
• Experience handling end-to-end payroll processes in a global organization.
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with cross-functional and international teams.

Good to Have Skills

• Experience in payroll transformation initiatives and process optimization.
• Exposure to payroll automation tools and global payroll platforms.
• Knowledge of shared services or global delivery models.
• Understanding of regional payroll practices across APAC and Europe.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in global payroll operations, payroll compliance, or payroll consulting.
• Experience working in consulting, shared services, or multinational environments will be preferred.

Desired Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills.