Senior Payroll Specialist EMEA & APAC FTC 19 months

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Our EMEA APAC Payroll team is part of our Ankura Business Services function.

The People Office is a strategic partner and enabler for our business and provides support and services to our leaders and colleagues across all of our markets to unlock the potential of our people through a differentiated culture, employee experience, and set of learning and development opportunities.

Role Overview:

Ankura is looking to recruit an experienced Payroll Specialist on a 19 months fixed term contract to support the payroll processing for our EMEA and APAC region. You will be responsible for some of the countries and provide back up support for others, across 12 countries - currently UK, Ireland, Belgium, Spain, Germany, UAE, KSA, India, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and growing. This is an exciting role, and you will be a key member of the People Office team.  As well as ensuring excellent day to day service in this role you will have the opportunity to work on projects as we look to transform and improve our payroll operations across the region. The expected duration of the 19th month fixed term contract is September 2026 to March 2028.

This is a hybrid role based in Gurugram, India.

Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day organisation of payroll administration and employee queries, working with outsourced payroll vendors.

• Strong working knowledge of India payroll compliance requirements. Experience processing India payrolls in house from start to finish is a plus but not a must, as our India payroll is also outsourced.

• Prepare monthly payroll reconciliations, review and analyse payroll reports for accuracy to identify discrepancies or errors and make necessary corrections.

• Conduct payroll audits to ensure payroll reporting and payments are compliant with company policy and local regulations.

• Resolve complex payroll issues and employee queries to ensure smooth payroll processing.

• Develop, maintain, and execute payroll checklists.

• Continuously review payroll process documents and ensure they are up to date at all times.

• Support payroll audits and year end processes in each country.

• Review and implement process improvements.

• Have a sound knowledge of international benefits and how they impact payroll

• Any other tasks as assigned or required for the role

Requirements:

• Sound working knowledge of coordinating the payroll process for complex global payrolls, working with outsourced payroll providers.

• 5-10 years of relevant experience

• Understand multi-jurisdiction payroll and compliance obligations.

• Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy.

• Strong numeracy and analytical skills to review and analyse payroll data for accuracy.

• Ability to think critically and logically

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to collaborate & communicate effectively with employees, colleagues from HR, Finance and external providers on issues and provide recommendations.

• Ability to work independently and handle multiple projects and tight deadlines.

• Advanced Excel skills and confident with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment.

• Experience with Workday a plus

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