Assistant Payroll Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing and salary disbursement.
• Manage full and final settlements for exiting employees, ensuring correctness of payouts.
• Handle reimbursement processing for senior management.
• Compute employee taxes and address payroll- and tax-related employee queries.
• Manage monthly statutory compliances including PF, ESI, and TDS payments and returns; respond to notices and queries from the Income Tax Department.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements such as Professional Tax, Bonus, and applicable labor laws.
• Prepare and issue statutory documents including Form 16, Form 16A, Form 12BA, and other relevant filings.
• Reconcile payroll-related ledgers and ensure accuracy of records.
• Support budget preparation and variable pay-out projections.
• Coordinate with internal departments, branches, and locations to resolve payroll issues and employee queries.
• Liaise with external agencies such as PF authorities, Labour Department, and insurance providers for gratuity insurance and other employee benefit programs.
• Assist in preparing actuarial data for gratuity and leave encashment valuation.
• Prepare and submit monthly manpower MIS reports.

Preferred candidate profile

• Qualification: B.Com / M.Com / MBA (Finance)
• Looking at 5-8 Years of experience with minimum 3+ years of experience in payroll processing and an overall 5+ years of experience in finance.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel.
• Flexible and adaptable to work schedules.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated team player with high levels of confidence and professionalism.