Senior Payroll Manager India & PTAB

Job Title: Senior Payroll Manager India & PTAB

Location: UniOps Bangalore Centre

Reports to: Global Payroll Director

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Position Overview:

We are looking for a highly experienced and dynamic Senior Payroll Manager to oversees our payroll operations. This role is multifaceted, combining expertise in payroll management, compliance, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration across India and PTAB region, with operations in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Our goal is to provide precise and compliant payroll services to our regional workforce. The role will be a dual role between leading the regional operation and participate at the transformation/Continuous improvement agenda.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee Payroll Operations: Manage end-to-end payroll processes, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing for all employees in compliance with the local markets and in internal policies.

• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to address payroll-related inquiries and issues. Build strong relationships with HR, Finance, Global Mobility, Equity and other departments.

• Working in conjunction with the key COE members (Center of Expertise team) in term of key activities such as Vendor Management, continuous improvement, development and implementation of policies, procedures and maintain payroll policies.

• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

• Lead and support payroll transformation initiatives to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and integrate new technologies.

• Ensures (through relevant audits and reporting) that the payroll systems, processes, policies and tools are compliant with Unilevers internal-process standards and external regulatory requirements.

• Generate and analyze payroll reports to provide insights and support decision-making. Identify trends and areas for improvement.

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of payroll professionals to achieve operational excellence and career growth.

• Develop and oversee activities/plans required to mitigate/prevent country exposure to both internal and external risk.

• Shares internal and external knowledge and best practices amongst the members of the PEX Leadership and Payroll expertise team

Qualifications, experience and skills set required:

• Bachelor s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. Minimum of 5-10 years of experience with +10k Headcount in payroll operations specially in India payroll operation. Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan experience are desirable, with at least 5 years in a management role.

• Proven experience in managing multi-countries, multi sites and cross-functional stakeholders and payroll vendors.

• In-depth understanding of SOX controls and compliance requirements.

• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity.

• Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment.

• Able to create and drive adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change.

• Speaking English fluent professional. Strong verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentations. Speaking local language will be a plus

• High financial and business acumen.

• Strong in selling ideas and concepts.

• Inspiring, motivational, and accountable people leader, able to lead remote and cross-cultural teams and connect people and ideas.

• Strong in project and time management for complex global projects

• Flexibility working hours is also potentially required.

LEADERSHIP

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others - both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PERSONAL MASTERY : Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.

• TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people - coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.

• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

• CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

• BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.