The Payroll operations and automation Leader will be a part of the Payroll function in Global Operations team. The role acts as a subject matter specialist for all ongoing Payroll operations, process improvement and innovation efforts, identifying prospective automation opportunities and delivering the technology solutions.
Job Summary
As the Payroll operations and automation Leader in the Payroll function in Global Operations team, you will act as a subject matter specialist for all ongoing Payroll operations, process improvement and innovation efforts, identifying prospective automation opportunities and delivering the technology solutions.
Job responsibilities
- Be a self-motivated and result-oriented individual with an ability and experience to manage, motivate and lead teams of skilled staff consistently, while taking equitable and fair decisions in leadership.
- Maintain emphasis within the team on deadlines, quality, knowledge, communication, data privacy, control procedures and continuous improvement on performance standards in a multi-country payroll environment
- Exhibit organization & time management skills. Should exercise good judgment in prioritizing deliverables for oneself and team
- Interact closely with Payroll/Offboarding vendors to ensure timely and accurate service delivery
- Co-ordinate with all stakeholders including all HR teams for business needs
- Take process, knowledge documents, and team performance and development
- Interact closely with vendors & other process partners to identify automation opportunities in current business processes and develop appropriate technology solutions
- Drive & encourage process improvement opportunities
- Demonstrate execution skills
- Complete performance reviews with TL's and meet their respective teams to discuss performance and work with them on development plans.
- Coach, provide feedback, mentor, lead by example, and provide direction and guidance to their TL's.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Graduate with overall 6+ years Operations Experience Payroll / Benefit / Taxation, out of which 4+ years of relevant Automation, Robotics, Business Process Analysis experience with a proven track record of process improvement and automation projects in the field of HR.
- Knowledge of multinational payroll /accounting/ Extensive knowledge of SAP Payroll or other payroll processing ERPs / Project Management
- Exposure to process improvement tools, people & process management
- Experience developing and designing current state and future state process maps
- Strong in MS Excel with knowledge of more advanced formulas and Macros
- Knowledge of RPA and RDA project delivery
- Experience in testing Intelligent Automation (IA) and AI-driven payroll solutions
- Ability to validate automated workflows, rule engines, and exception handling processes
- Knowledge of test case development for robotic process automation (RPA) in payroll systems
- Knowledge of regression testing methodologies for payroll system upgrades
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
