EMEA and APAC Payroll Specialist

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

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.

Ankura is looking to recruit an experienced Payroll Specialist to support the payroll processing for our EMEA and APAC region across 9 countries - currently UK, Germany, UAE, KSA, India, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and growing. Supporting the monthly payroll process, and implementing best-in-class procedure, as well as driving process improvements. Reporting to our EMEA and APAC Payroll and Benefits Manager (based in London) this is an exciting role, and you will be a key member of the People Office team. As we continue to grow and expand across the region, we need to increase our Payroll team to support our growth. As well as ensuring excellent day to day service in this role you will work with our Payroll and Benefits Manager as we look to transform and improve our payroll operations across the region. This is a hybrid role based in Gurugram, India.

 

Job Responsibilities:

Day-to-day organisation of payroll administration and employee queries, working with our payroll vendors in each country.

Prepare monthly payroll reconciliations, review and analyze 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

 

Desired Skills and Experience

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

5+ years of relevant experience

Understand multi-jurisdiction payroll and compliance obligations.

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.

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 analyze 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