Senior Payroll Specialist -11944

Senior Payroll Specialist -11944

• Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.
• Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.
• Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other. 

What You’ll Do:

• End-to-End Processing: Follow the payroll calendar timelines to prepare accurate inputs, validate new hire information, and submit data for next-level review and vendor processing.
• Quality Assurance: Review and validate payroll outputs, salary calculations, and backup records to ensure 100% accuracy.
• Financial Coordination: Coordinate approvals with the payroll manager, process payments (Net, tax, invoices), and share Gross‑to‑Net and Journal Entries with the accounting team.
• Query & Vendor Management: Manage daily payroll queries, ticketing systems, and vendor communications efficiently.
• Post Payroll activities: Complete trackers, KPIs, FloQast sign‑offs, and manage timely statutory payments (PF, PT, TDS and other Compliance Payment).
• Audit & Year-End: Manage year‑end filings, reconciliations, and employee support for tax forms (e.g., Form 16 /130). Prepare comprehensive payroll data for audits and ensure adherence to internal controls. Support all internal and external financial audits 
• Process Improvement: Ensure timely updates to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and act as a reliable backup for team members. Lead initiatives to streamline payroll workflows and enhance efficiency in collaboration with cross-functional partners
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with HR and other related department to ensure seamless data flow between systems and verify that personnel changes are accurately reflected in payroll
• Compliance & Tax Management: Apply deep knowledge of international tax regulations, local wage laws, and statutory requirements to ensure full global compliance.
• Records Management: Maintain comprehensive payroll records in accordance with company policies and internal control protocols (SOX/compliance)

What you will bring to Coupa:

• Experience: Minimum 10–12 years of recent, ideally within a fast-growth company environment, and experience in Tech company can be added advantage
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in modern payroll systems, service desk tools, and MS Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, etc.).
• Subject Matter Expertise: Deep, proven knowledge of Indian payroll protocols, labor laws, taxation, statutory regulations, and audit requirements.
• Work Ethic: Ability to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines, and maintain strict data confidentiality with a strong sense of professional integrity.
• Analytical Mindset: Highly detail-oriented with a passion for numerical accuracy and data integrity.
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; able to explain complex payroll concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Proactive and flexible; comfortable navigating the shifting priorities of all business.
• Problem Solving: Assertive and creative approach to resolving issues and escalating risks when necessary.

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