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Global Payroll Analyst

Fivetran· Finance Department
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Hybrid (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)Full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Global Payroll Analyst based in Bengaluru, India, reporting to a manager in the United States. Focus on processing U.S. payroll in Workday while supporting India payroll, EOR/PEO arrangements, and payroll in other countries. Requires cross-time-zone collaboration and adherence to payroll timelines and compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Process multi-state U.S. payroll for exempt and non-exempt employees using Workday Payroll, including regular wages, bonuses, commissions, equity transactions, leaves, and final payments.
  • Perform end-to-end payroll activities, including reviewing inputs, validating calculations, running audits, resolving discrepancies, preparing payroll registers, and supporting payroll approval and settlement.
  • Coordinate payroll for workers engaged through EOR and PEO providers.
  • Support India payroll processing and review, including payroll inputs, statutory deductions and contributions, employee changes, terminations, reconciliations, and coordination with local payroll partners.
  • Monitor payroll cases and ticket queues; respond to employee questions regarding pay, taxes, deductions, benefits, time off, and payroll timing with accuracy, empathy, and clear ownership through resolution.
  • Partner with payroll vendors and internal teams to investigate and resolve payroll issues, track open items, meet cutoffs, and ensure timely follow-through.
  • Support payroll accounting activities, including payroll journals, accruals, and investigation of payroll-to-general-ledger differences.
  • Maintain payroll documentation, calendars, checklists, standard operating procedures, and country-specific process information to support controls and cross-training.
  • Assist with internal and external audits, SOX controls, year-end activities, statutory reporting, and other payroll compliance requirements.
  • Contribute to payroll implementations, integrations, testing, process improvements, and automation initiatives across Workday and the broader global payroll environment.
  • Build trusted relationships with HR, HRIS, Accounting, Finance, Tax, Benefits, Equity, Legal, and external payroll partners across regions and time zones.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of payroll experience, including hands-on responsibility for payroll processing, audits, reconciliations, and employee support.
  • 3+ years of hands-on U.S. payroll processing experience using Workday Payroll and Workday Time Tracking.
  • Working knowledge of U.S. federal, state, and local payroll taxation and wage-and-hour requirements, including multi-state payroll.
  • Hands-on India payroll experience, including familiarity with common statutory payroll requirements and local payroll practices.
  • Experience supporting payroll through EOR and/or PEO providers across multiple countries.
  • Experience managing employee inquiries through a case-management or ticketing system and communicating complex payroll topics clearly.
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, formulas, data validation, and reconciliation of large data sets.
  • Demonstrated attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and success meeting multiple payroll deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across time zones.
  • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and sound judgment.
  • Ability to work a schedule that provides regular overlap with U.S. Pacific or Eastern business hours.
  • Experience with ADP SmartCompliance.
  • Experience supporting payroll operations in additional countries or regions beyond the United States and India.
  • Payroll accounting experience, including journals, accruals, and general ledger reconciliation.
  • Experience with payroll implementations, acquisitions, integrations, user acceptance testing, or process automation.
  • Experience working in a SOX-controlled and high-growth global environment.

Skills

Required:Payroll processingWorkday PayrollTaxation and complianceEOR/PEO payroll

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance
  • Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
  • RSU stock grants
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
  • Monthly cell phone stipend
  • Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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