Analyst, Payroll

Role summary

This position focuses on managing payroll operations for domestic and international employee groups, ensuring calculations, compliance, and documentation are completed accurately and on schedule.

What you will do

• Handle recurring payroll compliance administration each month and make sure all required steps are completed.
• Work with the third-party provider that supports expatriate tax services and coordinate related activities as required.
• Communicate with assignees so that tax-related documents are filed on time.
• Review and prepare Time and Labor reports, then send them to the relevant SME for payroll approval and closure.
• Carry out Time and Labor and ROV routine tasks and complete payroll closure activities.
• Process and enter timesheets.
• Check and validate time-data queries, confirm information accuracy, and report any system-related issues.
• Calculate payroll from gross earnings to net pay, accounting for statutory and other deductions.
• Compare gross-to-net payroll results between the previous month and the current month and investigate variances.
• Maintain payroll records and update items such as coding, sick pay, garnishments, tax credits, student loans, and bank detail changes.
• Apply knowledge of statutory payroll laws to resolve more complex issues.
• Respond to employee and management queries related to payroll.
• Support internal and external audit activities.
• Ensure expense claims comply with company policy, with attention to backup documents, calculations, and accounting codes.
• Arrange timely payment of payroll taxes and other statutory deductions to the relevant authorities in each country.
• Enter electronic transfers in banking software and submit them to a supervisor for approval.
• Issue pay slips and statutory certificates/documents as needed.
• Prepare reports, statutory filings, and other required submissions for each country.
• Manage general payroll administration, including filing, form completion, pension, CSA, and year-end tax reporting, while meeting deadlines.
• Assist with software upgrades and maintenance of standard operating procedures.
• Take on additional payroll responsibilities as assigned.
• Draft SOPs and update existing SOPs to reflect process changes.
• Contribute ideas for process improvement and operational efficiency.
• Support system testing and new transition activities.
• Verify all time administration queries and process data accurately.
• Complete all time and labor activities on time and with a high level of accuracy.

About the organization

Oceaneering is a global engineering services and products company serving offshore energy and other industries. Its India Center supports a wide range of functions across the business, including engineering, robotics, automation, software, finance, HR, IT, SCM, and HSE, with a collaborative work environment and modern infrastructure.

Requirements

• A commerce graduate or higher qualification is required.
• At least 3 to 4 years of experience with an international company is preferred.
• Strong understanding of payroll practices.
• Comfortable working with Microsoft Office applications.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer-focused approach.
• Careful, accurate, and methodical work style.
• Works well in a team and remains self-driven and motivated.
• Willingness to learn new processes and implement them quickly.

Additional information

This role is based in Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, and is a full-time onsite position. The work involves payroll administration across multiple countries, including compliance, reporting, tax coordination, audits, and process improvement. No salary or stipend amount was specified in the source.