We’re a growing team, and as we scale, so does our need to focus on expanding our accounting team. You’ll be joining a people-focused company, and as a Lead Payroll Operations Specialist, you will oversee multi-country payroll operations. This role will be responsible for end-to-end payroll processing for India, UK, and Germany while managing payroll specialists handling Czech Republic, US, Netherlands, Finland, and Sweden payrolls.
You will have extensive experience in Indian payroll regulations, strong expertise in UK and Germany payroll, and the ability to lead a payroll team while working at both micro and macro levels of payroll strategy and operations.
You must be accessible during U.S. business hours, particularly overlapping with Central Time (ET) from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM IST, to ensure effective collaboration with U.S.-based teams
THE OPPORTUNITY
- Payroll Processing & Compliance:
- Manage and process payroll for India, UK, and Germany, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely execution.
- Act as a subject matter expert for Indian payroll: Ensure compliance with TDS, EPF, ESI, PT, Gratuity, Bonus Act, and other statutory requirements.
- Oversee UK payroll compliance (PAYE, NI, pensions) and Germany payroll laws.
- Monitor and implement regulatory changes across assigned payroll regions.
- Conduct payroll audits, reconciliations, and compliance reporting.
- Team Leadership & Oversight:
- Lead and manage payroll specialists responsible for:
- Czech Republic payroll
- US, Netherlands, Finland, and Sweden payrolls
- Ensure payroll specialists are trained, supported, and aligned with global payroll strategies.
- Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance management for team members.
- Foster a collaborative payroll team culture while driving process efficiency.
- Payroll Strategy & Technology:
- Optimize payroll systems, integrations, and automation initiatives.
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, and IT teams to enhance payroll processes.
- Identify and implement payroll best practices to drive accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
- Manage third-party payroll providers and ensure compliance with SLAs.
- Work at both macro (strategic) and micro (transactional) levels of payroll operations.
- Other duties as assigned.
THE SKILL SET
- Preferred a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 7+ years of payroll experience, with a strong focus on India payroll processing
- Experience processing payroll in the UK and Germany
- Prior experience managing multi-country payroll operations is preferred
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing payroll teams
- Expertise in payroll software. Experience with ADP solutions is a plus
- Strong understanding of payroll compliance, taxation, and statutory regulations
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to work in both hands-on (micro) and strategic (macro) capacities
- High level of integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Must be accessible during U.S. business hours, particularly overlapping with Central Time (ET) from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM IST, to ensure effective collaboration with U.S.-based teams.
THE BENEFITS
- Professional growth and Development opportunities.
- Working within a team of friendly, skilled people where help is always within reach
- Flexible working hours
- 4 recharge days, where the entire company goes on a brief pause in all geographies for 1 day each quarter. This day can be spent in whatever way helps you recharge, to regain energy, and dive back into the next workday
- High-end laptop (Dell or Mac)
- Competitive pay and bonus
- 18 vacation days in a year in addition to 12 days sick and 3 days casual leave.
- 16 hours of paid volunteer time off per year
- Wedding gift and newborn gift allowance for employees.
- 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and one week of paid paternity leave.
- Health Insurance of up to 7 lacs for self, spouse, 4 dependent children, and parents. 100% of the premium is paid by Vendavo and it covers the employee, spouse, children, and their parents.
- Provident fund contributions
THE VENDAVO STORY
Vendavo partners with the world’s leading companies to accelerate growth and profitability, advance innovation, and build more prosperous communities. Our powerful, cloud-based, AI-powered pricing, selling, and prescribing solutions empower global manufacturers and distributors to manage, optimize, and digitize their end-to-end commercial processes. But we offer so much more than software. Our proven, repeatable process, and passionate, experienced people accelerate value and drive profitable, unrivaled business outcomes for our customers. We are passionate about helping our customers deliver the right products, at the right prices, at the right time, for the right people.
OUR SAAS PRODUCTS
Our B2B pricing and selling solutions include Vendavo Intelligent CPQ, Margin Bridge Analyzer, Profit Analyzer, Business Risk and Sales Alerts, Vendavo Sales Optimizer, Deal Price Optimizer, Vendavo Pricepoint, and Rebate & Channel Manager. You can learn more about our products here.
OUR FUNDING
We are backed by two of the top high-tech private equity firms in the world, have excellent financial health, and boast the top SaaS retention in our space.
OUR CULTURE & YOU
We collaborate with our customers unlike any others in our industry. Anchored in our values (Move with Integrity, Be Clear, Win as One, Slove for the Customer, Build What’s Next), we are growing, constantly innovating, and consistently driving sustainable outcomes for our clients and partners.
Unlocking opportunities for our customers would not be possible without our employees. When you are part of Vendavo, you’re part of a company that’s committed to your growth and invested in your career. Diversity, inclusion, and celebration of community are at our core, and we come together to learn from each other and honor our commitments.
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OUR TEAM IS GROWING. YOU WILL TOO.
