Global Payroll Administrator

Job Description As part of our continued expansion, we are on the lookout for a Global Payroll Administrator to join our Human Resources team. Based in Hyderabad, the Global Payroll Administrator is responsible for managing end-to-end payroll operations across multiple countries, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing. This role oversees payroll through various platforms and partner organizations, prepares pay journals for accounting reconciliation, and maintains strong internal controls. The successful candidate will work autonomously while collaborating with HR teams in the United States, Canada, and India. The Role As a Global Payroll Administrator, you will be responsible for: - Global Payroll Operations: - Managing payroll cycles across supported countries, including data collection, validation, approvals, and reporting. - Ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements and deadlines. - Validating gross-to-net calculations, deductions, and adjustments. - Vendor & Platform Management: - Coordinating with in-country payroll providers and global aggregators. - Overseeing integrations between Ceridian Dayforce, TriNet, BambooHR, and finance systems. - Ensuring accurate data transfers and resolve discrepancies promptly. - Accounting & Reconciliation: - Preparing and posting pay journals for accounting reconciliation. - Aligning payroll results to GL accounts and cost centers; manage accruals and reversals. - Collaborating with Finance on month-end close and variance analysis. - Compliance & Audit: - Maintaining documented procedures for each jurisdiction. - Supporting internal/external audits and statutory inspections. - Ensuring adherence to GDPR and other data privacy regulations. - Employee Support: - Responding to escalated payroll queries with accuracy and confidentiality. - Managing off-cycle payments and corrections as needed. - Continuous Improvement: - Identify process gaps and implement automation where possible. - Stay updated on legislative changes and recommend system updates. Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience Required - Minimum 10 years of payroll experience, including multi-country processing and pay journal preparation. - Proven ability to manage external payroll vendors and global platforms. - Strong understanding of payroll accounting and compliance requirements. - Education & Certifications: - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or related field. - Professional certifications (CPP, PCP/CPM, CIPP) preferred. - Skills: - Expertise in Ceridian Dayforce, TriNet, BambooHR. - Strong analytical and reconciliation skills. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities. - Working Hours: Must maintain flexible availability to cover critical payroll deadlines across global time zones, with core collaboration hours between 13:0017:00 UTC. Our Company Continent 8 has powered a second digital revolution a revolution defined by intense, instantaneous, and omnipresent computing power. We have built and secured the world's most reliable and secure edge network. Our global footprint spans every inhabited continent, and our edge network is local to over 92% of the world's population. We regularly fend off some of the most sophisticated attacks in the world and our security solutions are known to provide unmatched protection. We have developed specialized expertise in regulatory environments. We help protect against cyber and political risk, ensuring that our world class network delivers high availability and throughput. Our secure edge network is globally distributed and serves the world's most demanding industries. The gaming and financial trading industries depend on us to process billions of dollars worth of transactions each day. The transportation and autonomous vehicle industries depend on us to move the world's population. The energy and utility industries depend on us to power critical infrastructure. Organizations choose Continent 8 when they simply can't afford to lose connectivity. We are the Edge Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider of choice for the world's most demanding customers