Payroll Analyst II
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Barracuda Networks is seeking a detail‑driven and compliance‑focused Payroll Analyst to support payroll operations across India and the APAC region. This role plays a critical part in ensuring payroll accuracy, statutory compliance, robust controls, and delivery of payroll within strict deadlines in a fast‑paced, global environment.
You’ll report to Global Payroll Operations and work closely with HR, Finance and external vendors to deliver reliable, compliant, and employee‑centric payroll services while continuously improving processes and controls.
What you’ll be working on
- End‑to‑end payroll delivery for India and APAC countries, ensuring payroll is processed accurately, on time, and in strict adherence to agreed payroll calendars and statutory deadlines.
- Vendor management and governance, including participation in the selection, management, and performance monitoring of external payroll providers.
- Payroll compliance ownership, ensuring all payroll activities align with local labor laws, tax regulations, social security requirements, and audit standards across India and APAC jurisdictions.
- Payroll reconciliation and controls, including variance analysis, gross‑to‑net reconciliations, statutory reconciliations, and alignment between payroll, HR systems, and finance ledgers.
- Act as a key liaison between HR and Finance, providing timely and accurate inputs for month‑end close, financial reporting, accruals, audits, and statutory filings.
- Employee support and education, responding to payroll queries professionally and delivering payroll‑related training or guidance as needed.
- Maintain and continuously improve payroll policies, SOPs, documentation, and audit trails, ensuring they remain current and compliant.
- Manage employee lifecycle payroll activities, including onboarding, offboarding, statutory registrations, deregistrations, and final settlements.
- Support internal and external audits, annual financial statements, and compliance reviews with complete, well‑documented payroll data.
- Collaborate with Global HR Operations and HRIS teams to ensure consistent system usage, data integrity, and successful rollout or enhancement of payroll tools across APAC.
- Oversee time and attendance/payroll input processes, ensuring controls are in place to prevent errors and compliance risks.
- Perform payroll data analysis and reporting, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
What you bring to the role
- 5+ years of hands‑on payroll experience covering India and the APAC region.
- Strong working knowledge of India payroll legislation, with exposure to other APAC labor laws and statutory frameworks.
- Proven experience managing payroll compliance, reconciliations, audits, and deadline‑driven payroll environments.
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and ownership, while respecting all payroll deadlines.
- Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills (reconciliations, controls, reporting).
- Experience working with payroll vendors, HR systems, and finance teams in a global organization.
- Proactive, solutions‑oriented, and comfortable working in a fast‑moving environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (fluent English required).
- Strong collaboration skills with the confidence to challenge data, controls, or processes when compliance or accuracy is at risk.
What you’ll get from us
A team where you can voice your opinion, make an impact, and where you and your experience are valued. Internal mobility – there are opportunities for cross training and the ability to attain your next career step within Barracuda. In addition, you will receive equity, in the form of non-qualifying options.