Senior Officer - Payroll (1 year Contract)

City: Hyderabad

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

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Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance. Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time. Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

As a Payroll & Benefits Senior Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of accurate, compliant, and employee-centric payroll services while supporting a complex and dynamic international environment. This role goes beyond transactional payroll processing. You will serve as a trusted payroll expert, driving operational excellence, risk mitigation, compliance, and continuous improvement across your designated markets. You will work closely with HR, Finance, Tax, external payroll providers, and business stakeholders to ensure payroll operations are executed to the highest standard. Given our current strategic priorities, we are particularly interested in professionals with strong Dutch payroll expertise, including experience navigating complex tax, social security, and equity-related payroll matters.

Your responsibilities

• Collect and validate payroll inputs within defined cut-off timelines and process payroll with high accuracy.

• Review attendance, time data, and exception reports, resolve any discrepancies.

• Perform variance analysis and apply payroll controls to ensure accuracy in payslip generation.

• Ensure timely salary disbursement for assigned countries.

• Address and resolve employee payroll queries in a professional and timely manner.

• Ensure adherence to local statutory compliance, labor laws, and audit requirements.

• Manage payroll reports and coordinate with Finance and HR for audits and reconciliations.

• Support benefit-related deductions (e.g., superannuation, salary sacrifice, novated lease) as applicable by country.

• Maintain and update payroll calendars in alignment with fiscal timelines.

• Maintain up-to-date payroll documentation and process SOPs.

• Support process improvements, automation, and standardization.

The experience we're looking for

• Experience working as a Payroll Analyst, Payroll Coordinator, or similar role, supporting one or more countries in the SOA, ANZ, or AME regions (e.g., South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, India, Australia, etc.).

• Exposure to one or more payroll systems/vendors, such as ADP, NGA (Alight), or Dayforce.

• Proficiency in HR systems; experience with SAP SuccessFactors is a plus.

• Understanding of full-cycle payroll processes, including new hires, exits, promotions, and F&F settlements.

• Familiarity with local payroll regulations and statutory requirements in supported countries.

• Ability to manage vendor relationships and ensure SLA adherence for payroll service partners.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in HR, Finance, or related field.

• Minimum 3–6 years of payroll experience, preferably in a shared services or multi-country setup.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel for payroll calculations and reporting.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and critical thinking skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, global team environment.

The skills for success

Total rewards, Compensation Benchmarking, Rewards,APP

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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