Payroll Specialist

Job Description

Payroll Specialist | KBR

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at KBR, located in In-person, India(Tamil Nadu). At KBR, we deliver science, technology, and engineering solutions that help governments and companies accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. The Payroll Specialist role is crucial for supporting in-house and outsourced multi-country payroll processing, ensuring accurate and timely compensation for KBR’s global workforce. Our workforce is united by a commitment to excellence, innovation, and inclusion, creating opportunities for employees to grow and make a meaningful impact around the world.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, India(Tamil Nadu)
• Mission: This role ensures accurate and timely payroll processing across multiple countries, supporting KBR’s global operations.
• Tech Stack: Workday Payroll, ADP Global Payroll, ADP Streamline, ADP Celergo, ADP Global View, MS office functions

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support Payroll Operations: Support end-to-end payroll processing for assigned countries or regions, ensuring payroll is processed accurately and on time.
• Manage Payroll Transactions: Process payroll transactions in Workday Payroll, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, allowances, deductions, and tax changes.
• Coordinate Outsourced Services: Coordinate with ADP outsourced payroll providers to submit payroll data, validate payroll outputs, and ensure timely payroll completion.
• Ensure Payroll Accuracy: Review payroll previews, variance reports, and gross-to-net calculations, ensuring payroll inputs are complete, accurate, and aligned with approved HR and Finance data.
• Maintain Compliance & Records: Perform payroll audits and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance, maintaining payroll documentation for internal and external audits.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 3 to 4 years of hands-on experience in Workday Payroll, ADP Global Payroll, ADP Streamline, ADP Celergo, ADP Global View, or similar platforms.
• Skills: Familiarity with payroll accounting, GL reporting, payroll funding, and reconciliation processes; knowledge of HRIS, time and attendance, benefits, and compensation interfaces with payroll; proficient in MS office functions, well versed in Data Analytics, good communication skills in English both written and oral.
• Bonus: Payroll certification such as CPP, FPC, CIPP, PCP, or equivalent.