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About this Payroll Specialist role at KBR

KBR · Onsite · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Payroll Specialist

At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. 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.

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Specialist to support in-house payroll processing through Workday Payroll and outsourced Payroll solution through ADP. The role will support multi-country payroll processing, including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and APAC regions. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on payroll experience, excellent attention to detail, experience working with payroll vendors, and the ability to manage payroll activities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Payroll Processing

  • Support end-to-end payroll processing for assigned countries or regions, ensuring payroll is processed accurately and on time.
  • Process payroll transactions in Workday Payroll, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, allowances, deductions, tax changes, and other payroll inputs.
  • Coordinate with ADP outsourced payroll providers to submit payroll data, validate payroll outputs, and ensure timely payroll completion.
  • Review payroll previews, variance reports, gross-to-net calculations, and final payroll registers before approval.
  • Ensure payroll inputs are complete, accurate, and aligned with approved HR and Finance data.
  • Support off-cycle payroll processing, retro payments, corrections, and final settlements as required.
  • Work with local payroll providers, HR teams, Finance, and other stakeholders to resolve payroll-related issues.
  • Ensure payroll activities comply with applicable country-specific statutory, tax, social security, pension, and employment requirements.
  • Maintain awareness of country-specific payroll rules, deadlines, statutory reporting requirements, and year-end activities.

Payroll Controls and Compliance

  • Perform payroll audits and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance.
  • Ensure all payroll activities follow internal controls, company policies, approval matrices, and audit requirements.
  • Maintain payroll documentation, process notes, approvals, and evidence for internal and external audits.
  • Support statutory filings, year-end reporting, tax forms, and compliance-related payroll activities.
  • Ensure payroll activities comply with applicable country-specific statutory, tax, social security, pension, and employment requirements.
  • Protect employee payroll data and always ensure confidentiality.

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor's Degree either in Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related discipline.

Special skills / Instructions

Hands on 3 to 4 years’ experience in Workday Payroll, ADP Global Payroll, ADP Streamline, ADP Celergo, ADP Global View, or similar platforms.

Familiarity with payroll accounting, GL reporting, payroll funding, and reconciliation processes.

Experience supporting payroll year-end activities, tax reporting, and statutory filings.

Knowledge of HRIS, time and attendance, benefits, and compensation interfaces with payroll.

Payroll certification such as CPP, FPC, CIPP, PCP, or equivalent is an advantage.

Proficient in MS office functions, well versed in Data Analytics, Good communication skills in English both written and oral.

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About KBR

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World. KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeh

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