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Payroll Operations Analyst
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  • Full time
  • Chennai, Tamil Nādu, India
  • Analytics
Job ID R200001523 Closing date 30/04/2026 Last Updated 25/03/2026

Payroll Operations Analyst – APAC

Location: Chennai, India
Department: Global HR & Payroll Services (HR Hub)

Role Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Payroll Analyst – APAC with 3–5 years of experience to support payroll operations across multiple countries in the APAC region, including Australia, India, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam, Japan and Korea.

This role is part of a global shared services environment, responsible for delivering accurate, compliant, and timely payroll while collaborating with internal stakeholders and external payroll vendors.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end payroll processing for multiple APAC countries
  • Ensure timely and accurate submission of payroll inputs to outsourced service providers
  • Validate payroll outputs and perform variance analysis and reconciliations
  • Monitor payroll integrations (e.g., Workday / SAP SuccessFactors) and resolve issues
  • Ensure compliance with country-specific statutory requirements (tax, social security, etc.)
  • Coordinate and review statutory filings and payments
  • Support payroll accounting activities, including GL postings, accruals, and funding
  • Handle month-end and year-end payroll activities, including reporting and audits
  • Maintain accurate payroll records, documentation, and audit trails
  • Act as the first point of contact for payroll-related queries and escalations
  • Collaborate with vendors to ensure SLA adherence and issue resolution
  • Drive process improvements and automation initiatives

Key Stakeholders

  • Payroll service providers
  • Finance & Accounting teams
  • HR Business Partners and HR Operations
  • External vendors (benefits providers, statutory bodies)
  • Employees across APAC regions

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, HR, Accounting, or related field
  • Payroll certification is an advantage

Experience & Skills

  • 3–5 years of payroll experience, preferably supporting APAC countries
  • Strong knowledge of payroll processes in countries such as Australia, India, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam, Japan and Korea is highly beneficial
  • Experience working with outsourced payroll vendors
  • Familiarity with Workday and/or SAP SuccessFactors
  • Good understanding of payroll accounting and reconciliations
  • Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data analysis)
  • High attention to detail with strong ownership and accountability
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Why Join Us

  • Opportunity to work in a global payroll environment
  • Exposure to multi-country payroll operations
  • Collaborative and dynamic work culture
  • Continuous learning and process improvement focus

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.

With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.

Glencore’s customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.​

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