Wood
Wood
Wood is a global consulting, engineering, and construction company working across the energy and materials sectors. Its teams help clients improve and decarbonize complex industrial assets through engineering services, digital solutions, and advisory work. Wood’s expertise spans oil and gas, carbon capture, hydrogen, power, renewables, chemicals, life sciences, minerals, and metals, with projects focused on areas such as methane reduction, clean fuels, carbon strategy, operational efficiency, and asset integrity. The company brings together a large, multidisciplinary workforce to support industrial transformation and the energy transition.

Payroll Administrator at Wood — Gurugram Hybrid

Manage accurate, timely payroll processing for Wood’s global energy and materials business. Responsibilities include reconciliations, statutory reporting, tax payments, employee queries, and post-payroll administration.

Description

  • Process payrolls on schedule in line with labour regulations and accounting standards
  • Validate payroll inputs such as overtime, sickness, allowances, deductions, starters, and leavers within required deadlines
  • Calculate salaries, complete reconciliations, and prepare payroll payment files
  • Complete post-payroll work including payslips, statutory reports, costing, third-party interfaces, and accounting entries
  • Resolve employee questions, escalations, and statutory pay matters
  • Monitor and assess payroll quality and productivity
  • Coordinate with relevant stakeholders as needed
  • Partner with Global Mobility on payroll-related tax implications when required
  • Process and reconcile tax and sickness payments in accordance with regulatory requirements
  • Match payroll registers to tax filing reports to support accurate payments and on-time filings
  • Review and support general ledger reconciliations for payroll and payroll taxes
  • Deliver accurate, high-quality payroll information within established deadlines
  • Review payroll outputs and coordinate required payments
  • Prepare month-end third-party schedules and payments
  • Follow all internal payroll procedures
  • Ensure payroll queries and internal or external information requests are handled promptly

Requirements

  • At least two years of overall work experience
  • Payroll knowledge is preferred
  • UK payroll experience is prioritised
  • A payroll certification or related professional course is an advantage
  • Strong analytical and technical capability, careful attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
  • Working knowledge of tax compliance software and supporting database tools
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Word
  • Ability to identify and support process improvements
  • Proficiency with tax compliance software and supporting database tools
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse, geographically distributed teams and customers
  • Strong organisation and time-management skills
  • Practical experience managing weekly, fortnightly, and monthly payrolls
  • Experience using a Query Management System
  • Experience with general ledger reconciliations and finance activities after payroll is desirable
  • Ability to preserve employee confidentiality and protect payroll operations
  • Experience with data entry and reporting
  • Ability to deliver results through communication and facilitation in a matrix service-delivery environment with shared accountability
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
  • Sound judgement, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to prioritise and manage workloads through to completion

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