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Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.\nThe Payroll Expert is responsible for ensuring accurate, efficient and timely payroll processing while maintaining compliance with statutory, tax, and company requirements. The role serves as a subject matter expert for payroll operations, process improvements, controls, audits, vendor management, and stakeholder support.\nJob Description\nKey Responsibilities\nExecute end-to-end payroll processing for the Philippines and India. \nEnsure accurate and timely payroll delivery in line with established deadlines.\nValidate payroll data, calculations, deductions, and statutory payments.\nReview payroll results and perform payroll reconciliations.\nExecute payroll controls and ensure compliance with internal control frameworks (Novartis Financial Controls Manual).\nEnsure compliance with local labor laws, tax regulations, and statutory requirements.\nManage statutory filings, tax payments, year-end processes, and payroll audits.\nInvestigate payroll issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions and process improvements.\nAct as a key payroll partner for People & Organization, Finance, Tax, Benefits teams, external vendors, employees, and business leaders by providing guidance and resolving inquiries.\nSupport payroll systems, testing, process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives, including maintaining SOPs and work instructions.\nEssential Requirements\nBachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.\n5+ years of payroll experience in a multinational environment handling end to end payroll processing for Philippines. Experience of Australia, New Zealand or India Payroll would be an added advantage.\nStrong knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation, and statutory compliance.\nExperience with payroll systems such as Workday, SAP, ADP.\nAdvanced Excel and data analysis skills.\nCommitment to Diversity and Inclusion\nNovartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.\nAccessibility and accommodation\nNovartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to  and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.\nSkills Desired\nCommunication, Employee Lifecycle, Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), Operational Excellence, Problem Solving, User Assistance, Workforce Administration","description_format":"text","description_chars":2995,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Oncology Therapeutics","Neurology & CNS Therapeutics","Immunology & Inflammation Therapeutics","Cardiometabolic Therapeutics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T20:16:05Z"}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":38,"reasons":["conf:9","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/novartis-payroll-expert","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/novartis-payroll-expert.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T02:40:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2399,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2601,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}