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Senior Payroll Analyst, International Payroll Operations

Glean: Glean

Job Location:

Bengaluru - India

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 10 June 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 5 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Glean:

Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industrys most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem powering intelligent Search an AI Assistant and scalable AI agents on one secure open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors flexible LLM choice and robust APIs Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern scale and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.

At its core Glean is redefining how enterprises find use and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people content and activity delivering deeply personalized context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Gleans agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industrys broadest range of data: enterprise and world structured and unstructured historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding hours of productivity gained each week and smarter safer decisions at every level.

Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies (Top 10 2025) by CNBCs Disruptor 50 Bloombergs AI Startups to Watch (2026) Forbes AI 50 and Gartners Tech Innovators in Agentic AI Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50 industries and 1000 employees in more than 25 countries were helping the worlds largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.

If youre excited to shape how the world works youll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams Zoom ServiceNow Zendesk GitHub and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. Youll ship agentic capabilities on an open extensible stack with the craft and care required for enterprise trust as we bring Work AI to every employee in every company.

About the Role:

Glean is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Payroll Analyst to manage and support international payroll operations with a strong emphasis on India United Kingdom Singapore Canada and Australia payroll processes and compliance.

The Senior Payroll Analyst plays a critical role in delivering accurate compliant and timely payroll across international employee populations while ensuring adherence to country-specific statutory tax labour and reporting requirements. This position is responsible for end-to-end payroll operations payroll governance payroll validation controls reconciliations statutory compliance process optimization and cross-functional collaboration with HR Strategic Finance Accounting Legal Benefits external payroll providers and actuarial partners.

The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in international payroll operations payroll controls payroll accounting statutory compliance and analytical capabilities with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and high-growth environment.

You will:

Manage end-to-end payroll processing for international entities with primary focus on India United Kingdom Singapore Canada and Australia payroll operations ensuring payroll accuracy completeness and timely disbursement.
Perform detailed payroll input validations by reviewing HRIS and payroll input data received from HR People Operations Benefits Equity and Finance teams to ensure completeness accuracy and appropriate approvals prior to payroll processing.
Validate payroll changes including new hires terminations compensation revisions bonuses commissions leave payouts benefit changes stock transactions tax updates and one-time adjustments before payroll submission.
Conduct detailed payroll variance analysis by comparing current payroll outputs against prior payroll cycles identifying unusual fluctuations investigating discrepancies and ensuring appropriate resolution prior to payroll sign-off.
Review payroll output reports to validate employee pay taxes statutory deductions benefit deductions retro calculations and net pay accuracy across all payroll cycles.
Ensure accurate processing of all payroll components including regular earnings bonuses incentives commissions reimbursements statutory payments retro adjustments leave encashments equity-related transactions and final settlements.
Conduct rigorous pre- and post-payroll audits and reconciliations to validate payroll outputs statutory deductions taxes benefits funding reports and compliance requirements.
Perform payroll register to General Ledger (GL) reconciliations ensuring payroll expenses liabilities accruals taxes and benefit postings are accurately reflected in the accounting records and aligned with accounting requirements.
Partner closely with Accounting to investigate and resolve payroll-related GL variances reconciliation breaks accrual discrepancies and funding issues.
Coordinate with actuarial consultants for India gratuity and leave encashment valuations by preparing and validating employee census data payroll inputs attrition data and benefit-related information required for actuarial valuation exercises.
Review actuarial valuation reports for gratuity and leave encashment liabilities validate payroll-related assumptions and employee data accuracy and support Finance and Accounting teams with accrual booking requirements.
Prepare and provide gratuity and leave encashment accrual data movement schedules and supporting reconciliations for accounting close and audit requirements.
Maintain strong working knowledge of country-specific payroll regulations tax laws labor requirements social security contributions and statutory reporting obligations. Support payroll compliance requirements including:

India: PF ESI PT TDS LWF gratuity leave encashment bonus and labor law compliance.
UK: PAYE National Insurance pension auto-enrollment statutory payments P60/P45 processing and HMRC reporting.
Singapore: CPF Tax reporting SDL contributions tax clearance requirements and local statutory obligations.
Canada: CPP EI provincial tax regulations year-end slips (T4) and CRA compliance.
Australia: Superannuation PAYG withholding STP reporting payroll tax and Fair Work compliance.

Partner with payroll vendors tax advisors actuarial consultants and compliance partners to ensure payroll timelines accuracy statutory compliance and SLA commitments are consistently met.
Prepare payroll reports statutory filings audit schedules management reporting payroll analytics and variance explanations for leadership and internal stakeholders.
Support internal and external audits by maintaining payroll documentation reconciliations SOPs audit trails compliance evidence and statutory records.
Develop and maintain payroll process documentation standard operating procedures (SOPs) payroll calendars and internal controls across international payroll operations.
Collaborate with HR Accounting Legal Equity Benefits and People Operations teams to ensure seamless payroll support throughout the employee lifecycle.
Provide payroll support to employees and internal stakeholders by responding to payroll inquiries and resolving issues accurately and professionally.
Support payroll system implementations integrations testing activities and payroll process improvement initiatives.
Assist in payroll transformation and automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency scalability and control effectiveness.
Ensure confidentiality and integrity of payroll and employee data in compliance with internal policies and applicable data privacy regulations.

About you:

Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration Human Resources or a related field.
Minimum 8 years of progressive payroll experience with strong exposure to international payroll operations.
Hands-on experience managing payroll processes for India country is required.
Experience in United Kingdom Singapore Canada and Australia would be advantageous
Experience working with enterprise payroll and HRIS platforms such as Workday ADP Rippling or similar global payroll systems.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets including pivot tables lookups formulas reconciliations and payroll analytics.
Strong understanding of payroll accounting reconciliations statutory reporting accruals and payroll controls.
Experience supporting payroll audits SOX/internal controls and compliance environments is preferred.
Experience managing third-party payroll vendors and multi-country payroll service delivery models.
Exposure to equity compensation stock plans or global mobility payroll is an added advantage.
Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple payroll calendars deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across global teams.
Payroll certifications or country-specific payroll qualifications are considered an advantage.

Location:

This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our Bangalore office)

Compensation & Benefits:

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location level job-related knowledge skills and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation equity and benefits.

We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. Were committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender ethnicity sexual orientation religion civil or family status age disability or race.

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AI-First Mindset at Glean:

At Glean AI fluency is core to how we work and were committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. As part of the interview process youll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about design and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools platforms or workflows you use today prior Glean experience isnt required.

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