Senior Global Payroll Operations Specialist [India] at Rippling – Bangalore, Karnātaka

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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We're looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to join Rippling’s Global Payroll Operations team. Our team plays a critical role in ensuring the success of our global payroll products, which are natively built and fully integrated with Rippling’s broader suite.

As a senior member of the team, you will report to the Global Payroll Operations Lead and own the operational execution for India, manage relationships with external partners, and drive expansion into new customer segments. This role brings critical country-specific expertise to support the development of our software while ensuring 100% accuracy in our filing and remittance projects.

• Project Ownership: Own the end-to-end execution of India compliance filings and remittances for our India-based clients.
• Filing Execution: Execute timely filings and payments (TDS, PT, EPF, etc.) for all customers within India, working closely with the compliance team to ensure completion.
• Annual & Quarterly Tax Lifecycle: Lead the full annual cycle, including hands-on experience in year-end income tax proof validation, annual/quarterly audits, and TDS quarterly filing (Form 24Q).
• Form 16 Management: Own the end-to-end coordination, generation, and issuance of Form 16 for all India-based clients.
• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance, training, and day-to-day support to junior specialists to ensure team-wide excellence and accuracy.
• Audit & Quality Control: Conduct monthly compliance audits and implement quality control measures using Excel and formula-based automation to prevent filing errors.
• Agency & Client Relations: Drive issue resolution with government agencies and directly interface with customers to resolve complex compliance issues.
• Product Integration: Work with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to ensure natively built software supports all tax compliance requirements and to prioritise internal tooling.

• Extensive Experience: Minimum of 5–8 years of total experience, including 6+ years specifically handling Indian payroll compliance filings and payments (TDS, PT, EPF, etc.) and 4+ years in a client-facing role.
• Advanced Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of India’s statutory landscape; hands-on experience with income tax proof validation, quarterly 24Q filings, and Form 16 generation.
• Audit Mindset: Proven track record of conducting internal audits and implementing quality control measures using Excel automation and formulas.
• Expert Knowledge: Direct experience running payroll compliances in India (direct or vendor-side) with a deep understanding of compliance notice resolution and agency communication.
• Communication Skills: Strong proficiency in English; excellent written and verbal communication skills are required for client interaction and cross-departmental engagement.
• Technical Skills: Experience with Google Suite or Microsoft Office, especially Docs/Sheets/Excel for data analysis; familiarity with Salesforce, JIRA, and Confluence is a plus.
• Shift Schedule: Ability to overlap with U.S. hours (EST/PST). The proposed schedule is 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM IST.

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.