Senior Payroll Specialist (Product Support)

POSITION SUMMARY: We are looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist – Product Support with strong hands-on knowledge of Indian Payroll, statutory compliance and payroll processing. The role will provide functional support to customers using a SaaS HRMS & Payroll platform and will act as a senior domain point of contact for complex payroll, compliance and product-related queries. The ideal candidate should combine strong payroll expertise with excellent customer communication, problem solving, ownership and customer-handling skills. The candidate must be able to understand a customer's business requirement, analyze the issue, explain the solution in simple business language, coordinate internally when required, and drive the case to closure within SLA. ROLE OBJECTIVE: - Provide accurate, timely and customer-focused functional support for payroll and HRMS-related queries. - Use strong payroll-domain knowledge to identify the root cause of calculation, configuration, compliance and process issues. - Handle complex and high-priority customer cases independently and take ownership until resolution. - Act as a bridge between customers and internal Product, Development, QA and Operations teams. - Improve customer experience through clear communication, proactive updates, effective troubleshooting and knowledge sharing. - Contribute to product quality, UAT, knowledge base and continuous improvement initiatives. KEY RESPONSIBILITES: - Payroll & Functional Product Support - Payroll Domain & Statutory Compliance - Customer Communication & Customer Handling - Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis - Escalation & Cross-Functional Coordination - Knowledge Management & Process Improvement - Payroll Knowledge - Product / Technical Skills - Customer Handling & Behavioral Competencies