Payroll and Benefits-Senior Officer

Senior Officer - Payroll and Benefits

ICRISAT seeks application from professionals who can perform a specialist role of a Senior Officer -  Payroll and Benefits to be hired in Human Resources Services.  The position will report to Manager, Human Resources Services. This position will be hired through a National Recruitment Process, on a contract basis for a period of three years. A new contract may be offered at the end of the present tenure based on the performance of the incumbent, funding availability, and the institute's continuing need for the position.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit – www.icrisat.org

Primary Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible to:

·       Review, verify and process payroll, final settlement, and vendor payments as per the Institutional Standard Operating Procedure

·   Execute multi-step and intricate payroll, Compensation, and Benefits processes according to established organisation standards.

·   Develop and implement a compensation and benefits structure to maximise staff and Institute efficacy in accordance with established policies.

·       Communicate with teams and addresses issues of staff related to payroll and full & final settlements, benefits, and compensation structures.

·     Explain payroll variances to partners and relevant internal stakeholders and corresponding actions that affect the payroll delivery.

·      Collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to review and enable the administration of compensation revisions, philosophy, and statutory & non-statutory benefits.

·       Error-free and timely payout of payroll and final settlement

·  Service consistency while factoring in adjustments due to dynamic environmental forces in the tasks.

·  Sustains quality of compensation and benefits programs/processes through adaptation to changing operational demands and stakeholder feedback

Candidate profile

· A Master’s degree (preferred) in Human Resources, Business Administration, Payroll, Compensations or any related fields

·       A Minimum 8 years of Payroll and Compensation Benefits administration experience required with at least 5 global Payroll administration

·       Understanding of Payroll Processes, Taxation laws and procedures

·   Ability to analyse complex problems, interpret operational needs, and develop creative solutions. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to produce accurate work.

·  Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with advanced Microsoft Excel skills

·   Excellent communication, stakeholder orientation, problem-solving and analytical skills utilized in effectively collaborating with team members at all levels throughout the organization

•     High-level written, oral and interpersonal communication skills in English and other language

General:

This is a contractual position for a period of 36 months.

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 28 June 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer