Lead, Payroll Operations, APAC

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Snowflake is looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Analyst to be an integral part of the payroll operation supporting the APAC region. This position will be based in Pune, India. You are versatile, motivated, creative, intellectually curious, an analytical collaborator, and a strong communicator.

Reporting into the Payroll Manager, your main responsibility is to ensure smooth delivery of the day-to-day operations of the department. You will provide ideas and help brainstorm on process standardisation, automation, and improvement in all aspects of payroll to ensure their scalability and continuing effectiveness amid all the changes that Snowflake has been undergoing. You are good at creating and maintaining robust process documentation. You adhere to the internal controls as specified by company policies. You are expected to collaborate with cross-functional business partners. This is the perfect opportunity for someone like yourself who is self-sufficient, possesses a keen attention to detail, and has an unwavering desire for continuous personal development.

Responsibilities

Work closely with existing international payroll partners to ensure accurate and on-time payroll processing. Overall delivery of end-to-end payroll operations including:

Hands-on experience working on India and Australia payroll, and payroll knowledge of countries such as Singapore, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and Malaysia. Exposure to any other APAC or EMEA country payroll will be a plus.

Ensure adherence to all applicable payroll laws and regulations, including tax laws, wage and hour laws, and other payroll-related regulations including statutory filings and key annual audits.

Prepare and adhere to a schedule / payroll calendar and agree timelines with payroll vendor and other internal stakeholders.

Accurately capture all inputs to be provided to the payroll vendors in a timely manner.

Thorough review of the output, including but not limited to performing payroll analysis such as total gross payroll to net payment, average paid per headcount by country, and comparison of analysis to prior period.

Support monthly/quarterly accounting close activities, account maintenance and reconciliations, financial reporting, and variance analysis.

Support peer-to-peer payroll review.

Provide hand-off to the accounting teams post payroll close to ensure accounting of payroll within the timelines prescribed by the close calendar.

Monitor and measure the SLAs as agreed with the payroll vendor. Raise matters where there are slippages and recommend corrective action to management.

Work closely with other functional teams (e.g. HR, Stock Administration, People Operations, Benefits, Recruiting, Legal, and Accounting) to streamline cross-functional processes.

Recognise opportunities and recommend process improvements; also assist with the design and implementation of internal control measures to ensure proper payment authorisations and segregation of duties.

Provide excellent payroll support to employees and cross-functional teams by addressing inquiries, concerns, and requests.

Provide standard and ad-hoc payroll reports as needed by various internal departments such as Finance, Accounting, Legal, Benefits, and People Operations.

Create and/or maintain payroll documentation as it relates to processing, operational procedures, compliance, and other payroll-related matters.

Provide support in various system implementation projects as needed.

Support external and internal audits for the area of payroll.

Requirements

Bachelor's / Master's degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting.

6 to 10 years of relevant and progressive payroll experience; public company payroll experience required.

Preferred hands-on experience working on Australia, Singapore, Japan, and other APAC payrolls.

Experience with international payroll platforms will be a plus.

Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Highly proficient in utilising various computer applications such as Microsoft Excel (Pivots, V/H Lookups) and Google Suite apps (e.g. Google Sheets).

Familiarity with Workday HCM and Workday Financials is a plus.

Understanding of accounting, taxation, and finance concepts as they relate to payroll.

In-depth knowledge of payroll-related compliance requirements.

Adaptable to a fast-changing work environment; able to deliver accurate and on-time payroll regardless of the circumstances.

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.

Ability to manage through change and to lead change when appropriate.

Attention to detail, organised, and thorough with the desire for continuous improvement.

Proactive and problem-solving attitude.

Good command of English speaking and writing.

Adapts quickly to changes in a dynamic organisational structure and business processes.

Flexible with work hours.

About Snowflake

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

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