McKinsey India | Senior Finance Process Lead - Canada Payroll

Responsibilities

• You will take ownership of the global payroll operational workstream to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery while leading and developing a high-performing team.
• Specifically, you will review and validate payroll inputs, approve final payroll reports and bank files, manage month-end/year-end reconciliation and filings (PF, ESI, TDS), and ensure rigorous compliance with internal controls (SOX, ICFR) and local tax and labor regulations.
• You will also drive process improvements, spearhead payroll transformation projects, prepare MIS dashboards for senior management, and foster team growth through coaching, objective performance management, and conflict resolution.
• Your work will help ensure global financial integrity, maintain robust compliance standards, and deliver an exceptional, seamless payroll experience to our global workforce.

Requirements

• Excellent organizational capabilities, including the ability to initiate tasks independently, prioritize under tight deadlines, and see them through to completion.
• Proficient in rational decision making based on data, facts, and logical reasoning to solve complex problems and resolve team conflicts.
• Ability to create work product-focused materials/outputs, such as MIS reports and payroll dashboardsHigh degree of integrity and exceptional judgment in handling highly confidential payroll and personnel records.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English, with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels, and to collaborate effectively with HR, Finance, and external vendors.

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in Chicago in 1926 by James O. McKinsey. It advises companies, governments and institutions on strategy, operations and transformation.

Besides client-facing consulting, McKinsey runs firm-wide finance, research and knowledge teams in India. They hire for accounting, audit, financial planning and process roles.

• Industry: Management consulting
• In India: Offices and capability centres in Mumbai, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Chennai