Payroll Accountant

Company Overview

AIR iQ is an expanding business operating in aviation and travel, with a strong focus on efficient operations and a positive employee experience. Through its hospitality arm, Udaan Hotels and Resorts, the group works to provide smooth travel and hospitality services across India. This role is for a Payroll Accountant who will help manage payroll activities across the group companies.

Role Summary

The Payroll Accountant will be responsible for end-to-end payroll handling, statutory and tax-related compliance, GST-support accounting tasks, salary reconciliation, and payroll accounting. The role calls for someone who is precise, dependable, and well-versed in payroll processes, accounting fundamentals, taxation, GST rules, and labor legislation, while maintaining strict confidentiality around employee pay information.

Key Responsibilities

• Run the monthly payroll cycle accurately and complete it within the required timelines.
• Keep updated payroll records covering pay structure, attendance, leave, incentives, reimbursements, and deductions.
• Monitor compliance with PF, ESI, PT, TDS, gratuity, labor law provisions, and GST requirements.
• Prepare payroll summaries, salary registers, GST-related records, and accounting entries, then reconcile them.
• Support GST preparation work, invoice checks, reconciliation activities, and coordination for filing.
• Work with HR on onboarding, employee separations, salary changes, and final settlement processing.
• Calculate full and final settlements for employees who leave the organization.
• Review attendance, leave balances, overtime, and variable pay inputs before payroll is processed.
• Respond to employee payroll questions and resolve issues promptly.
• Create payslips, tax statements, GST reports, and statutory filing documents as required.
• Match payroll records against finance books and bank statements.
• Protect the privacy and confidentiality of payroll and employee data.
• Assist with internal and external audits connected to payroll, taxes, and compliance.
• Ensure salaries and statutory dues are paid on time.

Candidate Requirements

• A B.Com degree is compulsory for this position.
• Applicants should have 2 to 5 years of experience in payroll processing and payroll accounting.
• Hands-on familiarity with GST compliance, invoicing, and reconciliation is needed.
• Strong understanding of payroll systems, labor laws, and statutory obligations is required.
• Prior use of HRMS or payroll tools such as KEKA, Darwinbox, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent platforms is preferred.
• Good working knowledge of TDS, PF, ESI, Professional Tax, GST, and payroll taxation is expected.
• Strong capability in analysis and reconciliation is important.
• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy are essential.
• Clear communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Comfort with Microsoft Excel and accounting software is necessary.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, on-site position based in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. No salary figure, stipend, or number of openings has been provided. Internship duration and start date are not specified.