Payroll Manager – Lead Payroll Strategy & Operations

About the role

As Payroll Manager for Allianz Services Mauritius, you will lead the payroll strategy and drive restructuring initiatives to improve efficiency, standardise processes and strengthen controls across the Dayforce system. You will ensure accurate, compliant and timely payroll for approximately 1,100 employees in a complex, multi‑country environment.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate monthly payroll delivery across all departments, working with Dayforce, People Operations and Finance to meet statutory cut‑offs.
• Review payroll inputs (joiners, leavers, attendance, overtime, leave, allowances, bonuses, deductions) and investigate variances before approval.
• Manage salary payment instructions, funding inputs and bank approval controls in collaboration with Finance.
• Perform payroll‑to‑bank reconciliations, payroll journals, accruals and variance analysis, maintaining clear evidence of exceptions.
• Resolve payroll, vendor and payment discrepancies and handle employee queries while communicating risks to stakeholders.
• Maintain payroll calendars, SOPs, control checklists and audit documentation for multi‑country operations.
• Allocate work across payroll support resources and act as escalation point for urgent, high‑risk matters.

Required profile

• 15+ years of end‑to‑end payroll experience, including payroll finance controls and people administration.
• Proven track record coordinating complex payroll cycles, vendor management, banking controls and reconciliations in a large global entity.
• Experience with high‑volume monthly payroll, statutory compliance, payroll accounting, audits and process governance.
• Previous leadership role in payroll operations within a global shared services or outsourcing environment is highly desirable.

Required skills

• Dayforce payroll system.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities.

What we offer

• Fixed benefits focused on personal wellbeing and professional growth.
• Flexible benefits including medical insurance, private pension and other perks.
• Rewards and Recognition programme and personal development plans.
• Complete training curricula and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Hybrid working environment (work from home and office).