Payroll Implementation Associate

About Interloop

Interloop is a People, Process, and Technology consulting firm building the operating systems behind ambitious businesses. With offices in India and the UAE and seven consecutive years of profitable growth, we work with founders and CXOs across startups, SMBs, and mid-market enterprises.

We work across two critical business processes — people productivity (HR Ops) and revenue growth (Revenue Ops) — and layer technology transformation on top. Think of us as the full-stack consulting partner for organizations ready to modernize how they operate.

We're now evolving from a services firm into a product-led organization, building proprietary solutions for scale. For the people joining us at this stage, the trajectory is rare — CXO-level exposure, real ownership, and a front-row seat to how a business actually grows.

The Role

Payroll is the one process a company cannot get wrong. As a Payroll Implementation Associate, you'll set up Zoho Payroll for client organizations — designing salary structures, configuring statutory compliance, migrating data from spreadsheets and legacy systems, and running the first payroll cycles until the numbers reconcile to the rupee. You'll then train the client's team to run it themselves. Precision work, real stakes, and a client who notices when you get it right.

Implementation & Configuration:

• Set up Zoho Payroll for client organizations — org structure, pay schedules, salary components, and approval workflows

• Design salary structures: earnings, deductions, reimbursements, and perquisites mapped to each client's CTC philosophy

• Configure statutory components — PF, ESI, Professional Tax, TDS, and LWF — correctly for each state and entity

Migration & Data:

• Migrate payroll data from Excel and legacy systems — employee masters, salary history, tax declarations, and loan balances

• Clean, validate, and reconcile data before go-live; run parallel payroll cycles to prove the numbers match

Payroll Runs & Support:

• Hand-hold the first two to three payroll cycles post go-live — arrears, proration, LOP, revisions, and full-and-final settlements

• Investigate variances to the rupee and fix root causes, not symptoms

Integration & Ecosystem:

• Connect Zoho Payroll with Zoho People - attendance, leave, and LOP flowing cleanly into every pay run

Training, Handover & Documentation:

• Train client HR and finance teams to run payroll independently and confidently

• Document every configuration - salary structure sheets, compliance registers, and process notes the next person can pick up

What we're looking for

Experience

• 0–2 years in payroll, HR operations, accounting, or a numbers-heavy role - freshers welcome

• B.Com, BBA, or an HR / finance-adjacent background preferred - what matters most is genuine comfort with numbers

• Exposure to any payroll or HRMS platform is a plus - Zoho Payroll experience is a head-start, not a requirement

Skills

• Strong numeric aptitude - percentages, proration, reconciliation, and CTC arithmetic should feel natural

• Working knowledge of salary components - basic, HRA, allowances, deductions, and how a CTC breaks down

• Awareness of statutory compliance - PF, ESI, PT, and TDS at a working level; depth is trainable

• Excel proficiency - lookups, pivots, and clean data handling are daily tools, not nice-to-haves

• Attention to detail - payroll errors are visible to every employee of the client; you treat that seriously

Benefits