Payroll Specialist

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle. Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform. Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. With a global team across 26 offices and 27 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster. Position Summary Harness is looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to support the Global Payroll operations team. This role will be based in Bangalore, India, and will report to the Global Payroll Director. In this role, you will assist in the day-to-day payroll operations for employees in EMEA, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. You will work closely with payroll, HR, finance, and external vendors to support payroll processing and resolve employee queries. This is a great opportunity for someone who is organized, eager to learn, and interested in building a career in payroll and accounting. Key Responsibilities Support end-to-end payroll processing for EMEA and other international entities, including data collection, validation, and coordination with payroll vendors; serve as backup for India and other regions outside the core scope as needed Assist with onboarding activities related to payroll inputs and documentation Ensure payroll data accuracy and support compliance with local tax laws and statutory requirements across EMEA and international entities Support payroll and balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining accurate payroll records and documentation Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports and statutory tax filings to the relevant authorities Respond to employee payroll queries and support ticketing/query resolution for the global payroll team