Senior Payroll Analyst

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Payroll Analyst / Sr. Analyst About Snowflake Our teams breed ambition, challenge ordinary thinking, push the pace of innovation, in-service of the exploding demand for accessible data. Snowflake is growing fast and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We’re passionate about our people, our customers, our values and our culture! We’re also looking for people with a growth mindset and the pragmatic insight to solve for today while building for the future. And as a Snowflake employee, you will be accountable for supporting and enabling diversity and belonging. Summary Snowflake is looking for an experienced Payroll Analyst /Sr Analyst - EMEA . This position will be based in Pune, India. The position will support the EMEA region and hence working hours will be accordingly . You are versatile, motivated, creative, intellectually curious, analytical collaborator and a strong communicator. Reporting into Payroll Lead / Manager, your main responsibility is to ensure smooth delivery of the day-to-day operations of the department. You will provide ideas and help brainstorm on process standardization, automation, and improvement in all aspects of payroll to ensure their scalability and continuing effectiveness amid all the changes that Snowflake has been undergoing. You are good at creating and maintaining robust process documentation. You adhere to the internal controls as specified by Company policies. You are expected to collaborate with cross functional business partners. This is the perfect opportunity for someone like yourself who is self-sufficient, possesses a keen attention to detail, and has an unwavering desire for continuous personal development. Responsibilities • Working closely with existing international payroll partners to ensure accurate and on-time payroll processing. Overall delivery of end-to-end payroll operations including: • Preparing and adhering to a schedule / payroll calendar and agree the timelines with payroll vendor and other internal stakeholders • Accurately capturing all inputs to be provided to the payroll vendors in a timely manner • Thorough review of the output. Includes but not limited to performing payroll analysis such as total gross payroll to net payment, average paid per headcount by country, and comparison of analysis to prior period • Support monthly/quarterly accounting close activities, account maintenance and reconciliations, financial reporting and variance analysis, etc. • Provide hands off to the accounting teams post payroll close to ensure accounting of payroll within the timelines prescribed by the close calendar • Ensure compliance with local jurisdictions for activities within the payroll domain including statutory filings and key annual audits • Monitor and measure the SLAs as agreed with the payroll vendor. Raise matter where there are slippages and recommend corrective action to management • Working closely with other functional teams (e.g. HR, Stock Administration, People Operations, Benefits, Recruiting, Legal and accounting) to streamline cross-functional processes • Recognizing opportunities and recommending process improvements also involves assisting with the design and implementation of internal control measures to ensure proper payment authorizations and segregation of duties. • Providing excellent payroll support to employees and cross-functional teams by addressing inquiries, concerns, and requests. • Providing standard and ad-hoc payroll reports as needed by various internal departments such as Finance, Accounting, Legal, Benefits, and People Operations. • Creating and/or maintaining payroll documentation as it relates to processing, operational procedures, compliance, and other payroll-related matters. • Providing support in various system implementation projects as needed. • Provide support to external and internal audits for the area of payroll Requirements • Bachelor’s / master’s degree in business, Finance, or Accounting • 5 to 10 years of relevant and progressive payroll experience; public company payroll experience required • Preferred hands-on experience working on some of these payrolls – Poland, Israel, Spain and other EMEA countries. • Experience working with international payroll platforms such as ADP, EY, Cloudpay, or other global payroll platforms preferred. • Experience of other international payrolls will be an added advantage. • Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills • Highly proficient in utilizing various computer applications such as Microsoft Excel (Pivots, V/H Lookups) and Google Suite apps (e.g. Google Sheets) • Familiarity with Workday HCM and Workday Financials is a plus • Understanding of accounting, taxation, and finance concepts as it relates to payroll • Possesses in-depth knowledge of payroll-related compliance requirements • Adaptable to a fast-changing work environment; able to deliver accurate and on-time payroll regardless of the circumstances • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment • Ability to manage through change and to lead change when appropriate • Attention to detail, organized and thorough with the desire for continuous improvement • Proactive and problem-solving attitude