About this role

130 years of trust, time to shape what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,200+ people. Eight countries. Three continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.”

Role Overview:

As Payroll Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the payroll strategy for Allianz Services Mauritius. You will lead payroll restructuring initiatives with external consultants to enhance efficiency, standardise processes, and strengthen controls across payroll system (Dayforce), leveraging advanced AI, Microsoft Excel capabilities and robust audit and internal controls frameworks. Your expertise in payroll administration - including monthly payroll review, attendance, overtime, leave, allowances and deductions, statutory reporting, and payroll journals, accruals and variance analysis - will ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery for 1,100 employees in a highly complex environment, making a direct impact on employee trust, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. You will champion confidentiality and data integrity across every aspect of the payroll function.

What You Do:

- Coordinate monthly payroll delivery across all departments, working with Dayforce, People Operations, and Finance stakeholders to meet payroll and statutory cut-offs, ensuring seamless vendor and stakeholder management throughout the cycle
- Review payroll inputs and outputs covering joiners, leavers, attendance, overtime, leave, allowances, bonuses, deductions and statutory items; investigate variances before approval
- Coordinate salary payment instructions, salary payment files, payroll funding inputs and bank approval controls, in collaboration with Finance
- Perform payroll-to-bank and payroll-related account reconciliations, including payroll journals, accruals and variance analysis, maintaining clear evidence and follow-up of exceptions
- Resolve payroll, vendor and payment discrepancies and manage employee query resolution, while communicating risks, dependencies and required actions to stakeholders
- Maintain payroll calendars, standard operating procedures, control checklists and audit and internal controls documentation for multi-country operations, including statutory reporting and final settlements and benefits processes
- Allocate and review work across payroll support resources and act as an escalation point for urgent, high-risk payroll matters

What You Bring:

- 15+ years of experience spanning end-to-end payroll, payroll finance controls and People administration
- Proven track record in coordinating complex payroll activity, vendors, banking controls and reconciliations in a large and global entity
- Experienced in high-volume monthly cycles, statutory compliance, payroll accounting, audits, employee support and process governance
- Prior experience in a payroll operations leadership role within a global shared services or outsourcing environment is highly desirable

What We Offer:

Come to the Allianz side! We have attractive Compensation and Benefits:

- Fixed Benefits - We place people at the core of what we do, this is why we are committed to your personal wellbeing and professional growth
- Flexible Benefits - We care about the performance of our employees, and we know it can only be reached by ensuring your proper work-life balance: Medical Insurance, Private pension, many other benefits
- Rewards and Recognition Program and Personal Development plans
- Complete Training Curricula available, LinkedIn Learning
- Flexible working environment (work from home, hybrid)

Disclaimer:

- Tasks may be added, removed, or modified at any time during the course of employment to reflect evolving business needs, organisational priorities, or operational requirements.
- Any such changes shall be discussed with the employee's direct Line Manager and formally notified to the employee in writing within a reasonable timeframe.
- No task shall be added or modified in such a manner as to fundamentally alter the essence, nature, or core purpose of the role without the employee's prior consultation and agreement.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer.

We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions.

Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our customers and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural Internal background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.