Education Requirements for Payroll Positions
My understanding is that for a payroll manager or payroll executive position, one needs to have a minimum education of:
1. "Commerce" for freshers,
2. "Inter CA" for better prospects, and
3. "CA or ICWA" for the best opportunities. If you are a commerce graduate, I suggest you start working with companies and learn your way up.
There are various certificate courses in the market, but I would suggest you learn from experience. There are lots of nitty-gritty details involved in payroll handling. Try working with payroll outsourcing companies (or a CA), from whom you will learn a great deal and gain knowledge of the dynamics of payroll functioning across various business verticals.
Wishing you all the best.
Regards,
Ukmitra