Job Summary:

Responsibilities:

The Role

• Consolidate, integrate and ensure the effective set up of Payrolls across SEA countries; to create a centralized Payroll hub in Singapore.
• Ensure the timeliness and accuracy of payroll in all entities across Southeast Asia
• Recruit, train and manage a headcount of 1 payroll specialist
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure payroll information is updated promptly
• Maintain proper payroll records
• Establish an effective relationship with payroll vendors in the region
• Provide advice on payroll queries

Responsibilities

• Project manage the payroll transformation in order to facilitate the effective transition of existing local payrolls under one administrative hub
• Use international payroll expertise in order to make proactive, timely and impactful suggestions on how payrolls should be run
• Ensure stakeholders (Finance, Tax, HR and local vendors) are kept abreast of developments and manage conflicting priorities across departments where necessary
• Maintain accurate payroll data in the system and ensure data is updated in vendors’ systems
• Work with the team and payroll vendors to deliver payroll to employees on time and prepare submission on relevant statutory contributions, tax and government grants within SEA.
• Develop a sustainable payroll cycle and process
• Maintain payroll guidelines by updating policies and procedures
• Prepare all relevant reports required on a regular basis
• Reconcile monthly payroll to identify and understand any abnormalities and discrepancy
• Work with HRBP, GHRO, Finance Team and relevant stakeholders to understand changes in the different Line of Business
• Keep up with new legislations which may impact payroll; enforce compliance; and advise management on needed action, if any
• Work with Finance / Accounting team for yearly audit
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge relating to payroll and relevant legislations
• Lead the team in process improvement
• Qualification and Experience
• Degree / Diploma in Business/Human Resource Management
• Min 8 years relevant working experience focusing on payroll

Basic Qualifications:

Knowledge and Skills

• Great organizational skills with exceptional follow through and attention to detail
• Strong analytical capabilities, comfortable working with large amounts of information
• Extremely sensitive to numbers
• Customer service mindset with a demonstrated desire to exceed service and experience expectations – ability to meet the needs of, and work with all different types of stakeholders
• Good communication skills
• Able to deal with ambiguity and conflicting priorities
• Able to work with an international mindset in order to drive transformation locally whilst aligning to global initiatives.
• Service-focused, customer-obsessed mindset
• Ability to work alone and with total autonomy in order to drive the payroll function forward
• In-depth experience of APAC or South-East Asia payrolls advantageous
• Strong ethics and ability to be stay discreet
• Good team player with can do attitude
• Able to work under fast paced environment
• Ability to lead and inspire a team / Strong leadership skills, ability to inspire through vision/enjoys forming strong cross functional relationships

Attitude

• Resilient
• Open to change
• Committed
• Passionate and Driven
• Decisive
• Proactive

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