Payroll Senior Specialist - APAC
Payroll Senior Specialist - APAC
- JR-158096
- Hybrid
- Manila
- Finance
- Full time
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Role Summary
The Payroll Senior Specialist plays a pivotal role in delivering accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll operations across APAC. This position requires deep payroll expertise, strong analytical capability, and hands-on experience working with multicounty vendor models and payroll systems.‑on experience working with multi‑country vendor models and payroll systems.
You will support end-to-end payroll delivery, manage incident and change requests, contribute to system upgrades, and strengthen operational excellence across the region. The role also involves collaborating closely with vendors, HR partners, Finance, and global teams to ensure seamless payroll execution and continuous improvement.‑to‑end payroll delivery, manage incident and change requests, contribute to system upgrades, and strengthen operational excellence across the region. The role also involves collaborating closely with vendors, HR partners, Finance, and global teams to ensure seamless payroll execution and continuous improvement.
This role is ideal for a proactive, detail-oriented payroll professional who thrives in a dynamic, multi-country environment.‑oriented payroll professional who thrives in a dynamic, multi-country environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Multicountry Payroll Operations‑Country Payroll Operations
Oversee end-to-end payroll processing for assigned APAC markets, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery.‑to‑end payroll processing for assigned APAC markets, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery.
Validate payroll outputs, statutory filings, and government submissions in alignment with local regulations.
Escalate and resolve issues with vendors to maintain service quality and payroll integrity.
Ensure strong internal controls, data privacy, and audit readiness across all payroll activities.
2. Payroll Systems, Projects & Technology Enablement
Support payroll system transitions, upgrades, configuration updates, and enhancement projects.
Execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT), troubleshoot system defects, and validate data during project cycles.
Contribute to requirements gathering, documentation updates, and change request management.
Coordinate with global and regional teams to ensure system readiness and alignment with business needs.
3. Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement
Assess payroll processes to identify bottlenecks, gaps, and opportunities for standardization or automation.
Maintain and evolve payroll documentation including SOPs, country-specific procedures, checklists, and controls.
Participate in regional continuous improvement initiatives focused on accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
4. Vendor & Cross Functional Collaboration‑Functional Collaboration
Serve as a key partner to third party payroll vendors to ensure correct calculations, configurations, and updates.‑party payroll vendors to ensure correct calculations, configurations, and updates.
Work closely with HR (HRA/HRS), Finance, Global Stocks, and other cross-functional partners to support integrated payroll operations.
Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, responding to inquiries, and ensuring compliance with controls.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum 4 years of payroll operations experience supporting APAC markets.
Strong understanding of regional payroll regulations, statutory requirements, and country-specific payroll nuances.‑specific payroll nuances.
Experience with payroll reporting and statutory filings (month-end, quarter-end, year-end).
Hands‑on experience working with payroll vendors and multi-country payroll delivery models.
Strong analytical, problem solving, and data reconciliation skills solving, and data reconciliation skills.‑solving, and data reconciliation skills.
Experience working in shared services, multinational organizations, or regional payroll structures.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
High cultural awareness and ability to collaborate across diverse APAC markets.
Knowledge of SOX controls, internal controls, and payroll documentation standards.
Amenable to Hybrid Set Up
Location: Glas Tower, Ortigas Center Pasig City
Preferred
Experience with payroll system implementation, enhancements, or UAT cycles.
Exposure to leading payroll platforms (e.g., ADP GlobalView, SAP Payroll, ADP Celergo, Workday, Kronos, Service Cloud).
Payroll certifications such as CPP, CFP, or country-specific equivalents.‑specific equivalents.
Experience acting as a payroll SME or senior point of escalation.
Familiarity with Lean/Six Sigma principles or continuous improvement methodologies.
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