As a Senior Payroll Specialist, this role acts as full-fledged sparring partner for HR SSC Kuala Lumpur to perform excellent daily operations and continuous improvement activities for end-to-end payroll processes for APAC countries. Actively participate in payroll process harmonization and automation projects.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Manage end-to-end Payroll processing responsible for the accurate, timely and compliant delivery of payroll across APAC countries. Working through 3rd party payroll vendor and in-house payroll processing. 
• Point of contact for all employee and departmental queries on rewards, workforce administration, time & attendance or onboarding related (complex) question.
• Ensure compliance with country legislative / statutory requirement and timely remittance and statutory submissions. 
• Maintain strong payroll control and support both internal and external audits.
• Identify optimization / automation opportunities across APAC Payroll activities to achieve efficiency and quality outputs. 
• Able to drive or lead payroll operational projects independently with minimal supervision.
• Provide up to date documentation of own work processes and monitor/review the work instructions independently.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant discipline of Human Resource, Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Possess 4 to 5 years of work experience in handling payroll, preferably in HR SSC/GBS background with APAC countries exposure.
• Strong end-to-end Payroll and Tax related experience in local and regional payroll function under fast-paced work environment. 
• High attention to details with ability to deliver quality output whilst working under pressure and agreed timeline.
• Great analytical skill, strategic planning mindset and advanced problem-solving skills. 
• Advance skillset in Microsoft Excel and Automation (RDA, RPA, Macro & etc).