Regional Payroll Lead, APAC

Salt is hiring a ‘Regional Payroll Lead’ wherein the candidate is required to have experience in leadership of regional payroll using external vendors and experience moving from a country-based payroll operations to a regional setup using external vendor.

A continuous improvement mindset, flexible, agile & ability to drive projects and improvements through what can be a convoluted process.

Responsibilities:

Deliver Payroll Services

• Ensure that end to end payroll services across East Asia, are delivered accurately and on time (100% correct, 100% of the time, first time) including income tax and other statutory requirements

Team management and leadership

• Lead a team of payroll officers, specialists, and managers
• Coach and develop the team and assign training
• Embed continuous improvement as a way of working in payroll

Continuous improvement of all payroll practices across East Asia

• Analyze the current processes, templates, accountabilities, approvals in 14 countries
• Design best practice approach to payroll for the region
• Align all countries to a standardized approach (process, templates etc.) that ties smoothly with finance processes.

Vendor Management

• Manage payroll related vendors

Change Management

• Lead the project through an agile project plan and change methodology
• Proactively communicate with all stakeholders to ensure effective coordination on the developed approaches and solutions
• Assess the change impact and risks of this project to allow mitigations to be put in place.
• Ensure that all approaches are aligned with global strategy and practice
• Coach and upskill the payroll team on best practice

Lead the transition to a single external payroll services provider across East Asia

• Manage the continuing transition to a single regional external payroll vendor
• Scan the market for viable providers across 14 markets in Asia.
• Provide leadership:
  • comprehensive and compelling justification in the procurement process
  • transition of payroll to provider(s)

Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or similar field.
• Possess 5 to 8 years of payroll management experience in managing a high-volume, fast-paced environment
• Experience Leading a team and regional experience (SEA preferred)
• Oversee the performance of payroll processing activities to ensure an accurate and timely payroll delivery for all employees whilst working closely with an outsourced vendor
• Ensure timely submission of CPF, government paid claim and income tax filing
• Manage post payroll related activities
• Review key payroll processes and implement corrective action to strengthen the control over the processes
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and deal sensitively with confidential material and possess good interpersonal communication skills

Regional Payroll Lead – Apply today!

Manage your job search in the right direction by applying via the links below. Alternatively, you can reach out on nagarwal@welovesalt.com for more details.

(CEI No: R1223390 | Licence No: 07C3147)

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