Senior Payroll Specialist

The Senior Payroll Specialist will partner closely with HR, Finance and business stakeholders to support payroll budgeting, workforce cost forecasting, and manpower planning activities. The role plays a key part in providing payroll analytics and insights, monitoring labour costs, and supporting business planning and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and process end-to-end payroll operations accurately and timely for assigned entities.
• Ensure payroll compliance with applicable employment legislation, tax regulations and statutory requirements.
• Prepare, review, and submit payroll-related filings, including annual tax reporting, tax clearance applications, and statutory claims.
• Maintain and validate payroll data, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality of employee records.
• Prepare payroll-related reports, analytics, and management information to support business decision-making.
• Support annual budgeting, workforce cost planning, and forecasting activities by providing payroll and headcount projections and analysing variances.
• Collaborate with Finance and business stakeholders to monitor actual payroll costs against budget, provide forecast updates, and ensure accuracy of personnel cost planning.
• Assist with internal and external audits by preparing payroll documentation and ensuring compliance with audit requirements.
• Participate in regional payroll projects and process improvement initiatives.
• Answering queries relating to payroll matters
• Ensure the HR Policies are in compliance to its local legislation.
• Support employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding, offboarding, salary changes, etc.
• Diploma in Human Resource Management, Administrative or similar

Requirements

• Diploma in Human Resource Management, Administrative or similar
• At least 3 – 5 years of payroll experience, preferably in a regional or multi-country environment.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations, statutory requirements and employment legislation.
• Experience in payroll budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and personnel cost analysis will be advantageous.
• Knowledge in Info-tech HR software is an advantage
• Proficient in MS Office Applications (i.e. Excel, Word, Power Point)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Meticulous and detailed-orientated
• Able to work with sensitive payroll information
• Self-started and able to multitask
• Proactive and Resourceful
• Critical thinker