Assistant / Manager, Payroll (Regional | MNC | Central)

Responsibilities:

• Manage accurate and timely payroll execution for associates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and Shanghai.
• Handle statutory submissions and tax compliance matters for these locations.
• Ensure adequate controls, including audit, confidentiality, and documentation are in place for payroll-related matters.
• Prepare payroll-related information and analysis for internal and external stakeholders.
• Calculate commissions and incentives for sales and marketing departments.
• Manage month-end closing processes, including journal uploads and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Identify and implement improvements to payroll processes.
• Address payroll-related inquiries from associates and other stakeholders.
• Participate in the implementation of payroll processes in new locations (if any).
• Provide meaningful guidance to payroll team to assist them properly execute their assigned duties.

• Diploma in Accounting
• At least 6-8 years of payroll experience in a sales and marketing related payroll environment
• Core competency must be in payroll and payroll accounting
• Preferably handled payroll for at least 1-2 of these 4 listed locations - Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and Shanghai
• Must have experience working with external payroll vendors