Asia Pacific Payroll Processor

The APAC Payroll Department is responsible for managing all payroll across the region, ensuring smooth payroll operations and a consistent employee experience. We offer a great place to work by providing a positive and inclusive working environment where colleagues can perform better by being themselves. 

Purpose of the Role 

Looking after our associates is key and making sure they get paid and rewarded correctly is a big part of this. In this varied and broad role you will be responsible for the Semi-monthly/monthly payrolls for the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore and associated pension schemes. You will manage the relationship with the outsourced payroll provider Inputs and validate and sign off the monthly payroll for all entities.  You will be responsible for Year End processes in each respective country, ensuring compliance with all local statutory requirements in partnership with our payroll vendor. Working closely with both the Nielsen Finance Team and the external Payroll and Pension providers.  You will be a subject matter expert for Payroll providing expertise to the wider HR Community on payroll related topics and initiatives and ensuring compliance with the legal and statutory requirements.

The role is hands-on and successful individuals will be customer-focused, personable yet professional, exhibit strong attention to detail and an ability to work in a high volume, high-pressure environment.  We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering exceptional customer service, has a real eye for detail and relishes the opportunity to embrace new challenges.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Payroll gatekeeper, responsible for all monthly payroll data, upload/update all permanent changes on the payroll system. for checking the monthly payroll and preparing validation reports in accordance with global payroll guidelines 
• Where required work with external benefit providers to ensure benefits are processed correctly through payroll. Work closely with HR teams to provide any reporting requirements relating to payroll.
• Prepare for annual internal and external audits for each entity, work closely with the Finance team to ensure all audit requirements are met. 
• Ensure all Year End processes are completed in a timely manner, and in accordance with all local legal and statutory requirements
• Day to day payroll, benefits and pension queries 
• Preparing Adhoc reports and reconciliations for Finance, HR and Comp & Bens
• Ability to work with cross functional team, FI/HR/AUDIT
• Ability to partner with external payroll vendor

Attributes

• Experience managing multi-country or multi-entity payrolls in collaboration with external vendors and/or in-house
• Excellent organisation skills, can prioritise workload effectively, and work accurately, at speed, displaying exemplary attention to detail. 
• Discretion, tact, sensitivity, recognises need for confidentiality.
• Proactive problem solver, resourceful, demonstrates initiative, has a can-do attitude, works well independently.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in dealing with all levels of employees and building effective professional relationships across all departments and with external providers.
• Sound knowledge of all Microsoft and Google IT systems, experience of HR information systems desirable, ideally SAP navigation, Payroll is processed in our outsourced model vendor
• Ability to work under pressure and within tight timelines
• 4-6 years of payroll experience

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