Payroll Associate

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a seasoned and focused payroll specialist, who is client service focused, highly organized and detail orientated, to play a key role in the growth of the HR and Payroll business service line of Forvis Mazars in Singapore.

A key member of the management team, your role is pivotal to client experience and to accelerating team growth and success. You will supervise and support the provision of payroll, human resource and advisory services to a broad portfolio of international clients. You will be responsible for new prospect engagements and the subsequent onboarding process.

In addition, you will manage a group of staff and impart your technical expertise to help your team develop and grow, acting as their coach and mentor. You will take ownership of your team’s performance. This position will be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Prepare and support payroll processing and preparation of client’s payroll, which includes but not limited to monthly payroll reports, social security administration, statutory filing, year-end income tax returns.
• Attend to phone or email enquiries from the client on payroll related matters (within 24 hrs), except for complex email (within 72 hrs).
• Perform End-to-End payroll and leave processing.
• Responsible of collation of inputs from various sources for payroll processing.
• To maintain personnel database and documentation of all relevant documents (payroll advice, reports &
• correspondences).
• Process weekly, bi-weekly and monthly payroll for all employees.
• Prepare and compute payroll items in accordance with companies’ payroll processing cycle (payroll calendar).
• Monitor & update checklist in during payroll processing.
• Update of CPF tracker upon filing of CPF return.
• Prepare the Monthly Rollover File.
• Assist to follow up AR dues & retrieve of SOA.
• Liaise with government agencies on payroll, CPF and tax filing requirements.
• Submits CPF, IR8A, IR21 and other tax related matters accurately and timely.
• Ensure deliverables are submitted timely, to a high degree of accuracy and processes are efficient.
• Support the implementation and onboarding process for new clients.
• Establish and maintain good client relationships with your portfolio of clients.
• Ensure all firm quality and risk processes are understood and complied with.
• Supports the team with any other ad-hoc projects and related tasks as and when required by the Manager(s).

Requirements

• Diploma/Degree holder in Human Resource or business-related subject.
• Good command of the English Language.
• Team player with strong interpersonal and client servicing skills.
• Has excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage conflicting deadlines.
• Able to pay attention to detail and highly meticulous.
• Able to deal with confidential materials.
• Well versed in Microsoft Excel and collaboration tools, i.e. MS Teams.
• Please take note that this role will be based in Malaysia and the interview will take place over a virtual platform.

Mazars Asia Pacific Services Sdn Bhd (MAPS) is a Malaysia incorporated company and a member firm of Forvis Mazars, an international Advisory and Accountancy Group that operates as a single integrated partnership. Operating in over 100 countries and territories around the world, we draw on the expertise of more than 50,000 professionals to assist clients of all sizes at every stage in their development. MAPS supports the business operations of Forvis Mazars member firms in Asia Pacific and beyond in the delivery of services to clients.