Senior Payroll Consultant

This role is based in our Bugis Junction Tower office.

A strategic role responsible for managing complex payroll operations across the APAC region, ensuring compliance with local regulations while providing leadership to the payroll team. The ideal candidate will combine technical payroll expertise with strong vendor management skills and the ability to drive process improvements.

Payroll Operations & Compliance

• Administer and manage both in-house and outsourced payroll processes across multiple APAC countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness
• Ensure all statutory calculations, reconciliations, and submissions adhere to the diverse regulatory requirements of APAC countries
• Maintain comprehensive employee leave records and manage applications for governmental leave subsidies/claims
• Proactively monitor and implement changes to regional employment laws and regulations
• Respond to payroll-related inquiries with expertise and efficiency

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Oversee regional payroll vendors, ensuring adherence to service level agreements and compliance with local statutory requirements
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including Finance, HR, IT, Legal.

Process Improvement & Governance

• Implement and maintain robust internal control frameworks including identifying compliance gaps, ensuring comprehensive documentation retention, and developing strategic risk mitigation measures
• Maintain and update payroll documentation including process manuals and workflow diagrams
• Create incident reports for escalations and implement corrective measures
• Support audit requests and government reporting requirements
• Participate in system migrations, user acceptance testing, compliance investigations, and integration projects

Reporting & Analytics

• Prepare and submit monthly reports including Finance reports, headcount analytics, KPIs, cost center allocations, leave utilization and so on.
• Develop insights from payroll data to support strategic decision-making

Leadership & Mentorship

• Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to junior payroll consultants
• Lead the payroll team in the absence of the Payroll Lead/Head of HRSSO & Payroll
• Ensure knowledge transfer and development of team members' expertise in payroll processes and regulations
• Support planning and execution of payroll-related project milestones