Kerry Consulting Hiring! Full Time Regional Payroll Manager in - Ricebowl

Our client is a leading global organisation with a significant presence across Asia. As part of its continued focus on strengthening its regional HR operations, they are looking to appoint a Manager / Senior Manager, Regional Payroll to lead payroll operations across the region.

Based in Singapore, this is a regional leadership role with responsibility for payroll governance, compliance, vendor management, operational excellence and transformation across multiple Asian markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations across Asia, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant payroll delivery across multiple markets.
• Act as the regional Payroll Subject Matter Expert, partnering closely with HR, Finance, Tax, Legal, Compensation & Benefits and business stakeholders.
• Oversee outsourced payroll providers, including vendor governance, service performance, risk management and issue resolution.
• Drive payroll transformation and continuous improvement initiatives, including process standardisation, automation, system enhancements and vendor transitions.
• Own the regional payroll governance and controls framework, ensuring compliance with statutory, tax, labour, SOX, internal control and data privacy requirements.
• Lead internal and external payroll audits, remediation efforts and ongoing enhancements to the control environment.
• Provide leadership and development to the regional payroll team, while remaining hands-on with complex payroll matters, escalations and critical payroll cycles.

Requirements

• Degree qualified with at least 10 years of progressive regional payroll experience, including 3-4 years in a managerial or team leadership capacity.
• Strong experience managing payroll across multiple Asian markets, ideally within an MNC or Shared Services Centre environment.
• Strong knowledge of regional payroll regulations, statutory requirements, SOX, internal controls and payroll governance.
• Proven experience managing outsourced payroll vendors and complex stakeholder relationships.
• Track record of driving payroll transformation, process improvement, automation or system enhancement initiatives.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to balance strategic oversight with hands-on operational execution.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced regional payroll professional looking to take ownership of a sizeable Asia payroll function and play a key role in strengthening its governance, capabilities and operating model.

To Apply

Please submit your resume (in MS Word format) to Michelle Ng at *************, quoting the job title and reference number MI36424.

We regret that only successfully shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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