Payroll Specialist

The Payroll Specialist is a dynamic role responsible for Payroll operations and management of Leave and Time & Attendance related activities and systems. Reporting to the Payroll Manager - ASEAN, the role serves as the primary owner for all Leave and Time & Attendance activities in Vietnam, ensuring on-the-ground execution of timely & accurate leave reporting, attendance reporting, and onboarding and offboarding of employees are handled with precision. This role needs to operate with minimal supervision, and requires a high level of execution capabilities for hands-on execution. The successful candidate must be a fast learner capable of maintaining the operational discipline required for payroll operations and compliances.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
• Assume accountability for leave and attendance management & related statutory reports.
• Managing and resolving employee queries related to Attendance & Leave Management process and systems.
• Support onboarding of new employees and assume responsibility for data and document collection of new employees.
• Take responsibility for off-boarding process documentation and processing of final pay of separated employees.
• Preparation of payroll inputs based on attendance records of employees.
• Ensure overall compliance to applicable legislation & standards, and company policies.
• Lead and coordinate responses to internal and external audits.
• Liaison with various stakeholders including but not limited to internal & external auditors, payroll and time & attendance vendors.
• Assume responsibility for accurate reporting and data requests. Utilize digital tools (ServiceNow, Oracle) to develop and analyze non-standard reports.