Senior Payroll Specialist
Description
Senior Payroll Specialist
About Us:
Our mission is to elevate leading brands through unforgettable digital connections with their customers. Sitecore delivers a composable digital experience platform that empowers the world’s smartest and largest brands to build lifelong relationships with their customers. A highly decorated industry leader, Sitecore is the leading company bringing together content, commerce, and data into one connected platform that delivers millions of digital experiences every day. Thousands of blue-chip companies, including American Express, Porsche, Starbucks, L’Oréal, and Volvo Cars, rely on Sitecore to provide more engaging, personalized experiences for their customers. Learn more at Sitecore.com.
Sitecore’s foundation is our diverse group of passionate, intelligent, innovative, and collaborative individuals located across four continents and over 25 countries. Having a wide range of perspectives, experiences, and skills makes us the company we are today. The Sitecore values are what drive and unite us across the globe.
About the Role:
This role is responsible for managing payroll operations across multiple APJ countries, ensuring compliance with local labour and payroll regulations. Key duties include liaising with payroll vendors, handling employee payroll inquiries, preparing journal entries and reconciliations, conducting wellness benefits audits, and ensuring timely payroll-related payments. The position also involves collaborating with HR, finance teams, and auditors while maintaining accurate financial records. The role offers opportunities for career growth in a fast-expanding company.
What you’ll be doing:
- Understand labor/payroll related rules and regulations in the APJ countries
- Liaise with payroll vendors in Singapore, Australia, Japan, India, Malaysia to complete monthly payroll cycles
- Handle payroll relates issues raised by employees from countries
- Liaise with HR and cost centre owners on any special arrangements
- Front line handling employees' queries on all payroll questions; including payroll taxes, pay slips, bonus, commission
- Understand and able to manage payroll processes relating to starters and resigners
- Yearly staff wellness benefits audit check
- Own the preparation of payroll - related journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting models as a key participant in the financial close process
- Prepare banking journal entries on all payroll related transactions
- Prepare and complete Floqast checklist and reconciliations.
- Prepare cash flow forecast on payroll related costs monthly
- Understand department and location concept
- Ensure payroll related payments (salaries, payroll taxes, social costs) are paid on time and there is no delays
- Able to answer payroll related queries raised by auditors
- Other responsibilities or projects assigned by the group manager or APJ finance controller
What You Need to Succeed:
- Diploma/Degree in accounting or finance field; or ACCA/CPA in progress
- 3 years of experience in handling payroll - Please specify which country of APJ
- Detail oriented and can operate in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
- Strong multi-tasking skills and with the flexibility to switch from one project to the next quickly
- Good knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables and lookup formulas
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Experience using NetSuite a plus
Why you should click ‘Apply’:
- Growth! We are tapping into an exciting $30B market opportunity that is still very much in its infancy and feel. It’s never been a better time to join Sitecore as we look to grow by 30% YoY. Growth for us means growth for you and your career.
- Great team and company culture! You can learn more about our company culture and our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace on our YouTube Channel. Thanks to the work of every employee globally, Sitecore has been recognized for its award-winning Culture by Comparably.