Payroll & Local Delivery Senior Specialist

rhi is recruiting 2x Payroll & Local Delivery Senior Specialists to join our clients team based in KL, Malaysia on a 12-month contract.

• Candidate with general local delivery (NZL & AUS) - such as local statutory, legislative and etc.
• Open to candidate from other background not limited to oil & gas
• Candidate must have SAP knowledge and experience
• Hybrid working arrangement (60/40)
• Malaysia working hours (6.00AM - 3.00PM)
• Open to hiring candidates based in India

The Payroll & Local Delivery Senior Specialist is accountable for supporting payroll processing and local administration activities for entities assigned. The incumbent is responsible for:

• Maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of employee information.
• Applying payroll knowledge and expertise to process company payrolls, including Award/EA requirements, for fortnightly and monthly pay cycles.
• Managing payroll activities and reconciling related general ledger accounts.
• Ensuring compliance with company, regulatory, and statutory requirements for payroll payments, such as taxation, Kiwi Saver/superannuation, 3rd party payments to clearing house/Finance.
• Providing payroll guidance to P&C, employees, and line managers.

• Provide timely and accurate payroll advice to employees and people leaders, including guidance on Kiwi Saver/superannuation, allowances, pay discrepancies and, where applicable, car lease deductions.
• Validate, process and administer salary payments for graded and award employees across weekly/fortnightly and monthly payroll cycles, ensuring accuracy and timely completion of bank file creation and transmission.
• Ensure payroll data is accurately interfaced to the relevant general ledger, complete IRD/ATO and third-party deduction requirements, and investigate payroll balance sheet reconciliation items within required time frames.
• Ensure payslips are published accurately and within agreed payroll timelines.
• Prepare and issue payment summary advice in accordance with established requirements.
• Complete year-end payment summary reconciliations, reporting, payment summaries and IRD/ATO file production for our client group companies in line with statutory obligations.
• Prepare accurate and timely responses to ticket/requests.
• Manage Kiwi Saver/superannuation interface remittance and reconciliation activities in accordance with required timelines and controls.
• Support internal and external audit activities by providing relevant payroll documentation, evidence and responses as required.

A university degree or professional qualification, in finance, accounting, human resources, professional payroll certification or its equivalent.

Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience preferably in handling New Zealand payroll processing & administration, employment law, statutory and effective HR processes. It’ll be a plus point if candidate also has AU experience

• Preferred experience in an HR shared services or service centre environment within a multinational organisation.
• Strong end-to-end payroll administration and processing knowledge, including experience with time and attendance systems.
• Ability to accurately interpret and apply enterprise agreements and award conditions.
• Experience in general ledger reconciliations, payroll postings and journal entries.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail and numeracy.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated digital fluency and ability to use technology to improve ways of working and support business transformation across people, processes and data.
• Demonstrated commitment to audit, statutory and regulatory compliance requirements.

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