Payroll & Commission Analyst, APAC

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We are seeking a meticulous and proactive Payroll & Commission Analyst to join our Asia Pacific Finance this role you will be instrumental in managing payroll across multiple countries ensuring compliance with local labor laws tax codes and statutory reporting and supporting the development of sales targets ensuring fair and accurate allocation to sales team members and executing precise target achievement and payout calculations.

You will work closely with Finance People & Culture and Sales to ensure payroll & commission processes are efficient transparent and aligned with business goals.

About You:

To be successful in this position the Payroll & Commission Analyst must have at least five years of experience in Payroll or Compensation and Benefits or Finance and at least eight years of working experience. This personis comfortable working in a matrix organization enablingall salespersons across the Asia Pacific region the regional Finance and People & Culture team and across different time zones.

As part of your role as Payroll & Commission Analyst strong proficiency in commission management system is essential. You are expected to demonstrate advanced knowledge in commission system such as Xactly and to apply this expertise to ensure accuracy compliance and efficiency in payroll and commission processes. Your ability to leverage this system for reporting reconciliation and process improvement will be a key measure of success in this position.

Besides being a maestro in numbers a business-partnership attitude with strong written and presentation skills is highly desired as well.

Payroll Responsibilities:

• Prepare process and report payroll for approximately 120 employees in all APAC locations.
• Review the accuracy computations and policies to ensure payroll compliance with all government regulations. Anticipate and proactively mitigate payroll data statutory contributions taxation issues and recommend corrective action to ensure compliance. Resolve payroll discrepancies as they arise.
• Manage all relevant stakeholders like external payroll vendors regional People & Culture and finance team for the monthly payroll processing process to fulfill payment deadline.
• Ensure the accurate payroll tax calculations and proactively conduct research on any arising payroll tax issues as needed.
• Collaborate closely with People & Culture on leaves of absences benefits payroll prorations wage and hour issues.
• Collaborate with other departments as needed on payroll related issues.
• Provide excellent internal customer service for all payroll questions or concerns.
• Continuously seek improvements to streamline and strengthen payroll administration processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Commission Responsibilities:

• Provide full ownership of the quarterly sales commissions and other variable compensations for roughly 65 Sales employees across APAC which includes performing calculations and reconciliations posting adjustments and managing the stakeholders across the Company to receive the inputs and feedback timely.
• Maintain administer and optimize commission management platform (Xactly) to ensure system accuracy integrity and compliance with Companys approved commission plan designs. Use Xactly incent system to calculate validate and reconcile payouts. Leverage system expertise to streamline workflows automate calculations and enhance reporting capabilities.
• Support the development of annual and quarterly sales targets for each territory across the Asia Pacific region.
• Analyze sales data and allocate targets fairly among sales team members considering market potential historical performance and growth expectations.
• Distribute commission letters to all sales personnel and ensure timely receipt of signed acknowledgments.
• Manage the end-to-end process of tracking target achievements and calculating commission payouts accurately and within deadlines.
• Ensure all commission payments are aligned with the Companys approved commission plan designs.
• Maintain a strong understanding of different commission plans across business units and adapt calculations accordingly.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies by carefully analyzing data; escalate issues as needed.
• Collaborate with Finance People & Culture and Sales leadership to ensure alignment and transparency in commissions processes.
• Provide periodic reporting and analytics on commission performance to the Finance Manager Asia Pacific.
• Continuously seek improvements to streamline and strengthen commissions administration processes.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration or a related field.
• 5-8 years experience in payroll commissions compensation & benefits sales operations finance or a similar role; regional experience in Asia Pacific is highly desirable.
• Strong numerical aptitude with high attention to detail able to spot inconsistencies and investigate discrepancies effectively.
• Good knowledge of country-specific payroll laws (e.g. CPF in Singapore Provident Fund in India Superannuation in AustraliaSocial Insurance + Tax Laws in Japan and Labor Standards Act + 4 Insurances in Korea). Ability to adapt quickly to frequent regulatory changes across jurisdictions.
• Solid understanding of different types of commission structures and incentive models.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel; experience with CRM and compensation or incentive systems (e.g. Salesforce Incent) is a plus.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to work collaboratively across cultures and teams.
• High level of discretion and integrity in handling sensitive compensation data.

About Us:

Milestone Systems is a leading provider of data-driven video technology software. Our portfolio includes XProtect video management software Arcules video surveillance as a service and BriefCam analytics. We amplify what organizations of any size can see do and achieve with video. Guided by our People First mindsetfreedom inclusion and togethernesswe always consider our employees partners and communities in everything we do.