Junior Payroll Specialist (12-Month FTC)

This exciting role will join a team responsible for the overall global payroll process including compliance internal audit and reconciliation across multiple countries for Wise. Youll complete a variety of daily weekly monthly annual and ad-hoc tasks to ensure your payrolls are processed in accordance ahead of payroll deadlines.

This role will initially include partnering with our third-party payroll vendor and their advisors to strive for accuracy reduce errors and process payroll more efficiently. You will partner to develop robust & detailed processes to ensure the execution of payroll in an effective efficient and timely manner. Cross-training will be key!

This amazing role will also participate by providing a variety of deliverables including global projects pre-post payroll journals internal audits and more. Also you will provide input regarding team goals KPIs efficiencies process improvements and future optimization of our payroll team - all while providing outstanding customer service.

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The specifics:

• Youll be working as a part of a wider Global Payroll Team servicing 25 countries using Workday (HRIS) while focusing specifically on our APAC Wisers

• Youll prepare double-check cross-check review and analyze payrolls according to the established deadlines

• Youll be completely responsible to ensure the timely submission of your payroll inputs to our third party payroll provider

• Youll partner with your Lead to recommend new approaches policy and procedure changes towards continuous improvement within the team

• Youll ensure your payrolls balance to your inputs - always

• Youll be responsible for all documentation within your historical payroll files

• Continue to increase subject matter expertise on your allocated locations on all payroll and legislative matters providing support as needed to others

• Work with the Payroll team and the Payroll Lead to provide additional processing/transaction support as needed

Compliance:

• Youll ensure compliance across local payroll tax laws while meeting applicable timelines effectively and efficiently

• Stay current with regulation changes affecting your payrolls to ensure accuracy and service to our customers

• Partner to complete and respond to regulatory agency inquiries

• Financials Audits and Reporting:

• Responsible for outputs of your payrolls such as payroll journals GL files and ad-hoc reporting

• Youll ensure all reporting and data is completed timely

Qualifications :

• Prior APAC payroll processing experience of at least 2 years in a high growth product or service led company - this assists you to know how to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities and come up with innovative solutions.

• Payroll skills - youll have experience in preparing processing correcting and auditing most aspects of payroll - as well as the ability to learn new payroll processes efficiently. Malaysia JapanThailand and Hong Kong payroll experience is a plus!

• Above average tech skills particularly with Google Docs Sheets and Microsoft Excel for use of pivot tables charts etc - as well as being proficient in using payroll software.

• Collaborative - youll have a passion and skill for building strong relationships based on trust and mutual respect.

• Detail focused - youll have an eye for the details and an appreciation of data and analytics using these two skills to drive your decisions.

• Adaptable - you will be as comfortable working with ambiguity as you are with certainty. We need someone who can be agile enough to respond to changing priorities but be able to hold clear on the long-term path ahead

• Curiosity to learn grow - we dont expect you to be an expert but well need you to have a positive can-do attitude - with a willingness to learn new things.

• Ability to multi-task - you must be able to handle multiple tasks - often at the same time. Youll also have the ability to start stop pick-up and complete tasks on a recurring basis.

• Teamwork focused - You excel in a teamwork-oriented setting. This role requires you to partner with your peers and cross-check assigned payrolls

Additional Information :

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Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time