Payroll Executive

About the role

This role involves managing end-to-end payroll processes, maintaining employee records, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, and administering employee benefits. You will be responsible for accurate and timely salary payments, statutory contributions, attendance monitoring, and foreign worker permit coordination.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end monthly payroll process to ensure accurate and timely payment of salaries, wages, allowances and other compensation
• Verify payroll calculations, attendance records, overtime, deductions and employee movement information
• Ensure accurate calculation and submission of statutory contributions, including EPF, SOCSO, PCB, EIS and HRDF
• Perform payroll reconciliation and other payroll-related activities within the required timelines
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee payroll and personal records
• Process and update employee movements, including new joiners, resignations, transfers, promotions and salary adjustments
• Ensure HR and payroll processes comply with applicable employment laws, statutory regulations and company policies
• Monitor absenteeism by ensuring the accuracy of employee attendance data
• Respond to employees' payroll, attendance and benefits enquiries promptly and professionally
• Administer employee benefits, including medical and health insurance, retirement plans and voluntary deductions

Requirements

• Proficient in using Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), payroll software and other relevant digital tools
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Able to perform payroll calculations, analyse data, prepare reports and create presentations
• Experienced in using timekeeping and attendance management systems to accurately record, monitor and verify employees' working hours, overtime, leave and attendance data
• Proficient in using email, instant messaging and video-conferencing platforms to communicate effectively with employees, team members and other stakeholders
• Able to maintain confidentiality and security of all payroll information