Payroll Specialist - CSL Behring

We're looking for a Payroll Specialist to join our Global Payroll team in Tokyo, supporting our Japan operations while working closely with regional and global stakeholders. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys combining operational excellence, compliance expertise, and continuous improvement in a purpose-driven organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Payroll APAC , you will be responsible for the delivery of accurate, compliant, and timely payroll services for our employees in Japan. You will work closely with payroll vendors, HR, Benefits, Finance, and employees to ensure an exceptional payroll experience across the employee lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage employee payroll enquiries and support social insurance, benefits, and retirement payment administration.
• Administer PTO, working time, attendance records, and overtime compliance processes.
• Partner with payroll vendors to deliver accurate payroll processing, validations, and statutory reporting.
• Liaise with government agencies, including labour, tax, and local authorities, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain payroll, employee, and time & attendance data within Workday and related systems.
• Support payroll audits, reporting, forecasting, process improvements, and cross-functional initiatives with HR, Benefits, Finance, and Global teams.

Skills and Experience:

• Over 3 years of experience in the field of payroll and Time and Attendance management in Japan.
• Strong knowledge of tax and employment legislation in Japan
• Experience working in a global matrix organisation.
• Business level of English proficiency. (Must read, write, speak in business level)
• Experience leading or supporting payroll vendor transitions, system implementations, or significant process and system changes is a plus.
• Proficient in understanding payroll accounting

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients' needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world's largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement .