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Payroll Team Lead

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. Lead and oversee day-to-day payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery for assigned countries, entities, or employee populations.

Posted 10/25/2026full-timeKunshan • ChinaSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring compliance with labor laws and tax regulations while driving process improvements and automation. Proven ability to lead and develop payroll teams, manage stakeholder relationships, and handle complex payroll issues effectively.

Highest-signal resume keywords
End-To-End Payroll ManagementPayroll Compliance KnowledgeHRIS And Payroll Systems ExperiencePayroll Data Analysis SkillsTeam Leadership And Development

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Hard Skills
Payroll OperationsPayroll ProcessesTaxation KnowledgePayroll ReconciliationPayroll ReportingPayroll ControlsProcess ImprovementAutomationStatutory FilingsPayroll Transformation
Soft Skills
Strong CommunicationStakeholder ManagementProblem-SolvingAttention To DetailTime Management
Tools & Technologies
WorkdaySAPOracleExcelPayroll Systems
Industry Keywords
Labor LawsSocial Insurance RequirementsStatutory ObligationsMultinational Company ExperienceShared Services Environment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Oracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead and oversee day-to-day payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery for assigned countries, entities, or employee populations.
  • Manage, coach, and develop payroll team members, allocate workloads, monitor performance, and ensure appropriate backup coverage within the team.
  • Review and approve payroll inputs, calculations, reconciliations, and reports before final processing and payment.
  • Ensure payroll activities comply with applicable labor laws, tax regulations, social insurance requirements, statutory obligations, and company policies.
  • Manage external payroll vendors, monitor service performance, and drive timely resolution and escalation of payroll issues.
  • Partner with HR, Finance, Total Rewards, HR Operations, and other stakeholders to resolve complex payroll matters and support business requirements.
  • Oversee payroll reporting, reconciliations, statutory filings, year-end activities, audits, and payroll-related controls.
  • Drive continuous improvement of payroll processes, controls, systems, and ways of working, including automation, standardization, system enhancements, and payroll-related projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • Solid payroll operations experience, with demonstrated experience independently managing end-to-end payroll processes.
  • Previous experience leading, supervising, or coordinating a payroll team or payroll operations.
  • Strong knowledge of payroll processes, taxation, social insurance, statutory requirements, payroll controls, and compliance.
  • Experience working with HRIS and payroll systems such as Workday, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent platforms.
  • Strong Excel and payroll data analysis skills, including payroll reconciliation, reporting, and identification of discrepancies or risks.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle complex payroll issues and escalations.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple payroll deadlines and priorities while handling sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
  • Experience managing multi-country or regional payroll operations, particularly within an APAC environment.
  • Experience working in a multinational company, shared services environment, and/or managing outsourced payroll service providers.
  • Experience with payroll transformation, system implementation, automation, process improvement, or regional/global payroll projects.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Attractive profit, including free shuttle bus, lunch etc.
  • Home office opportunity (2 days/week after probation)
  • Work-Life balance
  • Training opportunities
  • Learning and development programs
  • Great team collaboration