Senior Payroll Associate, Malaysian Payroll
Deel
Payroll Risk & Compliance Lead – APAC
Remote
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇲🇾 Malaysia
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💰 $40,700 - $91,650 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Be the technical lead on payroll and employment legislation for APAC, ensuring compliance with wage tax laws, social security regulations, and employment policies.
- Lead country-specific payroll audits, identifying risks, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement, and drive solutions through to implementation.
- Resolve compliance matters efficiently, engaging with tax authorities, legal advisors, and internal teams to address audits, disputes, and inquiries.
- Act as a strategic advisor to Payroll Operations and Product teams, ensuring our payroll processes remain robust and scalable.
- Drive process improvements and automation, optimising workflows to enhance payroll accuracy and efficiency.
- Lead and support high-impact projects, influencing the development of payroll processes, compliance frameworks, and operational strategies.
- Deliver training and support on compliance matters to payroll and cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in payroll legislation, employment tax, and social security regulations in APAC.
- Experience in payroll compliance, payroll operations, or payroll audit within a multinational environment.
- Proven track record in managing regulatory compliance, handling authority audits, and resolving payroll-related compliance issues.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in data analysis, reconciliations, and risk identification.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex regulatory topics clearly and effectively.
- Proactive and strategic mindset, capable of identifying opportunities for improvement and driving meaningful change.
- Experience in leading process improvements, including automation, system enhancements, and operational efficiencies.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, international, and largely asynchronous environment.
- Fluency in English.
Benefits
- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
payroll legislationemployment taxsocial security regulationspayroll compliancepayroll operationspayroll auditdata analysisreconciliationsrisk identificationprocess improvements
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsstakeholder managementproactive mindsetstrategic mindsetability to explain complex topicsability to drive changeability to work in fast-paced environmentability to work asynchronouslytraining and support