Accounting Analyst – Taiwan Payroll & Workforce Accounting Support (Traditional Chinese)

International Business Machines Corporation; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking an Accounting Analyst to support Taiwan payroll accounting activities, workforce-related reporting, employee shift schedule monitoring, and payroll-related GL reconciliations. This role requires Strong Traditional Chinese communication with stakeholders and English documentation.

You will serve as a key liaison between Finance, HR, Payroll Operations, and Taiwan stakeholders to ensure accurate payroll accounting and timely reconciliation in a global environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll accounting and payroll GL reconciliations.
• Experience with SAP/BlackLine/ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly payroll-related general ledger reconciliations.
• Analyze payroll transactions and validate payroll accounting entries.
• Investigate and resolve payroll-related reconciling items and variances.
• Ensure payroll costs, benefits, taxes, accruals, and deductions are accurately reflected in the general ledger.
• Coordinate with payroll providers, HR, and accounting teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Support month-end and year-end payroll close activities.
• Monitor and maintain employee shift schedule reports for non-regular working hour employees.
• Validate workforce scheduling data and identify reporting exceptions.
• Support preparation of labor utilization and workforce management reports.
• Coordinate with operations and HR teams regarding schedule-related data issues.
• Assist in tracking overtime, premium pay, and other workforce-related reporting requirements.
• Prepare payroll-related reports and reconciliations.
• Perform trend and variance analysis on labor costs and payroll expenses.
• Support management reporting requirements related to workforce costs.
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and special investigations.

Skills

Payroll accounting

General ledger reconciliations

Month-end close

Labor cost analysis

SAP

BlackLine

Excel (advanced)

ERP systems

Traditional Chinese communication

Tools

SAP

BlackLine

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting embraces long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. In this role, you will work for IBM BPO, part of Consulting that, accelerates digital transformation using agile methodologies, process mining, and AI-powered workflows.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including IBM Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Position Summary

The Accounting Analyst is responsible for supporting Taiwan payroll accounting activities, workforce-related reporting, employee shift schedule monitoring, and payroll-related general ledger reconciliations. The role serves as a key liaison between Finance, HR, Payroll Operations, and Taiwan business stakeholders to ensure accurate payroll accounting, timely reconciliation of payroll-related accounts, and compliance with local reporting requirements.

The position requires strong Traditional Chinese communication skills, as stakeholder discussions, meetings, and employee-related inquiries are primarily conducted in Traditional Chinese, while documentation, reporting, and email communications are generally performed in English.

Your role and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Accounting & GL Reconciliation

• Perform monthly payroll-related general ledger reconciliations.
• Analyze payroll transactions and validate payroll accounting entries.
• Investigate and resolve payroll-related reconciling items and variances.
• Ensure payroll costs, benefits, taxes, accruals, and deductions are accurately reflected in the general ledger.
• Coordinate with payroll providers, HR, and accounting teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Support month-end and year-end payroll close activities.

Workforce & Shift Schedule Reporting

• Monitor and maintain employee shift schedule reports for non-regular working hour employees.
• Validate workforce scheduling data and identify reporting exceptions.
• Support preparation of labor utilization and workforce management reports.
• Coordinate with operations and HR teams regarding schedule-related data issues.
• Assist in tracking overtime, premium pay, and other workforce-related reporting requirements.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare payroll-related reports and reconciliations.
• Perform trend and variance analysis on labor costs and payroll expenses.
• Support management reporting requirements related to workforce costs.
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and special investigations.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as primary finance support for Taiwan payroll and workforce accounting matters.
• Communicate with Taiwan stakeholders in Traditional Chinese.
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, Operations, and Finance teams.
• Participate in issue resolution discussions related to payroll accounting and workforce reporting.

Compliance & Controls

• Ensure payroll accounting activities comply with company policies and internal controls.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for payroll reconciliations.
• Support internal and external audit requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll accounting processes and controls.

Required technical and professional expertise

Language Requirements

• English
• Financial reporting and documentation.
• Email correspondence.
• Interaction with global finance teams.
• Traditional Chinese
• Daily stakeholder discussions.
• Meetings and conference calls.
• Coordination with Taiwan HR, payroll, and operations teams.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Key Skills Required

Technical

• Payroll accounting
• General ledger reconciliations
• Month-end close
• Labor cost analysis
• SAP/BlackLine/ERP systems
• Excel (advanced)
• BlackLine (preferred)

Business

• Traditional Chinese communication
• Workforce reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Problem solving
• Attention to detail
• Process improvement

For workforce planning purposes, this role aligns more closely with a Payroll Accounting / Workforce Reporting Analyst than a traditional Journal Entry or Financial Reporting Analyst because its core activities are payroll GL reconciliation, workforce schedule management, labor cost reporting, and payroll stakeholder support.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.