APAC Payroll Manager - Leadership & Compliance

Boston Scientific; George Town; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific is seeking a Payroll Manager APAC to lead a regional payroll team and ensure accurate, compliant delivery across APAC. The role partners with HR, Finance, external providers to optimize processes, governance, and reporting.

You will drive continuous improvement, manage complex payroll issues, and contribute to budgeting and capacity planning while staying current with local regulations and market changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• 10–12 years of relevant payroll experience with leadership in multinational/shared services.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll operations, controls, compliance, and governance across APAC.
• Experience leading payroll service delivery and vendor management.
• Demonstrated people leadership, performance management, and operational excellence.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience driving process improvement and automation in payroll operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of payroll professionals and, where applicable, first-line managers or supervisors.
• Translate payroll and business objectives into team plans, priorities, resource allocations, and performance goals.
• Ensure accurate, timely payroll delivery across the assigned countries or business scope.
• Monitor team performance, service quality, controls, and key payroll metrics, taking corrective action when required.
• Provide operational oversight and resolve complex payroll, compliance, systems, vendor, and organizational issues.
• Make decisions within established policies and departmental plans, escalating matters with broader business or financial impact to senior management.
• Adapt team plans, processes, and milestones in response to changing business requirements, operational risks, and project priorities.
• Recommend and implement operating procedures, controls, and standardized approaches that strengthen payroll governance and service delivery.
• Identify and lead process improvements that enhance payroll accuracy, efficiency, employee experience, and cost effectiveness.
• Manage relationships with HR, Finance, external payroll providers, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and achieve shared objectives.
• Contribute to budgeting, workforce planning, capacity management, and vendor performance discussions for the assigned payroll area.
• Partner with Payroll Global Process Owner (GPO) to implement reporting and analytics that measure process effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and compliance.
• Monitor payroll legislation, market developments, and industry practices relevant to the assigned scope, ensuring appropriate operational responses.
• Provide payroll expertise and represent the function in operational reviews, project meetings, audits, and cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Payroll governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Process improvement

Communication

APAC payroll

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Finance/Accounting

Job description

Boston Scientific is seeking a Payroll Manager APAC to lead a regional payroll team and ensure accurate, compliant delivery across APAC. The role partners with HR, Finance, external providers to optimize processes, governance, and reporting.

You will drive continuous improvement, manage complex payroll issues, and contribute to budgeting and capacity planning while staying current with local regulations and market changes.