APAC Payroll Manager: Leadership & Compliance

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

Job summary

Boston Scientific in Penang is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead APAC payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant delivery while strengthening governance and vendor relations. You will drive continuous improvement and align payroll activities with business goals.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 10–12 years of payroll leadership in multinational or shared services environments, with strong stakeholder management and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• 10–12 years of relevant payroll experience, including leadership in a multinational or shared services environment.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll operations, controls, statutory compliance, and payroll governance across APAC.
• Proven experience leading payroll service delivery, managing payroll vendors, and partnering with HR, Finance, and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated people leadership with experience developing teams, managing performance, and driving operational excellence.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills to resolve complex payroll and compliance issues.
• Experience leading process improvement, standardization, automation, or transformation initiatives within payroll operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of experienced 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, compliant, and efficient 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

APAC payroll

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Payroll governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Accounting, or Business Admin

Job description

Boston Scientific in Penang is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead APAC payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant delivery while strengthening governance and vendor relations. You will drive continuous improvement and align payroll activities with business goals.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 10–12 years of payroll leadership in multinational or shared services environments, with strong stakeholder management and analytical skills.