Director of People, Payroll & Compliance

Agensi Pekerjaan Executive Recruiters; Klang City; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking an experienced HR leader to drive people strategy across multiple outlets in Malaysia. The role oversees recruitment, payroll, compliance, employee relations, and performance programs while coordinating with finance and administration. Strong HRIS experience and multi-site leadership are essential.

The successful candidate will implement policies, develop talent, and advance a positive work culture with robust engagement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Human Resources or related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive HR experience across multiple outlets/business units.
• Proven payroll processing and statutory compliance knowledge.
• Experience combining HR leadership with finance, payroll, or admin oversight is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of local labour laws and HRIS familiarity.
• Multilingual: English and Bahasa Melayu.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to align HR strategy with business objectives across all units.
• Lead and develop the HR team and HR operations organization-wide.
• Develop and implement HR policies and procedures.
• Lead HR projects including policy updates and HRIS implementation.
• Oversee recruitment lifecycle: postings, sourcing, screening, interviews, onboarding.
• Manage payroll processing and statutory reports accuracy and timeliness.
• Administer employee benefits and conduct market research for competitiveness.
• Develop performance management and training programs.
• Handle employee relations, investigations, discipline and engagement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with labour laws and maintain accurate records.
• Support finance and admin oversight, budgeting, vendor coordination, audits.

Skills

HR leadership

HR strategy

Recruitment & onboarding

Payroll & compliance

Performance management

Employee relations

HRIS knowledge

Cross-functional coordination

Multilingual (English, Bahasa Melayu)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Accounting/HR

Tools

HRIS systems

Payroll software

Job description

Zohorecruit is seeking an experienced HR leader to drive people strategy across multiple outlets in Malaysia. The role oversees recruitment, payroll, compliance, employee relations, and performance programs while coordinating with finance and administration. Strong HRIS experience and multi-site leadership are essential.

The successful candidate will implement policies, develop talent, and advance a positive work culture with robust engagement initiatives.