HR Specialist

Jobstreet Malaysia; Selangor; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora Malaysia seeks an experienced HR professional to support the Head of HR across compensation, payroll, HRIS, reporting, policies, and compliance. You will help design pay structures, participate in benchmarking, and administer incentive programs while ensuring accurate monthly payroll and tax statements.

The role requires 5+ years in HR-related roles or HR Generalist work, with proven payroll management experience.

Qualifications

• Payroll management experience is essential.
• Experience as an HR Generalist or in HR-related roles.
• Background in compensation/payroll processes is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support Head of HR in designing and maintaining pay structures, salary grades and ranges.
• Participate in salary surveys and benchmarking to track industry trends.
• Assist in administering incentive and bonus programs.
• Review and manage health insurance benefits and wellness programs.
• Communicate compensation policies and changes to employees.
• Assist with monthly payroll processing and year-end tax statements.
• Maintain employee master data and headcount reporting.
• Support HR policy reviews and updates to stay compliant.

Skills

Payroll management

HR generalist

Compensation design

Job description

Jora Malaysia will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

This role supports the Head of HR across compensation, human resources information systems, headcount reporting, policies and procedures, and audit and compliance functions.

Key responsibilities

• Support Head of HR in designing and maintaining the company's pay structure, salary grades and salary ranges
• Participate in salary surveys and benchmarking to maintain an understanding of industry compensation trends
• Support Head of HR in designing and administering performance-based incentive and bonus program
• Review and administer health insurance benefits and employee wellness program to ensure employer competitiveness in the market
• Communicate compensation and rewards policies, practices and changes to employees
• Administer and improvise annual salary review exercise
• Execute monthly payroll process with accuracy and timeliness
• Year-end review on employee income tax statement
• Maintain employee master database and employee movement report
• Organisation chart maintenance
• Contact point for monthly headcount report submission to headquarter
• Review HR policies and propose improvisation
• Upkeep employee handbook to reflect the most recent/ revised employee benefits
• Communicate and educate the organization’s HR policies to employees
• Maintain accurate compensation and rewards data and compliance to tax requirement
• Participate in external audit on payroll processes
• Contact point for headquarter and local compliance lead on HR policies alignment to local regulation and headquarter practice

What we are looking for

• More than 5 years of experience in HR related areas or as an HR Generalist
• Proven experience in payroll management is a must
• Open to candidates from all industries. Background in heavy machinery, automotive or industrial automation is an added advantage