Payroll Analyst III, APAC

Boston Scientific Medical Device (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; Penang; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific Medical Device (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

seeks a Payroll Analyst III to lead end‑to‑end payroll for APAC countries and sites, ensuring accurate, on‑time payments and compliance with statutory and company requirements. You will validate results, monitor controls, coordinate with HR, Finance and external providers, drive process improvements, and support audits and payroll projects in a fast‑paced shared services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Human Resource or related discipline.
• 5-6 years of payroll experience, preferably APAC.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll processing, payroll controls, and statutory compliance.
• Experience with multiple payroll vendors and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Proficiency in payroll systems and Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in a Shared Services/GBS environment preferred.
• Exposure to payroll projects, process improvement, or automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll for assigned countries/sites/populations, ensuring accurate and timely payment.
• Process and validate payroll transactions, including changes, compensation, time/leave, deductions, benefits, and off-cycle payments.
• Perform payroll reconciliations, variance analysis, and exception reviews; investigate discrepancies.
• Ensure compliance with payroll, tax, social security, statutory, SOX, policy, and data privacy requirements.
• Prepare and review statutory filings, payments, year-end activities, and payroll reports.
• Coordinate expatriate, equity compensation, and other complex payroll transactions as applicable.
• Partner with HR, People Services, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Benefits, and GBS for accurate delivery and reporting.
• Manage external payroll providers, monitor service levels, validate outputs, and resolve issues.
• Address complex employee and stakeholder payroll queries promptly and professionally.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory reviews, and corrective actions.
• Drive payroll process improvements and support system upgrades, implementations, transitions, automation, and standardization.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

APAC payroll

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Excel proficiency

SOX/compliance

Payroll systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business/HR

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Payroll systems

Job description

The Payroll Analyst III independently manages end-to-end payroll delivery for assigned countries in APAC, sites, or employee populations, ensuring employees are paid accurately, on time, and in compliance with statutory and company requirements. The role applies advanced payroll expertise to validate payroll results, maintain effective controls, manage external provider performance, and resolve complex payroll issues in partnership with HR, Finance, and other stakeholders. It also supports payroll projects and drives standardization, automation, and continuous improvement to strengthen payroll accuracy, efficiency, and service quality.

Responsibilities:

• Manage end-to-end payroll for assigned countries, sites, or employee populations, ensuring accurate and timely payment.
• Process and validate payroll transactions, including employee changes, compensation, time and leave, deductions, benefits, and off-cycle payments.
• Perform payroll reconciliations, controls, variance analysis, and exception reviews; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure compliance with payroll, tax, social security, statutory, SOX, company policy, and data privacy requirements.
• Prepare and review statutory filings, payments, year-end activities, and payroll reports.
• Coordinate expatriate, equity compensation, and other complex payroll transactions, where applicable.
• Partner with HR, People Services, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Benefits, and GBS to ensure accurate payroll delivery and reporting.
• Manage external payroll providers, monitor service levels, validate outputs, and resolve performance issues.
• Address complex employee and stakeholder payroll queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory reviews, and related corrective actions.
• Drive payroll process improvements and support projects such as system upgrades, implementations, transitions, automation, and standardization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Human Resource or a related discipline.
• Requires to have 5 - 6 years of payroll experience, preferably supporting APAC countries.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll processing, payroll controls, and statutory compliance.
• Experience working with multiple payroll vendors and cross-functional stakeholders, including HR and Finance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Proficiency in payroll systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in a Shared Services/GBS environments is highly preferred
• Exposure to payroll projects, process improvement, or automation initiatives and migrating services

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Medical Devices 1,001-5,000 employees

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare.

Our work is guided by core values that define Boston Scientific culture and empower our employees.

Boston Scientific by the numbers:

45K employees worldwide

33M patients treated each year

16,000+ products that change lives

$12.682 billion sales in 2022

130 countries with commercial representation

- from Boston Scientific Performance Report 2022.

Expanding our footprint in APAC

In 2017, we opened our first manufacturing facility in Asia in Penang, producing medical devices including diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. In 2022, we expanded our presence in Malaysia Penang with a Global Distribution Center to manage the distribution of medical devices within Malaysia and around the world.

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare.

Our work is guided by core values that define Boston Scientific culture and empower our employees.

Boston Scientific by the numbers:

45K employees worldwide

33M patients treated each year

16,000+ products that change lives

$12.682 billion sales in 2022

130 countries with commercial representation

- from Boston Scientific Performance Report 2022.

Expanding our footprint in APAC

In 2017, we opened our first manufacturing facility in Asia in Penang, producing medical devices including diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. In 2022, we expanded our presence in Malaysia Penang with a Global Distribution Center to manage the distribution of medical devices within Malaysia and around the world.