Strategic HR Operations Leader - Multi-Entity Payroll

WS DENTAL GROUP SDN BHD; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

WS Dental Group Sdn Bhd seeks a senior HR leader to standardise policies, payroll processes, and employee data across its group of companies. The role drives governance, compliance, and cost control while supporting growth, engagement, retention, and sound industrial relations.

You will oversee core HR operations across the employee lifecycle, implement performance management, and ensure consistent onboarding, offboarding, and HR reporting across entities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing HR operations across multiple entities.
• Strong knowledge of HR policies, compensation and benefits, and performance management.
• Experience with multi-company payroll, cost allocation, HRIS, and HR reporting.
• Ability to manage disciplinary matters, grievances, and industrial relations professionally.
• Strong analytical skills to monitor headcount and HR compliance risks.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, organisation and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Standardise HR policies, salary structures, leave, benefits, and documentation across entities.
• Oversee multi-company payroll, cost allocation, reimbursements, and charging of costs to cost centres.
• Maintain employee master data, payroll systems, attendance, and HR dashboards.
• Implement performance management processes including appraisals, probation, promotions, increments.
• Review compensation and benefits competitiveness, including salary bands and incentives.
• Monitor headcount, vacancies, manpower costs, overtime, and staffing ratios.
• Develop employee engagement and retention initiatives, including surveys and retention plans.
• Manage misconduct investigations, warnings, grievances, and disciplinary documentation.
• Govern recruitment processes, agency management, and turnaround times.
• Ensure onboarding, offboarding, and HR process compliance.
• Conduct periodic HR audits across contracts, payroll, attendance, and statutory submissions.
• Manage HR-related vendors such as payroll providers and recruitment agencies.
• Protect employee information with appropriate controls.

Skills

HR operations

Payroll management

Employee relations

Compliance

Education

HR/IR related degree

Tools

HRIS

Job description

WS Dental Group Sdn Bhd seeks a senior HR leader to standardise policies, payroll processes, and employee data across its group of companies. The role drives governance, compliance, and cost control while supporting growth, engagement, retention, and sound industrial relations.

You will oversee core HR operations across the employee lifecycle, implement performance management, and ensure consistent onboarding, offboarding, and HR reporting across entities.