EMEA Payroll Specialist

AMDOCS PHILIPPINES INC.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

AMDOCS PHILIPPINES INC. is seeking a Payroll Specialist to process, validate, and ensure accurate pay for employees across multiple entities in the EMEA region. You will work with HR, vendors, and the Payroll Manager to meet regulatory requirements and deadlines.

The role requires 4+ years of end-to-end EMEA payroll experience, with ADP Payforce or ERP background, strong MS Excel skills, and SAP familiarity. On-site work (3x per week) in BGC, Taguig.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree holder.
• 4+ years end-to-end EMEA payroll processing experience.
• Experience with ADP Payforce or ERP with minimum 2 years.
• Strong MS Excel skills and SAP background.

Responsibilities

• Serve as payroll focal point for payroll-related matters with HR partners and vendors.
• Provide excellent customer service to employees on payroll queries.
• Manually prepare and validate employee data for payroll cycles to vendor.
• Review and approve mid-month, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll runs.
• Coordinate funding, net salary payments, and statutory filings.
• Prepare journal entries related to payroll and ensure accuracy.
• Ensure payroll controls are followed and coordinate with auditors.
• Manage end-to-end off-cycle and special payroll processing.
• Ensure timely year-end payroll processing.
• Support statutory payroll tax and social insurance filings.

Skills

MS Excel

SAP

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ADP Payforce

SAP

Job description

About the role

Responsible for processing, validation, and produce accurate pay to employees in accordance to the instructions and adjustments provided by HR. The payroll specialist should maintain accurate records and data, and ensure that payroll deductions and reporting comply with the local requirements in country. Work closely with Payroll Manager, Payroll Deputy and third party vendor to prioritize business and information needs. Reports to a Finance Operation Team Lead and is responsible for the accurate and timely processing, validation and pay of employees for multiple legal entities located in various countries within the EMEA Region per the instructions and adjustments provided by HR counterpart and per the requirements of law.

Key responsibilities

• Serves as counties/entities payroll focal point for payroll related matters and liaise/collaborate with HR partners, third party vendors, government registrations and the like.

• Provide excellent customer service to employees attending to their payroll queries and concerns.

• Manually convert and prepare employee data (new hire, changes, etc.), validate and submit mid-month, semimonthly and monthly via the agreed template/form/interface payroll instructions to the payroll vendor per the timeline agreed in the payroll calendar.

• Conducts comprehensive review and approve mid-month, semi-monthly and monthly payroll per the defined payroll frequency.

• Coordinate funding requirements and pay net salary, remit tax and statutory benefit (s) to the government agency and/or thru a third-party provider.

• Prepare journal entry (s) related to payroll and record timely and accurately.

• Ensure timely execution of payroll process controls (SOC and SOX) and liaise with internal and external control counterpart and/or auditor.

• Manage end to end off-cycle and special payroll processing.

• Ensure accurate and timely execution of year-end processing.

• Support statutory filing and payment related to payroll tax, social insurance, provident fund, and the like, as appropriate.

About you

• Bachelor's degree holder and graduate.

• 4+ years proven working experience in end-to-end EMEA payroll processing.

• With professional work experience and background in EMEA Payroll. Preferably with experience in ADP Payforce or ERP: minimum of 2 years.

• Strong skills in MS Excel and with background in SAP.

• Outstanding customer service capabilities.

• Ability to work in a diverse environment.

• Accuracy and attention to detail.

• Can work with minimal supervision.

• Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to collaborate closely with other non-tax professionals (HR, finance etc.).

• Willing to work on site (3x per week), and in BGC, Taguig City.