Payroll Accountant

Remote Employee BPO Phil Inc; San Fernando; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HMO + 2 dependents

Rice allowance

Government mandated benefits

Job summary

Remote Employee BPO Phil Inc in the Philippines seeks a Payroll Accountant to manage end-to-end payroll processing, compliance, and related reporting. The role partners with Finance to provide payroll insights and support budgeting and cost analysis.

The candidate should have 3–5 years of payroll experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with QuickBooks. AI platform training is highly preferred to enhance payroll automation and accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, Accounting Technology, or related field.
• 3–5 years in payroll accounting or payroll administration.
• Strong knowledge of Philippine payroll, taxation, and labor compliance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online/Desktop.
• AI platform training (Copilot/Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage regular, special, off-cycle, and final payroll processing.
• Maintain payroll registers and supporting schedules.
• Validate attendance, overtime, leave, incentives, deductions, and adjustments.
• Process reimbursements, salary advances, and payroll corrections.
• Reconcile payroll records to accounting and general ledger balances.
• Prepare payroll journal entries and payroll-related reconciliations.
• Investigate payroll variances and resolve discrepancies.
• Support BOI reportorial submissions with payroll data.
• Ensure compliance with BIR, DOLE, SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG.
• Prepare payroll funding forecasts and workforce cost projections.

Skills

Advanced Microsoft Excel

Payroll accounting experience

Philippine payroll taxation & labor

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Accounting Technology, or related field

Tools

QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks Desktop

Microsoft Copilot / AI tools (Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini)

Job description

About the role

The Payroll Accountant is responsible for end-to-end payroll administration, employee compensation accounting, payroll compliance, tax reporting, payroll reconciliations, financial reporting support, BOI reportorial compliance, audit readiness, budgeting support, workforce cost analysis, and payroll decision support. The role serves as a strategic partner to the Accounting & Finance Manager by providing timely payroll insights, analytics, reconciliations, and compliance support.

Key responsibilities

• Manage regular, special, off-cycle, and final payroll processing
• Maintain payroll registers and supporting schedules
• Validate attendance, overtime, leave, incentives, deductions, and adjustments
• Process reimbursements, salary advances, and payroll corrections
• Reconcile payroll records to accounting records and general ledger balances
• Prepare payroll journal entries and payroll-related account reconciliations
• Investigate payroll variances and resolve discrepancies
• Lead the preparation of payroll-related schedules, supporting documents, and manpower reports required for annual and periodic BOI reportorial submissions
• Ensure compliance with BIR, DOLE, SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG requirements
• Prepare payroll funding forecasts and workforce cost projections

About you

• Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Accounting Technology, or related field
• Minimum 3-5 years of payroll accounting, payroll administration, or finance experience
• Strong knowledge of Philippine payroll, taxation, and labor compliance
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience preparing or supporting BOI reportorial requirements and regulatory submissions (preferred)
• QuickBooks Certification is a strong advantage (preferred)
• Experience with QuickBooks Online/Desktop for reconciliations and financial reporting (preferred)
• Certification or training in Microsoft Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar AI platforms is highly preferred

Benefits

• HMO plus 2 Free Dependents
• P1,500 Rice Allowance
• Government Mandated Benefits