Payroll Specialist - Asia

Aggreko, LLC; Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading benefit plans

Continuous training and development

Job summary

Aggreko is seeking a Payroll Specialist - Asia to manage payroll operations across multiple Asian countries from our Manila office. The role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and timely execution for a fixed-term contract.

You will consolidate inputs, process changes, run calculations, and support audits while maintaining strong vendor relationships and internal controls. Experience with Workday and Excel is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on payroll experience in Asian territories.
• Strong knowledge of local labor laws and payroll accounting principles.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Fluent in English with strong stakeholder management across remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Accurately process and consolidate multi-country payroll inputs, ensuring timely and correct employee compensation.
• Manage and process all payroll changes efficiently, meeting strict deadlines.
• Perform detailed payroll calculations, checks, and analysis.
• Oversee shadow payroll management.
• Manage relationships with payroll vendors, ensuring accountability and secure data exchange.
• Establish and enforce robust internal controls for payroll accuracy and compliance with legal requirements.
• Track and manage internal company loans.
• Contribute to and support payroll projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Generate comprehensive payroll reports and analysis, including calculations for new hires, international transfers, and exiting employees.
• Leverage payroll databases to create on-demand reports and support internal/external statutory audits.
• Serve as a primary contact for payroll queries, providing prompt and professional support to internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage payslip generation and distribution via Workday, including simulations and data reconciliation.
• Document and maintain up-to-date payroll processes and procedures.
• Adhere to internal validation and approval processes, maintaining thorough audit trails for all payroll inputs.
• Maintain the strictest confidentiality and data integrity for all payroll information.

Skills

Payroll processing

English proficiency

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Excel

MS Office

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

Bring your energy to Aggreko as Payroll Specialist - Asia who will be responsible for managing payroll operations across multiple Asian countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely execution. Power without pause. Heating, cooling and oil-free air without end. We keep our customers' worlds on. From world-class events that last a few weeks to mining operations and remote communities who rely on us for decades.

What you’ll do as Payroll Specialist - Asia:

• Accurately process and consolidate multi-country payroll inputs, ensuring timely and correct employee compensation.
• Manage and process all payroll changes efficiently, meeting strict deadlines.
• Perform detailed payroll calculations, checks, and analysis.
• Oversee shadow payroll management.
• Manage relationships with payroll vendors, ensuring accountability and secure data exchange.
• Establish and enforce robust internal controls for payroll accuracy and compliance with legal requirements.
• Track and manage internal company loans.
• Contribute to and support payroll projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Generate comprehensive payroll reports and analysis, including calculations for new hires, international transfers, and exiting employees.
• Leverage payroll databases to create on-demand reports and support internal/external statutory audits.
• Serve as a primary contact for payroll queries, providing prompt and professional support to internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage payslip generation and distribution via Workday, including simulations and data reconciliation.
• Document and maintain up-to-date payroll processes and procedures.
• Adhere to internal validation and approval processes, maintaining thorough audit trails for all payroll inputs.
• Maintain the strictest confidentiality and data integrity for all payroll information.

You are:

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of hands-on payroll experience, specifically within Asian territories and multinational environments.
• Technical Expertise: In-depth technical knowledge of payroll processes, local labor laws, and accounting principles related to payroll bookings and reconciliations.
• Problem-Solving: Proven resilience and strong analytical skills to navigate and resolve complex payroll scenarios.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, with a track record of effective stakeholder management across remote teams.
• Language Proficiency: Fluent in English.
• Software Skills: Advanced proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Attributes: Exceptional accuracy, attention to detail, discretion, and a flexible, adaptable approach.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Fixed term contract role be based in our Manila, Philippines office.
• Industry-leading benefit plans
• Continuous training and development with career growth opportunities
• Safety-focused culture
• Our people are can-do, positive, resilient and persistent.

Equal employment opportunity We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people's unique skills, attitudes and experiences.

We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that's how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

At Aggreko, we provide energy solutions so communities can thrive and businesses can grow. We bring power, heat and cooling to customers and communities wherever they need it. No two days are the same. We work in dynamic environments and offer a wide range of opportunities for motivated people to enrich their lives and communities. If you are prepared to give us your best, you can learn and grow quickly. We are building a culture and an environment where everyone can be at their best. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that's how we achieve our potential.

Join us, bring your energy, and grow your career.