Payroll Specialist | Onsite- Ortigas

Acquire Intelligence; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 558,000 - 781,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HMO coverage for you and your family

Annual company parties

Value Awards

Internal promotions and career growth

Leadership training programs

Job summary

Acquire Intelligence is hiring a Payroll Specialist to support Australian and New Zealand payroll. The role focuses on high-volume, accurate data entry and transactional processing, with first-line query triage and onshore sign-off.

You will work to ensure timely, compliant payroll processing, maintain digital records, and support standard reporting. Australian payroll knowledge is beneficial, and Dayforce experience is an advantage.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years’ experience in payroll or high-volume data-entry/transactional processing.
• Australian payroll experience preferred but not required.
• Exposure to payroll or rostering systems; Dayforce is an advantage.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams).
• Familiarity with Australian payroll concepts is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-volume, accurate data entry for new hires, employee changes and terminations.
• Chase and validate timesheet and roster exceptions in Dayforce.
• Enter leave, deductions and entitlement updates against configured rules.
• Maintain payroll records and documentation digitally in line with company SOE (no hardcopy).
• Triage tier-1 employee and manager queries and support inbox management; resolve routine items and elevate others as needed.
• Support reconciliations and standard reporting as directed.

Skills

Payroll processing

Data entry

MS Office

Dayforce

Australian payroll concepts

Tools

Dayforce

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

WHY JOIN THE A-TEAM?

Come for a career, stay forthe fun!

• HMO coverage for you and your family**
• Yearly Kick Off Parties with major giveaways (like the car in 2023)
• Get recognized through our ‘Value Awards’
• Grow your career - yes, we love to promote internally
• Do meaningful work and collaborate with the best
• 900 promotions given each year
• 2,700+ leadership training courses

A Glimpse into Your New Role

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for high-volume, accurate payroll data entry and transactional processing supporting Australian and New Zealand payroll, prepared for review by the Senior Payroll Specialist and onshore sign-off. Working within operating environments, the role focuses on accurate, timely and compliant transactional processing and first-line query triage.

As anPayroll Specialist,you will:

Transactional Processing

• Perform high-volume, accurate data entry for new hires, employee changes and standard terminations.
• Chase and validate timesheet and roster exceptions in Dayforce.
• Enter leave, deductions and entitlement updates against configured rules.
• Maintain payroll records and documentation digitally in line with Acquire’s SOE (no hardcopy).

Queries & Support

• Triage tier-1 employee and manager queries and support inbox management; resolve routine items and elevate the remainder to the Senior Payroll Specialist.
• Support reconciliations and standard reporting as directed.

Quality, Compliance & Improvement

• Follow payroll SOPs and Acquire’s SOE, least-access and no-hardcopy production-floor rules.
• Support compliance activities within agreed processes and SOPs.
• Identify process-improvement opportunities.
• Flag anomalies and potential issues early.

WhatYou’llBring

Required Skills & Competencies:

Work Experience

• 1–3 years’ experience in payroll or high-volume data-entry / transactional processing
• Australian payroll experience preferred but not required.
• Exposure to payroll or rostering systems; experience with Dayforce is an advantage.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
• Familiarity with Australian payroll concepts is an advantage.

Advantageous Experience

• Exposure to a large casual / retail workforce.
• Experience in an outsourced / shared-services environment.

Interpersonal / Professional Skills

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy are essential, particularly when processing high-volume payroll data.
• Clear written and verbal English communication.
• Strong communication and customer service skills are essential, with the ability to respond professionally to employee and manager queries.
• Discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive data.
• Reliable; follows process and escalates appropriately.
• Comfortable with repetitive, deadline-driven work and with change.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet payroll deadlines.

WHAT WE VALUE

We’reproud of our diverse global team, all working in a collaborative environment and happy to share these common values:

• Curious and Clever: Smart questions spark smart solutions.
• Entrepreneurial Energy: Think like an owner.Solvelike a founder.
• Fast with Intent: We move fast and deliverreal results.
• Laugh and Learn: Wedon’ttake ourselves too seriously, just our results.

What are you waiting for?

Come for a career, stay forthe fun!