Payroll Specialist | With AU Experience

Vital Business Partners; Cebu City; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HMO coverage 500K per incident

Dental & Optical benefits

Educational assistance 25K

Training and equipment provided

Fixed Mon-Fri 7 AM–4 PM

Job summary

Vital Business Partners in Cebu City is seeking a Payroll Specialist to manage accurate and timely payroll for Australian clients. You will work with Finance teams and help maintain a payroll knowledge base to drive process improvements.

The role emphasizes handling complex payroll matters, ensuring accrual accuracy, and staying current with Australian regulations. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in payroll and strong collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Graduate with BS Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years as Payroll specialist working with Australian clients.
• In-depth knowledge of payroll lifecycle and Australian legislation.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, ability to prioritize issues.
• Keen attention to detail and dedication to accurate reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration across teams.
• Experience delivering payroll system training and support is a plus.
• Adaptable to a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary payroll system support contact.
• Triage and prioritize payroll support tasks.
• Compile exact monthly payroll reports per local compliance.
• Handle complex payroll matters (leave, LSL, exits).
• Ensure accuracy of accruals systems.
• Stay updated on Australian payroll changes (CPE access).
• Partner with Finance Business Partners for timely payroll prep.
• Contribute to developing a payroll knowledge base.

Skills

Payroll lifecycle

Australian payroll

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Training & support

Cross-team collaboration

Education

BS in Business Administration

Finance

Management Accounting

Job description

Overview of the Role

The Payroll Specialist ensures accurate and timely payroll processing, handles complex payroll matters, and stays up to date with Australian payroll regulations. They collaborate with Finance teams and help maintain a payroll knowledge base to support process improvements.

Main duties include

• Serve as the primary support contact for payroll system inquiries
• Efficiently triage and prioritize payroll support
• Compile exact monthly payroll reports in line with local compliance mandates and organizational needs.
• Attend to complex payroll matters, such as leave calculations, LSL and exit calculations where team members move on from the business.
• Ensuring accuracy within relevant accruals systems
• Keep an update knowledge of Australian payroll changes (we will support this with access to relevant ongoing CPE)
• Partner with Finance Business Partners and their relevant teams in ensuring the accurate and timely preparation of payroll
• Assist in the development of a payroll knowledge base.

Requirements

• A graduate of BS Business Administration, Finance, Management Accounting, and other related courses
• With a minimum 5 years experience in Payroll specialist role working with Australian clients
• In-depth knowledge of the complete payroll lifecycle and relevant Australian legislation.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, coupled with the capability to efficiently manage and prioritize issues.
• Keen attention to detail and a dedication to generating accurate and timely reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in delivering user-centric training and support for payroll systems would be an advantage
• Adaptable to a fast-paced and ever-evolving work setting, with a customer-friendly attitude

Benefits

• 500K per incident HMO coverage + Dental & Optical benefits
• 2-week paid Christmas vacation
• Electricity & Data subsidies
• 25K Educational Assistance
• Training and equipment will be provided
• Fixed Schedule of Mon-Fri from 7 AM to 4 PM
• Additional details will be discussed during the Job Offer stage.