Regional Payroll Manager

International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Regional Payroll Hub Manager at ICRC is responsible for the payroll of resident staff across Asia-Pacific supported countries, with its hub based in Makati City, Philippines. You will lead the payroll team, manage HR data reporting, and ensure compliance with local laws and international standards.

Qualifications include a university degree, 10+ years in payroll, and strong Excel/PowerPoint skills, plus English fluency. This role is onsite in Makati and involves cross-country coordination.

Qualifications

• University degree; good command (written and spoken) of English; French a plus.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in payroll administration at national/international levels.
• Amenability to work onsite in Makati City, Philippines.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional payroll hub for multiple countries and ensure timely payroll delivery.
• Coordinate with HRIS, Benefits, Finance, and Shared Services for improvements.
• Oversee internal controls and ensure compliance with laws and tax obligations.
• Develop salary forecasting and monthly/annual payroll calendars.

Skills

English proficiency

Payroll management

Education

University degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description:

What We Do

Since 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to preserve human dignity and relieve suffering caused by war and armed violence.

In collaboration with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world, we do everything we can to deliver life-saving aid, reconnect families and locate missing people – helping those who need it most, regardless of who they are and what side of the front line they are on.

We engage with authorities and armed forces on all sides, often confidentially, pressing for access to detainees to improve their living conditions and urging compliance with international humanitarian law to protect non-combatants, including from digital threats.

Purpose

The Regional Payroll Hub Manager is responsible for the Payroll of Resident Staff in supported countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

He/She leads the payroll team and assumes key functions in the internal control of our payroll process.

He/She has access to all data of all staff in the delegation and therefore is key in reporting and monitoring HR Data and indicators.

He/she is also an expert in HR tools like HRspace and Strategic and is also here the expert and focal point for all sites.

Accountabilities & Functional Responsibilities

Regional Payroll Hub Management

• Manage the transition to absorb a new country in our scope
• Connect with HRIS, Compensation & Benefits, HR and Finance Shared Services teams regularly on improvement, maintenance and updating of platforms as required.
• Organize a compliance deep dive per context
• Implement projects related to Payroll: Evault, Global Payroll Controls

Payroll

• Draft and implement annual and monthly payroll calendar to ensure timely service delivery.
• Oversee and verify payroll of all countries covered
• Establish internal control mechanism and ensure payroll workflows are well respected.
• Ensure all payrolls follow applicable laws and payroll tax obligations.
• Submit payroll for validation timely and raise issues during feedback meeting or adhoc.
• Stays up to date with all national legal compliance, customary law and social security legislation within the countries of operation
• Draft compliance documents concerning payroll elements for all countries covered.
• Create salary forecasting for all sites.

HR Data, reporting & filing

• Verifiy and sign off monthly, quarterly and annual reports
• Follow up on annual market data and send an analysis to HR managers
• Ensure regular reports are produced in time for reviews.

Our values

• At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect, and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviors based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC values, please visit this page.

People Management Responsibilities

Yes

Scope & impact

• Responsible for managing payrolls of a large number of countries – with different legislations – and totalizing high number of staff.
• Supervises HR Officer/s
• Remit: supra regional

Certifications / Education Required

• University degree
• Good command (written and spoken) of English, knowledge in French an asset.
• Computer literate, with excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Professional Experience Required

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Payroll Administration at national / international levels
• Experience in a humanitarian and/or non-profit organization an asset
• Amenability to work onsite in Makati City, Philippines