Remote APAC Payroll Operations Specialist

Apply; Hinoba-an; Hybrid; PHP 670,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role

Health insurance contribution

Share incentive plan

Generous PTO and work-from-anywhere

Learning support

International team environment

Job summary

Apply is seeking an experienced Payroll Operations professional to manage end-to-end payroll processes across APAC territories from a fully remote base in the Philippines. You will coordinate with local providers, validate inputs, and ensure on-time payroll runs while maintaining strict data controls.

The role requires 5+ years in payroll, strong Excel/data skills, and excellent English communication. You will work with an international team during Philippine and APAC business hours.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in payroll operations, payroll processing or payroll validation.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle detailed data accurately.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow structured processes while identifying gaps or inconsistencies.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, prioritise effectively and raise risks early.
• Strong spreadsheet and data-handling skills, including validation, reconciliations and detailed datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication across internal teams and external partners.
• Sound judgement when handling confidential employee, payroll and financial information.
• Based in the Philippines and able to work primarily within Philippine and APAC business hours.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end payroll operations across an assigned portfolio of APAC territories.
• Maintain payroll calendars, data cut-offs, checklists and action trackers.
• Collect and review payroll inputs for completeness, consistency and documented requirements.
• Coordinate with local payroll providers and in-country experts to track actions through to completion.
• Support payroll validations, reconciliations and output checks.
• Investigate routine payroll issues and elevate complex cases with clear context and evidence.
• Support payroll-related employee lifecycle events, including onboarding, salary changes, bonuses, leave impacts, final pay and offboarding.
• Maintain SOPs, country checklists, process maps, control documentation and knowledge-base materials.
• Track payroll deadlines, risks, open actions, service levels and recurring issues.
• Support process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Assist with onboarding new territories and transitioning payroll knowledge into managed processes.

Skills

Payroll operations

Deadline-driven

Attention to detail

Data validation

Spreadsheet skills

English communication

Confidentiality

APAC hours

Job description

Apply is seeking an experienced Payroll Operations professional to manage end-to-end payroll processes across APAC territories from a fully remote base in the Philippines. You will coordinate with local providers, validate inputs, and ensure on-time payroll runs while maintaining strict data controls.

The role requires 5+ years in payroll, strong Excel/data skills, and excellent English communication. You will work with an international team during Philippine and APAC business hours.