Remote Payroll & Benefits Accountant

Multiply Mii; Philippines; Remote; PHP 502,000 - 558,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Remote Work

13th Month Pay

Healthcare (HMO)

Comprehensive Fringe Benefits package

Paid Service Incentive Leave (SIL)

Paid Philippines Holidays

Free Learning and Development Programs

Job summary

Multiply Mii in the Philippines (Remote) is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Accountant to ensure accurate payroll processing, benefit deductions, and payroll taxes. You will work with HR and external vendors to keep payroll data compliant and timely.

The role involves preparing payroll journal entries, reconciling benefit costs, and generating reports. Ideal candidates have 1–3 years of payroll/benefits experience, strong Excel skills, and experience with an HRIS platform.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in benefits/payroll processing and HR coordination.
• Advanced Excel skills for updating and reviewing existing spreadsheets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently in an offshore environment, managing multiple deliverables and deadlines.
• Proven experience using an HRIS platform (such as Paylocity or a comparable system like ADP, Workday, or BambooHR).
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage and organize complex calendars and high‑volume email inboxes for executive or team support.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and post payroll journal entries for wages, salaries, overtime, bonuses, incentives, PTO, payroll taxes, garnishments, and employee deductions.
• Record employer‑paid benefit costs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, retirement‑plan contributions, HSA/FSA contributions, workers’ compensation, and other benefit programs.
• Allocate payroll and benefit expenses by department, cost center, legal entity, provider, location, grant, project, or other organizational reporting dimension.
• Partner with Payroll and HR to validate employee master‑file changes, compensation changes, deductions, benefit elections, leave activity, terminations, and other transactions affecting payroll and accounting.
• Review payroll registers before processing or posting to identify unusual items, duplicate payments, negative net pay, incorrect deductions, coding errors, and other exceptions.
• Reconcile benefit carrier invoices and third‑party administrator statements to payroll deductions, employee enrollment records, and general‑ledger balances.
• Investigate discrepancies involving benefit eligibility, employee deductions, employer contributions, retroactive adjustments, and vendor billing.
• Coordinate with benefits vendors, retirement‑plan administrators, brokers, HR, and payroll providers to resolve payment, enrollment, deduction, or reporting issues.
• Support annual open enrollment by validating deduction setup, effective dates, benefit‑plan mappings, and payroll‑system configuration.
• Assist with employee payroll and benefits inquiries that require accounting, deduction, payment, or reconciliation research.

Skills

Excel

English communication

Attention to detail

Independent offshore work

Calendar management

Tools

Paylocity

ADP

Workday

BambooHR

Job description

Multiply Mii in the Philippines (Remote) is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Accountant to ensure accurate payroll processing, benefit deductions, and payroll taxes. You will work with HR and external vendors to keep payroll data compliant and timely.

The role involves preparing payroll journal entries, reconciling benefit costs, and generating reports. Ideal candidates have 1–3 years of payroll/benefits experience, strong Excel skills, and experience with an HRIS platform.