Payroll Analyst II (ANZ)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $30 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving sophisticated analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or growing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our distributed team of over 80,000 colleagues offers an outstanding combination of brand-new technologies, convenient purchasing options, and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, and Patheon. For more information, please visit

How will you make an impact?

We are seeking qualified candidates to join our team as a Payroll Analyst II. As a world-class leader in the field of life sciences, we are dedicated to enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. This exciting opportunity will allow you to play a crucial role in ensuring flawless payroll processes and compliance with audit, SOX controls, and regulatory requirements.

Position Summary

To ensure timely and accurate processing of all weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls for Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.

This position involves engaging with individuals at different levels within and outside the organization. Strong interpersonal skills and judgement, along with tact and diplomacy, are necessary for troubleshooting issues and effectively communicating updates to both internal and external customers. Efficiency in this role necessitates a detailed comprehension of pertinent payroll processes and systems, as well as policies and procedures. Performing all duties of this position with accuracy is essential. The ability to take initiative and demonstrate organizational skills is valuable in order to complete a high volume of work within tight deadlines.

The position reports directly to the Payroll Team Supervisor

Responsibilities :

• Plan, coordinate and manage payroll, ensure that payroll cycles, posting, costing and accounting due dates at multiple locations are strictly adhered to by all parties.
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely.
• Responsible for accurate and timely filing and payment of statutory payroll withholding taxes / social security contributions to relevant government authorities including FBT.
• Provide comprehensive and timely responses to employees and managers, in accordance with Service Level Agreement.
• Resolve critical issues by identifying the underlying causes and successfully implementing appropriate corrective actions for complex or non-routine situations.
• Responsible to update and align standard operating models including standard payroll report formats, SOP, checklist, payroll calendars, record keeping etc.
• Keep abreast with payroll regulatory changes, review and analyze tax and legal regulations, identify issues / implications affecting company and employees and update related payroll process.
• Provides back-up support to team members as the need arises.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

• 3-5 years’ proven experience in payroll with minimum 1 year of Philippines, Australia and New Zealand payroll experience in MNC or Shared Service environment.
• Payroll working experience in processing end to end payroll.
• Payroll implementation experience preferred.
• Knowledge of ADP Systems, Workday system and Service Now ticketing system preferred.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills of English.
• Able to interact with all levels, customers, vendors and primarily with employees, line managers, HR partners and HR Operation Team.
• Strong dedication to providing timely and quality service to customers.
• Eye for details, especially payroll accuracy.
• High standard of confidentiality and compliance, in terms of private and confidential data management, documents and process control.
• Proficient in multitasking, standout colleague, motivated to achieve goals, and responsible for delivering excellent results within the provided timeframe.
• Good command of MS-Office (especially Excel).

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 80,000 outstanding minds have a unique story to tell.

Join us and contribute to our remarkable mission-enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

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