Associate/AVP, Payroll & Benefits Specialist (Contract)

GIC; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

GIC is seeking a Payroll & Benefits Specialist to join the People Operations & Advisory team on a 12-month contract for the Singapore office. The role focuses on independently managing payroll, administering benefits, and ensuring compliance with childcare and NS leave policies.

You will collaborate with HR partners and policy teams to drive improvements and support annual remuneration processes. The ideal candidate has a degree and at least 5 years of payroll/benefits experience, strong Excel

Qualifications

• Degree in any discipline, with at least 5 years of relevant work experience in payroll and benefits administration.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, integrity and professionalism in all aspects.
• Strong customer focus attitude and excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer the payroll for the Singapore Office independently.
• Support and administer the benefits program for Singapore, including the time-off system.
• Liaise with statutory boards to process childcare leave, NS leave claims, etc.
• Respond to staff queries on payroll and benefits matters.
• Collaborate with Reward policy team and HR Business Partners to implement policies.
• Participate in adhoc HR projects, including annual salary and bonus reviews and performance appraisals.
• Design and drive process improvements and automation for operational excellence.

Skills

Payroll administration

Benefits administration

MS Excel

HR systems (SuccessFactors)

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Stakeholder management

Multi-tasking

Education

Degree in any discipline

Job description

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Human Resource & Organization Department

We drive GIC’s talent strategies, and shape the organisational culture to sustain GIC’s long-term performance.

People Operations & Advisory (POA)

You will advise and support recruitment, employee life cycle activities, mobility, payroll, and benefits related matters by designing and implementing simple, and efficient systems and processes.

What impact can you make in this role?

You will be part of a team that champions the people agenda for GIC.

We are looking for a suitable Payroll & Benefits Specialist to join the POA team as an Associate / Assistant Vice President (Contract) for a 12-month duration.

What will you do as an Associate/AVP, Payroll & Benefits Specialist (Contract)?

• Manage and administer the payroll for the Singapore Office independently
• Support and administer the benefit program for Singapore, including the time-off system.
• Manage and liaise with the statutory boards (where required) to process the childcare leave, NS leave claims etc
• Response to queries from staff on payroll and benefit related matters.
• Build positive relationships with team members and stakeholders (for eg the Reward policy team, HR Business Partners), collaborate with them to develop solutions for policy implementation.
• Participate in adhoc HR projects and other related assignments, which include annual HR activities annual salary and bonus reviews, performance appraisal exercises.
• Ideate, design and drive process improvements and automation to achieve operational excellence.

What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role?

• Degree in any discipline, with at least 5 years of relevant work experience in administering payroll and benefit program.
• Commitment to teamwork and excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and respond to tight deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, integrity and professionalism in all aspects.
• Possess strong customer focus attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail is a must.
• Strong follow-through and ownership over tasks and issues.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, demonstrates initiative and resourcefulness.
• Excellence knowledge in using Microsoft suite of applications, in particular Excel, as well as HR-related systems.
• Prior experience in a HR payroll and/ or SuccessFactors system is an added advantage.

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact. .

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer

As an employer, we passionately believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of GIC teams to drive competitive performance. An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.

Learn More about our Human Resource & Organization Department here :

https://gic.careers/group/human-resource-organization/

Our PRIME Values

GIC is a values driven organization. GIC’s PRIME Values act as our compass, enabling us to fulfil our fundamental purpose and objectives. It is the foundational bedrock which governs our behaviors, our decision making, and our focus. It informs both our long-term strategy as a firm, and the way we relate to our Client, business partners and employees. PRIME stands for Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence.