E D & F Man Holdings - Payroll Specialist - APAC Region (5-8 yrs)

Role Overview:

- As a Payroll Ops Specialist - HR Shared Services, you will be integral to our HR functions across APAC and East Africa, focusing on payroll management, onboarding, compliance.

- You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth HR operations.

- This role provides an exciting opportunity to work in a global, dynamic environment while contributing to key HR processes and driving operational excellence.

- This role will be reporting to the Lead - HR Shared services and will be based in Bangalore, India.

Business Overview:

- Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn.

- We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and pulses.

- Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture.

- We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks.

Payroll Management (60%):.

- Independently lead to complete payroll administration including preparing monthly payroll reconciliations, reviewing and analyzing payroll reports for accuracy for APAC (Singapore, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Philippines, Australia) or East Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya).

- Conduct payroll audits to ensure payroll reporting and payments are compliant with company policy and local regulations.

- Resolve complex payroll issues and employee queries to ensure smooth payroll processing.

- Continuously review payroll process documents and ensure they are always up to date.

- Support payroll audits and year end processes in each country.

- Review and implement process improvements.

- Have a sound knowledge of international benefits and how they impact payroll.

HR Operations (40%) :.

- Onboarding & Employee Documentation: Verify, manage, and store onboarding documents, and maintain accurate employee records in the HR system.

- Background Verifications: Manage the Background Verification process for new hires to ensure smooth onboarding.

- HR Compliance & Audits: Support internal and external audits by ensuring compliance with HR policies and regional laws.

- HR Letters: Draft and issue key HR documents such as employment confirmation letters, salary adjustments, and other related communications.

- Insurance Team Collaboration: Work closely with the insurance team to resolve employee queries and support insurance claims processing.

Skills and Experience:

- Educational Background: Master's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

- HR Operations Experience: Proven 5-8 experience managing payroll operations, onboarding processes, and compliance for APAC and East Africa regions.

- Compliance and Audit Knowledge: Familiarity with conducting/supporting HR audits and ensuring compliance with regional regulations.

- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally with diverse teams.

- HR Systems Proficiency: Experience with HR systems and payroll tools is essential.

Our Offer:

- We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents.

- We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values:

- Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship.

- Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour.

- They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities.

- Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach.

- Delivering on our objectives is very much about 'what' we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for 'how' we do things.

- Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self- Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

- We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

- To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.