Manager - Payroll

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​Human Resources​

Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance. Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time. Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

The Payroll Manager is responsible for managing end-to-end payroll operations across ASEAN, North Asia, and Taiwan markets from the Hyderabad hub under the Malaysia Hub governance model.

This role ensures accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across multiple jurisdictions while leading and developing the regional Payroll Team. The incumbent will act as the primary operational owner for payroll performance, governance, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement across assigned markets.

Your responsibilities

1. Regional Payroll Operations

· Manage end-to-end payroll processing for ASEAN, North Asia, and Taiwan markets.

· Ensure payroll accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with statutory and tax regulations.

· Oversee payroll calendars, reconciliations, validations, and reporting activities.

· Act as escalation point for complex payroll issues and ensure timely resolution.

· Maintain and continuously improve payroll documentation and standard operating procedures.

 

2. Governance and Compliance

· Ensure adherence to local statutory, labor, and tax regulations across all assigned countries.

· Strengthen payroll controls and risk mitigation practices.

· Support internal and external audits and ensure timely closure of audit findings.

· Monitor compliance with internal policies and global payroll standards.

 

3. Stakeholder Management

· Partner closely with HR, Finance, Tax, and country stakeholders to ensure smooth payroll delivery.

· Manage payroll-related escalations and communications professionally and effectively.

· Provide payroll performance updates and operational insights to the Malaysia Hub Lead.

· Support cross-functional collaboration within the hub operating model.

 

4. Team Leadership

· Lead, coach, and develop the Payroll Team supporting assigned markets.

· Drive performance management, capability development, and succession planning.

· Support workforce planning and workload balancing across payroll cycles.

· Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and service excellence.

 

5. Continuous Improvement and Projects

· Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and control.

· Support payroll system upgrades, UAT activities, and transition initiatives.

· Drive standardization and automation opportunities where feasible.

The experience we're looking for

· Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Commerce, Finance, or a related field.

· Minimum 10 years of payroll experience with multi-country exposure.

· Experience managing payroll across ASEAN and/or North Asia markets.

· Strong understanding of statutory payroll compliance.

· Experience leading a payroll team.

· Hands-on experience with payroll systems such as Celergo, Dayforce, Alight, Global View, or equivalent.

· Experience supporting payroll audits and system implementation projects preferred.

· Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

· Ability to work across time zones during payroll cycles when required.

The skills for success

Data and Analytics, HR Process Improvement; Process management; HR Process improvement, Storytelling; Data led storytelling, Digital literacy, HR Data Analsyis; Data management; Employee data management, Solutioning.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.