Sr. Payroll Supervisor

Position Title: Sr Payroll Supervisor

POSITION SUMMARY: 

Sr Payroll Supervisor is responsible for overseeing and directing payroll procedures, ensuring compliance with Philippines laws, tax regulations and payroll audits for all Philippines AE sites and legal entities. She will supervise the Philippine payroll team and management all processes relating to time and attendance and payroll system. The position requires extensive knowledge in Philippine payroll regulations, strong acumen in payroll software systems preferably with Excelity or any related payroll systems. With excellent organizational and leadership skills.

Overall, Sr Payroll Supervisor oversees AE Philippines’ payroll process. This includes ensuring that all employees are paid correctly and on time and handling government statutory remittances, payroll taxes and other related tasks. Must be well-versed in payroll audits and payroll regulatory requirements related to payroll management. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage employees’ salaries by processing payroll data accurately on a bi-monthly schedule.
• Ensures payroll earnings, deductions are made by managing ad-hoc credits and deductions and other government and statutory deductions.
• Remits all statutory deductions by liaising with the relevant government agencies reporting requirements. 
• Ensure the accuracy of payroll data by verifying employee information, hours worked, and other relevant data.
• Maintains accurate pre and post-payroll processing records by developing a mechanism for tracking payroll transactions and employee information.
• Resolves employee inquiries by tracking and responding to all received inquiries within specified time frames.
• Prepares reports by analyzing payroll input and output files.
• Maintains accurate payroll records by filing all transactions electronically.
• Creates recoverable files of payroll data by backing up files after payroll processing.
• Maintains auditable files by providing records and all the necessary documentation to internal and external payroll audits.
• Updates the payroll software by checking for updates from the payroll software vendor (currently Excelity/Ceridian payroll software).
• Remit taxes to the relevant authorities by deducting correct taxes from each employee's pay.
• Ensures the payroll is processed accurately and on time by supervising the payroll team.
• Supervises all payroll data integrations by working closely with location HR , Finance and IT.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Human Resources or equivalent 
• 2-3 years experience in payroll processing at supervisory level
• Strong verbal and written English skills required. 
• Strong background and ability to handle highly confidential and personal information 
• Proficiency in one or more payroll software tools such as Excelity, Microsoft tools such as but not limited to MS Excel, and SAP HCM 
• Skills: Detail and process oriented
• Must have the ability to work on payroll projects and/or tasks that require strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams or cross-country interactions.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills, experience handling pay-related queries raised by employees.
• Strong knowledge in Philippines’ statutory government agencies and tax compliance regulations