Payroll Assistant Manager/Manager - Japan
GoGlobal, Malaysia

Job Description:

As the Manager/Assistant Manager of Payroll for Japan, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accurate and timely compensation distribution for our employees. This position requires a deep understanding of Japan's complex payroll regulations, tax laws, and labor standards. You will work closely with our HR and Finance teams to streamline payroll processes, ensure compliance, and provide valuable insights into compensation and benefits. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who excels at attention to detail, has exceptional organizational skills, and upholds the highest standards of confidentiality.

Role and responsibilities

• Oversee payroll operational activities for Japan including but not limited to payroll and benefit calculations, vendor coordination, annual payroll activities, research, system and template set up, payroll test run, statutory reporting, process documentation and other related activities, in alignment with global and regional objectives.
• Responsible for monitoring team and individual performances by setting clear objectives and targets, including leading, guiding and managing the team.
• Handle team escalation on client’s issues. Analyze the issue, provide advice and solutions to the team. Ensure client satisfaction before closing the case.
• Maintain completion, consistency, and accuracy of payroll and employee information in local payroll system and GoGlobal system
• Maintain payroll team service quality standardization by providing guidelines, SOP, policies, and procedures and ensure excellent service delivery.
• Manage all aspects of daily payroll function related to Japan eg. calculate, validate, compile payroll report.
• Responsible for statutory filings including, but not limited to the followings:
  • social insurance, labor insurance, Year-end tax adjustment, santeikisotodoke, geppen, rodohokennendokoshin etc.,
• Always ensure timely, accurate salary payment to employees and statutory payments to relevant authorities.
• Work closely with other internal teams and team members to ensure alignment in service delivery to clients and client workers.
• Ensure compliance with legal and statutory requirements in related jurisdictions.
• Be the point of contact for Japan based BPOs and build the relationship and network.
• Participate in other ad-hoc projects as requested.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven experience in leading Japanese payroll operations, knows how to calculate payroll in Japan
• Proficiency in both written and spoken Japanese and English.
• Deep understanding of social security calculation, experience in statutory filings, knowledge of taxes, and relevant laws in Japan.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office systems, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Knowledge of payroll operations in other countries is considered an advantage.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in Japanese payroll management, worked in a BPO business is an advantage
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Possesses a positive attitude, an agile mindset, and a passion for working in a culturally diverse environment.
• Self-motivated and dedicated to developing the team to excel in their roles.

About us

GoGlobal is the world’s fastest growing, privately owned Global Employer of Record (EOR) service provider with a globally distributed and remote workforce.GoGlobal’s technology-enabled EOR solution allows businesses of all sizes and geographies to hire staff globally without the need to set up a local entity, opening new doors to rapid expansion and growth. GoGlobal clients can hire top talent anywhere in the world quickly, cost effectively and compliantly.

Why now

The pandemic has shown that people can be just as productive without a commute and that talent is global, not within close proximity to an office. We believe that this societal shift will continue indefinitely, and companies and potential candidates will need organizations like us to help them GoGlobal.

Why GoGlobal and how we’re different

• We’re private: We totally respect that many companies raise a lot of capital and we applaud these successes. At GoGlobal, we simply like people actually in the business to control the business.
• We’re not a rocket ship: We’re pretty happy on earth. Growth isn’t everything.
• We’re not a tech company: We fundamentally believe that this industry cannot be replaced by tech in the foreseeable future and it’s the people that make the difference.
• We’re profitable: We’re pretty prudent in how we spend mo

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