Global Payroll Manager Payroll Advisor Asia Pacific

Job Description

About Accenture: Accenture is a leading global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries,we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services - all powered by the worlds largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 674,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com About Entity: Corporate Functions including Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Marketing Communications, and Workplace Solutions-- powers Accenture s people across industries and functions to keep our business leading in the New. Join the heart and soul of Accenture, partnering with our extraordinary people to bring innovation into every organization. Job description: The Payroll Advisor role is the critical connection between Accenture s Global Payroll team and local payroll operations. The Payroll Advisor drives and supports the implementation of the Global Payroll strategy and projects in the [Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific] regions. This role provides subject matter expertise, project leadership, and value-added guidance to local payroll operations teams to ensure payroll service delivery is modernized, standardized, compliant, and visualized. The Payroll Advisor develops and maintains relationships with local payroll teams and stakeholder groups, assesses risks and appropriateness of controls, contributes to payroll transformation by identifying opportunities for improvement, and is responsible for service delivery support related to Ventures & Acquisitions transactions globally. Key Responsibilities: Support local Payroll teams through advice and counsel, advocacy for successful and compliant payroll operations, escalation of issues and risks, prioritization of projects and initiatives, participation in compliance reviews, and identification of opportunities for transformation Assess gaps with local country processes, technology, and controls versus global standards and recommend / help drive actions for continuous improvement and mitigation of risk Responsible for coordinating global and local Payroll requirements, including ownership of country overviews / risk assessment and the global payroll calendar Partner with local Payroll teams to ensure accurate and timely Payroll delivery and associated tasks such as compliance with tax and regulatory rules, tax payments and filings, regulatory reporting, etc. Partner with business functions to ensure local systems and processes can support related requirements such as equity, benefits, HR, cross-border assignments, and other functions Oversee local team compliance with Internal Controls, Information Security requirements, etc. Partner with IT/CIO to drive required technology changes Support local Payroll teams with Vendor system changes, upgrades, etc. Lead/support continuous improvement efforts for processes, tools, metrics, and trainings based on ongoing experience, process metrics and feedback from stakeholders May undertake critical roles within the function for a period Lead and direct special projects (organizational changes, redeployment of personnel, vendor transitions) Help translate the high-level vision or strategy into specific initiatives and activities for implementation Orchestrate timely delivery across a complex, global organizational structure Drive strategy, key policy controls, process metrics and integration with other functional teams Manage the goals, objectives, overall performance and budget of their assigned projects and teams Reduce/manage risks to tasks, activities, or projects Offer functional expertise to key processes, products, and solutions Apply and use fundamentals of statistical data analysis tools as required Assist the decision-making processes for various business needs Apply core management skills such as organizing and planning Support initiatives that require integration of quality and continuous improvement initiatives with other cross-center initiatives such as blueprint, service management, etc. Work with Accenture Leadership/Service Delivery Lead (SDLs)/Vendor relationship managers in identifying and development of optimization opportunities Understand the systems, processes, and tools to derive the desired business results for Accenture Support in identifying problems and provide resolutions using root cause analysis Must have: Minimum Bachelor s Degree or relevant business experience. Good to have: Payroll Professional Certification,

Keyskills :
payrollaccountingreportingbankingbasissubject matter expertisestatistical data analysisenvironmental impact assessmentroot causedata analysisrisk assessmenthuman resourcesservice delivery