Assistant Payroll Manager

About the Role

Lead day-to-day payroll operations in Thailand, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness, and support regional payroll governance, reporting and audit requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day payroll operations in Thailand, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness
• Review payroll outputs, reconciliations, and reports prior to submission and payment
• Ensure payroll processes meet established service levels (SLAs) and quality standards
• Maintain proper documentation of payroll processes, controls, and workflows
• Ensure full compliance with Thailand labor laws, tax regulations, and statutory requirements
• Oversee monthly and annual filings, including Social Security Fund (SSF), withholding tax (PND1), and year-end reporting
• Act as the primary contact for internal and external audits related to payroll and proactively identify compliance risks and implement corrective actions
• Liaise with external vendors, tax agents, and authorities where required
• Partner with the Regional Payroll Manager on payroll governance, approvals, and escalations and ensure alignment with regional payroll policies, controls, and standard practices
• Support reporting, controls validation, and audit requirements at regional level
• Supervise and support the development of the local payroll team, providing coaching, training, and guidance
• Ensure clear task allocation, accountability, and performance standards
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy and support payroll system enhancements, automation, and transformation initiatives
• Participate in regional payroll projects and standardization efforts and support business expansion activities such as new client onboarding or operational setup (if applicable)
• Lead knowledge transfer from the outgoing Payroll Manager, ensure proper documentation of all payroll processes and maintain continuity of operations during transition

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• Payroll experience with strong hands-on expertise and strong knowledge of Thailand payroll operations and compliance
• Proven experience managing end-to-end Thailand payroll and statutory compliance (SSF, withholding tax, labor law)
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior staff
• Experience in shared services or multinational environment preferred; exposure to payroll vendors or outsourced payroll models is an advantage
• Proficiency in payroll systems and Microsoft Excel; knowledge of automation tools/macros is a plus
• Fluent in Thai and English (both written and spoken)