Lead Specialist, Payroll APAC

Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas diverse perspectives and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here your curiosity fuels progress your voice shapes innovation and your ambition helps redefine whats possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact challenges and drives whats next to power infinite possibilities for our customers colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

• Reporting to the Senior Manager Payroll the Lead Specialist Payroll APAC will be responsible for managing payroll operations across multiple APAC countries. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate compliant and timely payroll processing while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver a seamless employee experience.

  You will work closely with HR Finance and global stakeholders to drive process improvements ensure regulatory compliance and support payroll operations aligned with organizational standards.

• How you will make an impact

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing across APAC regions ensuring accuracy and timeliness across all components including base pay stock compensation taxes and statutory benefits
• Support month-end quarter-end and year-end close activities including reviewing and approving journal entries
• Partner with HR Finance and Employee Services teams to ensure seamless payroll experience
• Drive process improvements and efficiencies to enhance payroll accuracy and consistency
• Ensure compliance with local statutory requirements and support payroll-related regulatory filings

• What we are looking for

• 89 years of experience in payroll with strong exposure to APAC payroll operations
• Strong knowledge of payroll across APAC countries such as China Singapore Japan Australia Taiwan Korea Philippines Indonesia Thailand and Malaysia
• Hands-on experience managing end-to-end global payroll processes
• Experience with payroll systems preferably ADP tools (Celergo GlobalView etc.)
• Good understanding of payroll accounting compliance and internal controls
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work across time zones and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Support payroll set-up and implementation for new countries/entities and ongoing system implementations (e.g. Celergo)
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve payroll-related queries and issues

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years weve transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today our global team of innovators creators and experts is driving whats next in science education and publishingcreating impact that reaches everywhere.

Were not just observers of progress. Were the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs advancing learning and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.

Here your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin disability protected veteran status genetic information or based on any individuals status in any group or class protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community learn and grow.

We are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to geographic location skills and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom Canada and USA based roles.

When applying please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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Required Experience:

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1