Payroll Accountant

Summary

Join Employment Hero, a fast-growing SaaS unicorn, as a highly ambitious PH Payroll Accountant. You will play a central role in the Finance team, ensuring accurate and timely payroll and compliance for the Philippines. Initially, you'll collaborate with an external firm, transitioning to in-house payroll processing. This role involves managing two payroll streams, requiring close collaboration with internal and Global Teams. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator, self-starter, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. This is a full-time position supporting the APAC timezone.

Requirements

• CA/CPA qualified, with at least 3-5 years working experience
• Experience with Philippines payroll legislation and compliance a must
• Intermediate to Advanced experience with Excel/Google Sheets
• Strong planning and organisational skills with aptitude to learn and complete work within agreed deadlines
• Have strong communication and stakeholder management skills to work with various internal and external partners with varying levels of payroll/finance knowledge
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision in an environment of fast growth and ambiguity
• Possess excellent decision making and problem-solving skills
• A positive attitude and strong work ethic

Responsibilities

• Assist with payroll software selection and integration
• Hands on preparation of bi-monthly/off cycle payruns, including expense reimbursements, calculating termination pays, bonuses, leave benefits, sending payslips, loading payments into bank
• Prepare and pay monthly WTW submissions
• Preparation, filing, and remittance of payroll taxes and government contributions
• Annualisation of withholding taxes, preparation and submission of relevant BIR forms
• Processing payroll journals for all payruns
• Prepare relevant payroll-related balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with cashflow forecasting and reporting
• Main point of contact for payroll-related queries from internal employees, GT employees, external advisors etc
• Identify improvement opportunities and implement strategies, processes and controls to enhance business efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other regions would be advantageous
• Experience of managing accounting & non accounting projects such as software implementation, process improvements & more
• Experience with Netsuite, Sprout/Sunfish Payroll would be advantageous
• Experience with ESOP would be advantageous

Benefits

• A generous budget for your home office
• Cutting-edge tools and technology
• Reward and recognition programs - because great work should be recognised and rewarded
• Cashback offers and discounts on popular brands through our Swag app
• Employee Share Option Program: be an owner of Employment Hero
• Annual Global Gathering - so far we’ve been to Thailand, Vietnam, Bali and are excited to meet in Dubai in 2025