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HR Specialist (Payroll)

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Hiring Remotely in Singapore
Mid level
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Hiring Remotely in Singapore
Mid level
The Payroll Specialist at Maker Lab manages payroll processing, compliance, employee onboarding, and HR documentation while ensuring accurate statutory submissions and audit support.
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Description

Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies — from measurement & analytics to content production.

HR Specialist (Payroll)

As a Maker Lab HR Specialist (Payroll), you will play a crucial role in managing end-to-end payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance while specialising in payroll administration. You will also play a role in the employee onboarding process, hardware setup, to ensure a smooth transition for new hires. With a keen eye for detail and a proactive mindset, you will collaborate across teams to maintain seamless payroll operations and enhance the employee experience.

To be successful in this role, you need to be a great communicator, meticulous, results-driven, motivated, and entrepreneurial. You also need to have a ‘hands-on’ attitude and a strong sense of urgency. 

Role: 

  • Manage end-to-end payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely payments.
  • Coordinate with vendors, maintain records, generate financial reports, and support audits.
  • Handle statutory submissions, tax filings, and claims (CPF, IR8A, IR21, NS reservist, maternity, child care leave, etc.) while supporting internal and external audits.
  • Oversee the employee life cycle, including onboarding (including hardware provisioning), offboarding, confirmations, and HR documentation.
  • Facilitate internal communications, government reporting, and audits.
  • Specialise in payroll processes, ensuring seamless integration with HR systems and compliance with local regulations.
  • Provide general HR support, and handle ad hoc projects as needed.

You:

  • 3+ years of hands-on payroll experience with an understanding of manpower regulations (Employment Act, CPF Act, tax laws).
  • BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
  • Experience working in an audit/accounting firm/marketing/creative agency/tech experience preferred.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work well with people across different departments.
  • A team player with good organisational skills.
  • Must have advanced Excel / Google Sheets capability; comfortable with corporate data analysis.
  • Familiar with management and finance tools, such as Xero.
  • Meticulous, accurate, and process-driven with excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Good verbal and written English communication skills

Please note: due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted with a follow-up introduction email.  If you do not receive an email from Maker Lab, your application has been unsuccessful this time around. Look out for future roles! By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your data by the Maker Lab team for the purposes of your application. Where your application contains personal data of third parties, you confirm that you have obtained all necessary consents to provide the Maker Lab team with such personal data and that we may collect, use and/or disclose such data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.

Top Skills

Excel
Google Sheets
Xero
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Maker Lab Singapore Office

Singapore

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