Payroll Specialist (Korean Speaking)
Nokia
Accounting & Finance
Malaysia · Korea
Posted on Nov 4, 2025
This role requires managing and processing end-to-end payroll, which includes global mobility, company shares, and other global benefits-related payroll actions. Additionally, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing all payroll-related statutory and non-statutory compliances, such as social security, insurances, and tax, along with obligatory payments, filing, and records management.
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This role requires managing and processing end-to-end payroll, which includes global mobility, company shares, and other global benefits-related payroll actions.
You have:
- 2+ years in Payroll / HR
- Subject matter expert in APJ country legislation including but not limited to employment and taxation
- Subject matter expert in SOX and audit
- Korean language competency (spoken and written).
- Deep understanding of Korean culture
- Ability to work effectively with teams, to deliver projects and initiatives.
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactiveness and service mindset
It would be nice if you also had:
- Result focused mindset
- Ownership and accountability for end-to-end payroll processes
- Thorough understanding of employment related legislation in relation to APAC countries (including employment law, basic contract law, superannuation and taxation).
- Deliver and consolidate payroll data for payroll processing.
- Monthly payroll checking /validating before payment
- Overtime /standby validation based on the local country practices.
- Obtaining approvals from Payroll Manager.
- Payroll SOX / deviation reporting.
- Follow up on resolution for Payroll deviations reported, enforcing resolution with stakeholders.
- Accountability for on time processing of all payroll related payments (in most cases delivered by vendor, but payroll specialist is accountable).
- Prepare, contribute and validate Payroll Data Quality/KPI report.
- Provide data for accruals and payment amounts to Finance.
- Leads audit activities in HR Site countries / non site: support the local country HR manager.
- Time management related local reports (reports for holiday accruals)
- Provide support in conducting researches on assigned HR projects.
- Communication, networking and English language skills, customer focus and HR functional excellence.
- Primary operational interface with payroll vendor and On Site support (where applicable), resolve and/or escalates errors and issues if needed to both Payroll operation manager and Payroll vendor manager
- Support restructuring activities, in an accurate and timely fashion, to ensure no employee harm.
- Provide advice and policy recommendations to HR Manager in line with legislative changes and best practice