Senior Associate / Associate, Payroll, HR (2-year contract)

Summary A*STAR Human Resource (HR) Division's vision is to develop all staff to their fullest potential and to help them make meaningful contributions to the organisation and to Singapore. A*STAR HR aspires to provide valued HR services to attract, develop, motivate and retain the best talent to help A*STAR achieve its mission. The HR Division comprises the Recruitment, HR Planning and Policy, Talent Management, HR Analytics, HR Operations, HR Partners and People Development & Planning Office departments. The key responsibilities of this role are as follows: Handles full spectrum of payroll administration for entities (including CPF & tax submission) Prepares monthly headcount, payroll reconciliation report and other payroll related reports Co-ordinates with finance division on monthly treasury provision for payroll related activities and payroll reconciliation Ensures general ledger journal generation to finance division for completed payroll processing Processes & verifies statutory claims like NS leave and government paid leave Assists with queries from auditors for payroll related audit exercise Attends to employees' queries on salary matters Work closely, independently and proactively with consultants and bank officers for payroll related issues and system errors/upgrades & enhancements Verifies payroll entries for entities Maintains up to date archival of payroll records Other ad-hoc assignments as assigned by supervisor Requirements Background in HR operations will be advantageous Meticulous with strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills