Regional Payroll Lead - Greater Asia, Food Ingredients
On-siteKunshan, Jiangsu, China
Job Summary
Lead execution, implementation, and stabilization of payroll operations across the Greater Asia region as the Food Ingredients business transitions to a standalone organization. Own regional payroll delivery against the global project plan, managing country readiness activities, testing, risks, and implementation milestones while partnering with global leadership, vendors, and stakeholders. Drive successful transition from implementation to steady-state operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery across all countries. Oversee end-to-end regional payroll functions, lead and develop local teams through coaching and direction, and manage vendor relationships including ADP and TMF to meet service levels. Act as the primary escalation point for regional issues and partner with HR, Finance, Tax, and business leaders to align on compliance and reporting. Monitor performance metrics and drive continuous improvement in operational effectiveness.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive payroll experience with significant multi-country Asia-Pacific payroll leadership responsibilities
- Strong experience managing payroll operations across multiple countries, including oversight of payroll vendors and local payroll teams
- Demonstrated experience supporting payroll implementations, transitions, or transformation initiatives within complex multinational organizations
- Strong understanding of payroll compliance, controls, governance, statutory requirements, and country-specific payroll practices across Asia-Pacific markets
- Experience supporting payroll operations across diverse regulatory environments, including collective bargaining agreements, labor unions, employee representative bodies, and country-specific employment frameworks throughout Asia-Pacific markets
- Experience managing vendor-led payroll delivery models and driving vendor accountability against service levels and operational performance expectations
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, risks, and operational activities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner effectively across HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, IT, and business leadership
- Experience leading teams, coaching payroll professionals, and creating a culture of accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement
- Strong communication in English and Mandarin
- Prior experience working with ADP, TMF, or similar global payroll providers
- Experience leading payroll stand-up, carve-out, separation, or transformation activities
- Experience operating within a shared services, global business services, or outsourced payroll environment
- Experience within a manufacturing, industrial, food, ingredients, or similarly complex operational environment
- The preferred location for the role would be Kunshan, China but other locations within China can be considered as well
Desired Qualifications
- Experience operating within a shared services, global business services, or outsourced payroll environment and experience within a manufacturing, industrial, food, ingredients, or similarly complex operational environment
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