Payroll Specialist

TL;DR

Payroll Specialist: Responsible for payroll operations across Shanghai and Hong Kong offices with an accent on multi-jurisdictional payroll processing and advanced Excel models. Focus on local labor laws, tax regulations, accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance.

Location: Shanghai

Company

hirify.global is an international architectural firm active in the broadest fields of architecture.

What you will do

• Collect, validate, and consolidate monthly payroll inputs from involved teams using structured Excel templates.
• Maintain complex payroll calculation sheets to compute gross-to-net salaries, final payments, bonuses, and leave pay.
• Manage monthly declarations and payments for social insurance and housing fund for local employees.
• Calculate monthly IIT for local employees and expatriates, including handling special tax schemes.
• Maintain the leave tracking master file in Excel; validate leave balances, monitor accruals, and process paid/unpaid leave deductions accurately in payroll.
• Act as daily contact for the outsourced providers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or related field.
• 3-5 years of hands-on payroll experience, ideally within a multinational company environment.
• Proven experience processing both Chinese local and expatriate payroll is a strong advantage.
• Solid working knowledge of Shanghai social insurance, housing fund, and PRC IIT laws.
• Sound knowledge of Hong Kong Employment Ordinance, MPF regulations.
• Good command of English and Chinese, both written and spoken

Nice to have

• Prior experience in a multinational or professional services environment is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on high-profile, challenging global projects.
• Be part of an innovative, dynamic, professional, and academic work environment.
• Your experience is highly valued, but your innovation and proactivity matter most.
• Work in an ambitious, collaborative, and socially responsible international team across all levels.
• Learn through exploration and grow your knowledge continuously.