Senior Payroll Specialist

Location: Manila, Philippines; permanent work-from-home setup with coworking space available if needed.

Company

hirify.global provides a cloud commerce platform that unifies online and physical operations for retail, hospitality, and golf businesses worldwide.

What you will do

• Process payroll across Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines, maintaining accurate employee records and payroll changes.
• Perform payroll validations, reconciliations, variance analysis, reporting, and controls, including investigation of discrepancies.
• Partner with Finance on payroll journals, accounting accuracy, and month-end activities.
• Support employees and internal stakeholders with payroll queries while handling confidential information appropriately.
• Maintain payroll, HRIS, and finance data, supporting audits, compliance, and statutory reporting.
• Improve payroll processes, automation, reporting, and systems in collaboration with People & Culture, Finance, Payroll, and external providers.

Requirements

• Prior payroll or payroll accounting experience with hands-on payroll processing responsibilities.
• Proven New Zealand payroll processing experience; Australian payroll experience is highly regarded.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, tax requirements, leave entitlements, and employment regulations.
• Experience with payroll systems and HRIS platforms, ideally including iPayroll, Xero, or Workday.
• Advanced Excel skills for data analysis, reconciliations, reporting, and complex spreadsheet problem-solving.
• Experience preparing payroll journals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and payroll reports, plus the ability to use AI productivity tools while maintaining strict data privacy and security.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, permanent work-from-home arrangement in the Philippines, with coworking space available.
• Benefits include HMO coverage for the employee and two dependents, 15 vacation leaves, 10 sick leaves, and government-mandated benefits.
• Food allowance of PHP 1,000 per month, work-from-home allowance of PHP 1,000 per month, and health and wellness benefit of PHP 7,500 per year.
• Access to mental health support and coaching services.
• Career growth, internal mobility, learning opportunities, and regular online and in-person Manila Culture Club events.
• Employment in the Philippines is provided through Inform Group under Philippine labour code benefits.

Hiring process

• The entire process is conducted remotely via Zoom or Google Meet.