Description:

Payroll & HR Compliance Specialist.

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables (India, Singapore, Indonesia, GCC, and Egypt):

Regulatory Research & Monitoring:

- Track, interpret, and analyses developments in payroll, employment, social security, and taxation regulations across assigned jurisdictions.

- Maintain a centralized repository of statutory notifications, circulars, gazette updates, and regulator-issued clarifications for each country.

- Prepare country-specific compliance summaries, identifying key statutory changes (e.g., EPF/ESI in India, CPF in Singapore, BPJS in Indonesia, GOSI in GCC, and Social Insurance Law in Egypt).

- Conduct impact assessments of new or upcoming laws, highlighting implications for payroll operations, HR systems, and employee benefits.

Advisory & Product Support:

- Translate regulatory requirements into business-ready compliance guidance for product, payroll, and HR teams.

- Advise on statutory computation logic (e.g., income tax, gratuity, social insurance, overtime, leave encashment) to ensure system accuracy.

- Support product localization for multi-country payroll modules by mapping compliance rules, reporting formats, and regulator-mandated templates.

- Provide clarifications on country-specific employment law requirements including wage protection, termination benefits, and end-of-service calculations.

- Assist in security, IT and product audit and ensure compliance with relevant statutory provisions.

Compliance Knowledge Management:

- Develop and maintain a compliance knowledge base covering payroll and HR statutory frameworks for India, Singapore, Indonesia, GCC, and Egypt.

- Curate and periodically update country compliance matrices, including filing timelines, return formats, and authority portals.

- Create and update internal compliance handbooks, FAQs, and customer-facing guidance documents to promote consistent interpretation.

- Contribute to training content and workshops for internal teams and clients on key statutory obligations and product compliance readiness.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:

- Work closely with product managers, legal advisors, and engineering teams to ensure compliance is embedded in product design and release cycles.

- Partner with customer success, payroll operations, and support teams to resolve country-specific statutory queries.

- Engage and coordinate with external consultants or local payroll partners for validation of regulatory interpretations and secondary research findings.

- Liaise with regulatory authorities and statutory boards (e.g., EPFO, CPF Board, BPJS, GOSI, MOHRE), as needed, to clarify complex or ambiguous compliance issues.

Deliverables:

- Monthly statutory update briefs summarizing key legal and regulatory changes across jurisdictions.

- Quarterly impact assessment reports highlighting potential system or process modifications.

- Compliance matrices and trackers covering contribution rates, wage ceilings, and filing due dates.

- Country-specific statutory configuration guides for payroll and HR modules.

- Knowledge repository updates (laws, FAQs, and standard templates) maintained on internal collaboration platforms.

- Periodic compliance review reports to confirm continued alignment of payroll operations with statutory obligations.