Job Description

McConnell Dowell is looking for a Payroll Analyst to be based in our Malaysia office. We are a capable EPC contractor who has been active in South East Asia since 1971 and has a long history of successful project delivery in the region. The Payroll Analyst reports to the HR Services Manager for region and is responsible for working with the country representative to deliver timely and accurate payroll services to the countries across South East Asia. The countries assigned would be dependable on the individual past experience and ability. This present an opportunity to engage new talent into the Payroll Management space. We are now accepting applications from candidates wanting to be a part of a growing business, with a long history in South East Asia.

About the Business

McConnell Dowell is a major engineering, construction, building and maintenance contractor delivering infrastructure to the building, mining, oil and gas, petrochemical, power, social & public infrastructure, transport and water sectors.

The Group, which operates under the brands of McConnell Dowell and Built Environs, offers a broad construction capability with complete multi-discipline capability in building, civil, fabrication, electrical, maintenance and mechanical works with specialist engineering capabilities in pipeline, tunnelling, marine and rail construction.

Working at the forefront of the industry, we provide our people with a stimulating environment that challenges them to think laterally and excel beyond even their own expectations. We equip, inspire and empower our people to be their very best, to learn through experience, and to help us reach the highest standards in all areas of the business. We make sure all our people are made for the job.

About the Role

Payroll Processing

• Ensure all payrolls within the assigned region are accurately and timely processed within the agreed SLAs, also adhering to the statutory requirements, business policies and company guidelines.
• Handle queries and perform first level investigation in relation to pay and statutory calculations, payroll procedures and other payroll related matters.
• Explain payroll results to employees and location stakeholders through analyzing changes which would affect payroll calculations, i.e. timesheet hours, people change records or system configuration changes.

Payroll Reporting and Audits

• Develop and utilize excel spreadsheets to perform checks and analysis on records in payroll system and time system to identify any inconsistency, abnormality and error.
• Maintain details of audit trails and documentation in payroll operations.
• Support post payroll activities on payroll reconciliations, third party payments, bank payments and month end reporting within the agreed timelines.

Payroll system management

• Provide inputs and participate in user acceptance testing in system maintenance and upgrade of multiple system processors in payroll cycles.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Responsible for issue resolution, data analysis and customer complaints through working with vendors, other teams and stakeholders.
• Clearly understands scope of services on supported regions (HRIS, Payroll & Time admin).
• Working as a team to support each other.

About You

To be considered for the opportunity, you will need the following:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications: Diploma or Degree in Human Resource Management, Accounting, Mathematics or Business Administration.
• 1 - 3 years of relevant working experience in payroll either medium or large-scale industry.
• Experience in payroll procedures and practices, country statutory and high volumes (300 headcounts and above).
• Working knowledge of integrated payroll systems preferably on Frontier Chris21.
• Good analytical skill to perform payroll analysis and reconciliations.
• Effective people skill working with service-oriented team in a shared service environment.
• Passionate about McConnell Dowell\xe2\x80\x99s values of safety & care, honesty & integrity, customer focus, working together and performance excellence.
• Strong commitment to the safety promise of \xe2\x80\x9cHome Without Harm\xe2\x80\x9d.

Interested candidates, please email resume to our recruitment team to apply directly at Recruitment.Malaysia@mcdgroup.com.

Due to volume of applications and replies received, we regret to inform only suitable candidates who apply directly will be notified upon successful applications and applicants referred by recruitment agency will not be considered. We will still consider your profile for near future opportunities again. Thank you for your understanding and interest!