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Payroll Specialist China

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Description

If you're passionate about paying employees efficiently and compliantly, this is your chance to join the China payroll team at Shell. You'll form part of a team of forward-thinking professionals who love working in a high-paced global environment.

HR Operations and Employee Experience delivers global HR services, remuneration, and benefits to all businesses and their employees. China Payroll is responsible for administering payroll and third-party payment processing for approximately 1600 employees supporting 9 Shell China entities with a current annual payroll of approximately USD209 million.

As the Payroll Specialist China, you'll be accountable for executing end-to-end payroll activities, including processing China monthly payroll, verifying payroll administration activities against statutory directives/company policies, and performing financial controls.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Processing China payroll, handling payroll reconciliations, monitoring posting to finance, executing year-end and year-begin activities, transferring payroll funds, and performing regulatory reporting
  • Executing financial and internal controls to ensure Shell Payroll's ongoing compliance
  • Monitoring China statutory and legislative changes and working with stakeholders for timely implementation
  • Participating in Payroll Accounting Finance Backlog sessions and following up on action items
  • Participating in global, regional, and local project implementations/system upgrades
  • Analyzing and responding to complex payroll employee queries
  • Ensuring compliance with Group Records Management retention protocol and responding to audit requests

To succeed in this role, you'll need:

  • 3-5 years of payroll experience working with China SAP Payroll, Workday HR, and MS Office applications
  • Ability to manage multiple competing deliverables and prioritize tasks
  • Analytical problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Strong interpersonal skills and experience dealing with key stakeholders
  • Fluency in English and Mandarin (written and verbal)

In return, Shell offers:

  • Competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase
  • Flexible working hours and remote/mobile working possibilities
  • Paid parental leave
  • Access to training and development programs
  • Opportunities for career growth and progression

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