Senior AVP Payroll Specialist - APAC Payroll - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced APAC Senior Payroll Specialist to join our global Payroll team. This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished payroll professional with multi-country APAC payroll experience to make an immediate impact within a leading global financial institution. While experience supporting China and/or Japan payrolls would be highly desirable, we welcome applications from candidates with expertise across other APAC jurisdictions who are looking to broaden their regional exposure.
In this role, you will support the delivery of payroll services across multiple APAC jurisdictions, partnering closely with Human Resources, Finance, Compliance, and regional stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations. You will play a key role in managing complex payroll activities, supporting regulatory requirements, and driving process improvements across the region.
This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys operating in a fast-paced, international environment and is passionate about delivering exceptional employee experiences while contributing to payroll transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
You will join a collaborative global team and have the opportunity to influence payroll operations, support key business initiatives, and contribute to a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement. This position reports directly to the APAC Payroll Manager.
This is a 12-month fixed-term contract opportunity.
In this role, you will:
Take ownership of the delivery of APAC payrolls, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local legislation, internal policies, and control requirements.
Act as a subject matter expert for payroll processes across multiple APAC countries, providing guidance on payroll regulations, statutory requirements, and best practices.
Perform payroll reconciliations, controls, audits, and reporting activities to support accurate payroll processing.
Review and validate complex payroll data, ensuring compliance with legal, tax, and regulatory requirements.
Investigate and resolve payroll issues, inquiries, deductions, and escalations in a timely manner.
Monitor legislative and regulatory changes across APAC markets and assess their impact on payroll operations.
Support payroll governance, risk management, and compliance activities.
Drive process improvement, simplification, automation, and continuous enhancement initiatives across payroll operations.
Collaborate with stakeholders across Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, Technology, and Compliance to deliver operational excellence and improve employee experience.
Support payroll-related projects, including systems enhancements, process transformation, and regulatory change initiatives.
Contribute to team priorities by sharing knowledge, supporting colleagues, and helping deliver high-quality payroll services across the region.
Required Qualification:
Experience supporting payroll operations across multiple APAC countries.
Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, tax, compliance, and statutory requirements within one or more APAC jurisdictions.
Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse and reconcile large volumes of payroll data.
Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across a diverse stakeholder group.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
Working knowledge of Workday and CloudPay.
Experience supporting payroll transformation, system implementations, automation, or process improvement initiatives.
Desired Qualifications:
Experience supporting China and/or Japan payrolls.
Exposure to additional APAC payrolls.
Experience working within a multinational organisation supporting complex regional payrolls.
Knowledge of payroll integrations, controls, and payroll technology solutions.
Experience supporting payroll projects and regulatory change initiatives.
Posting End Date:
29 Oct 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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