Senior Payroll Specialist

Job Description
· Lead Compensation & Benefits activities, including payroll administration, attendance, overtime, social insurance, personal income tax, and statutory compliance.
· Develop, review and continuously improve HR policies, procedures, SOPs, and Internal Labor Regulations to ensure compliance with company standards and Japanese Labor Law.
· Act as the HR functional owner for Payroll System implementation, including business requirement gathering, process mapping, UAT, implementation, and continuous system enhancement.
· Coordinate cross-functional HR projects and collaborate with Finance, IT, Production, and external vendors to ensure successful project execution.
· Provide HR advisory support to managers on Compensation & Benefits, HR policies, employee relations, and disciplinary matters.
· Monitor HR compliance related to Labor Law, ISO, customer requirements, and support internal/external audits and government inspections.
· Prepare and analyze HR reports, dashboards, headcount, labor cost, turnover, absenteeism, and other HR metrics to support management decision-making.
· Drive HR process improvement and digitalization initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and strengthen HR governance.
· Support workforce planning, annual salary review, budgeting, and other strategic HR initiatives assigned by the HR Manager.
· Perform other HR operational and strategic assignments as required to support business objectives and organizational development.
We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.
Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.
Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.
What You’ll Also Get
Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.