Senior Payroll Specialist

What’s next in your career? If it’s working on cutting-edge solutions in food, health, and sustainability, you’re in the right place.

Job Description

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

 

People & Culture: Fostering a purpose-driven, inclusive culture where talent thrives, leadership grows and every employee is empowered to make joy.

Team Description: Accurate, Resilient, Solution-oriented, Dedicated, Experienced

 

The role is based in Kunshan City, China. Be part of a Payroll team in Finace where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for assigned APAC countries, entities, or employee populations, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery.
• Validate payroll inputs, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, allowances, overtime, deductions, benefits, social insurance, and other payroll-related data.
• Review payroll calculations, individual income tax (IIT), social insurance, benefit reports, and other payroll outputs to identify and resolve discrepancies before final approval.
• Coordinate with external payroll vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure payroll calendars, processing deadlines, service quality, and issue resolution requirements are met.
• Support payroll accounting and statutory activities, including payroll booking, IIT filing, RSU-related filing/payment activities, reconciliations, and year-end reporting.
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll, taxation, social insurance, benefit deductions, payslips, and related payroll policies in a professional and timely manner.
• Ensure payroll operations comply with applicable local labor laws, tax regulations, statutory requirements, and company policies, while monitoring regulatory changes and assessing their impact.
• Prepare payroll reports, analyze payroll data and trends, and participate in process improvement, automation, system enhancement, testing, and other payroll-related projects.

 

 

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of payroll administration or payroll operations experience.
• Good understanding of payroll processes, individual income tax, social insurance, statutory requirements, and payroll compliance.
• Experience using HRIS or payroll systems such as Workday, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, reconciliation, and basic data analysis.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees, HR, Finance, payroll vendors, and regional stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and payroll deadlines, and handle confidential employee and payroll information with appropriate discretion.

 

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience supporting multi-country or regional payroll operations, particularly across APAC markets.
• Experience working with outsourced payroll providers and/or in a multinational company or HR shared services environment.
• Experience with Workday and major payroll service providers, together with exposure to regional payroll compliance, reporting, process improvement, or automation initiatives.

 

Why Choose Us?

• Attractive profit, including free shuttle bus, lunch etc.
• Home office opportunity (2 days/week after probation)
• Work-Life balance
• Training opportunities
• Learning and development programs
• Great team collaboration.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more