HR Operations, Payroll & Benefits Specialist - Philippines

About: dss+

dss+ is a leading operations management consulting firm offering sustainability services to corporate, public, and international organizations across a range of specialist subject areas. dss+ offers advisory and implementation transformational services in Operational Risk, Operational Excellence, Sustainability enabled by Learning & Development and Digital Technologies.

dss+ works across the globe offering services primarily in the Metals & Mining, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Agriculture, Food & Beverage, Industrial Manufacturing and Investor & Private Equity.

At dss+ we embrace and celebrate diversity. We have established an inclusive culture, where everyone contributes, has the chance to develop and display their talents in solving challenging client problems. We have a team-based culture and thus we look for people that operate well in this environment, are intellectually curious and are adaptive, in ensuring their contribution fits within the evolving themes and dynamics of our projects.

What do we offer

An entrepreneurial environment with the opportunity to utilize your capabilities to build and grow dss+ as we deliver end-to-end HR operations, payroll and benefits support to our team. We offer a flexible working model with remote teams and the opportunity to work in a firm with a mission-driven culture, who values quality and excellence. This position offers an ideal platform to expand your knowledge of Human Resources, people processes and help us to optimize our employee payroll and benefits.

Job Title: HR Operations, Payroll & Benefits Specialist - Philippines

Location: Remote

6 month fixed term contract

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a fast-paced, outcome focused HR team in supporting and coordinating payroll and benefits administration for our employees in the Philippines. You will be supporting employees and the HR function to ensure that HR & Payroll data is processed accurately and on time to meet payroll deadlines each month. The position also coordinates benefits administration and will be an integral connection between dss+ Human Resources and third party benefits and payroll providers.

Requirements

About the role

In this role, you will support the end-to-end people processes across the employee life cycle for our employees in Philippines. You will also be responsible for coordinating the administration of payroll and benefits information for dss+ employees in the Philippines (but not limited to):

• Updating and maintaining employee HR data, managing data reporting, adhoc data requests
• Initiating and leading HR process improvement projects and initiatives
• Work directly with our external payroll provider to communicate and collate payroll changes and ensure that data is processed and queries are answered within the different country payroll calendars each month
• Complete processing of benefits administration and ensure employee benefit data is updated with the payroll provider each month
• Administer employee benefits in accordance with country requirements
• Answer employee questions about benefits coverage; act as a liaison between the employee, third party administrators and benefit vendors
• Partner with HR and the business, to optimise and upgrade the dss+ employee experience.

About You

We are looking for someone with a hands-on approach to building and delivering best-in-class HR operations support to our team.

• You are detail oriented, well-organized and enjoy bringing structure to projects through work-planning, list-making and efficiency
• Hands-on, strong functional knowledge and a minimum of 3 years inhouse payroll operations and benefits administration experience.
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of payroll and benefits administration for the Philippines.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a remote HR team, taking work directions from supervisors based in a different country.
• Strong vendor management and project management skills.
• Strong influence and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using MS Office suite with superior Excel skills.
• Organised and able to correctly prioritise your workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Conscientious with meticulous attention for detail.
• Proactive and able to use your own initiative.