Senior Manager - Tax Payroll

Tax

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General Tax Consulting

Senior Manager

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

In tax payroll services at PwC, you will provide advice and guidance to clients on tax-related payroll matters. You will facilitate compliance with tax regulations in payroll processing, assist businesses in calculating and withholding taxes from employee wages, and help resolve payroll tax issues.

As a Senior Manager, your role will offer you exposure to a high standard of payroll tax compliance work for a diverse client base.

• Lead and manage the payroll tax team, providing guidance, support, and development opportunities.

• Responsible for the end-to-end payroll processing for client batch headcounts which covers data processing.

• Preparation and submission of periodic statutory returns to the relevant authorities (Income Tax, EPF, SOCSO, HRDF, Tabung Haji, etc).

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement changes to enhance efficiency and accuracy in payroll tax processing.

• Lead projects related to system upgrades and implementations affecting payroll tax calculations and reporting.

• Provide payroll Statutory Compliance Services such as preparation of annual tax forms for employers’ and employees’ annual tax filing (Form E & EA)

• Preparation of relevant payroll reports for the clients.

• Providing relevant advice to clients on applicable legislation in our capacity as payroll specialists.

• Manage client deliverables to ensure that agreed timelines are met.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.

• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.

• Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.

• Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.

• Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.

• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.

• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.

• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting or other related fields.

• A minimum of 10 years relevant experience within the payroll domain.

• Experience in end-to-end payroll processing is an added advantage.

• Preferably with experience in a HR Shared Services, Outsourced or BPO environment. Those with in-house payroll experience and have handled large headcounts are also encouraged to apply.

• Good knowledge of Malaysian employment laws, EPF, SOCSO, Income Tax and other statutory requirements.

• Proficient in payroll software application, MS Excel, and MS Word.

• Good customer service orientation and a strong team player.

• A high degree of professionalism, meticulous and able to work independently with minimum supervision.

• Good command of English language, both spoken and written.

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Inclusion, Influence, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, Payroll Accounting, Payroll Legislation, Payroll Management, Payroll Software, Payroll System Optimization, Payroll Taxes, Payroll Tax Preparation, Professional Courage, Rapid Experimentation, Relationship Building {+ 8 more}

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