Senior HR Time and Attendance Specialist

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Job Description Scope of Role:

  • Regional coverage: APAC with expert knowledge across multi-jurisdictional requirements
  • Impact: Expert-level service delivery across all case complexities leveraging advanced knowledge and experience
Key Responsibilities: Time Management System (TMS)
  • Support time, attendance, leave, and scheduling processes across multiple countries
  • Execute TMS-related transactions, including time corrections, leave adjustments, schedule updates, and pay-impacting changes
  • Ensure First Time Right processing for all TMS transactions, minimizing payroll errors and employee pay issues
  • Ensure timely processing of time data to support payroll cut-offs, statutory compliance, and internal controls
  • Partner closely with Payroll, HRIS, and vendors to resolve TMS issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and prevent recurrence
  • Ensure TMS processes align with local working time, overtime, rest day, and statutory leave regulations
  • Develop and maintain TMS process documentation, work instructions, and knowledge articles
Service delivery & customer excellence
  • Handle HR cases from routine inquiries to complex cases requiring specialized knowledge of employment law, policies, and cross-border regulations
  • Handle escalated cases and VIP requests requiring heightened attention, discretion, and rapid resolution while maintaining exceptional service standard
  • Apply expert judgment to all case types, ensuring efficient resolution of simple queries while providing sophisticated analysis for complex matters
  • Deliver exceptional customer service leveraging extensive experience to provide comprehensive, accurate responses across all interaction types
  • Share expertise and knowledge with team members through informal guidance while maintaining focus on individual case delivery
Transaction management & data integrity
  • Execute full range of HR transactions from routine updates to more complex cases including reorganizations, international transfers, and sensitive separations
  • Apply advanced validation techniques to all transaction types, leveraging experience to identify potential issues and ensure accuracy across simple and complex scenarios
  • Manage sophisticated system processes utilizing expert knowledge to navigate complex configurations while efficiently handling routine transactions
  • Maintain First Time Right excellence across all transaction complexities, using expertise to prevent errors and streamline processing
Process excellence & continuous improvement
  • Champion process excellence by applying extensive knowledge to identify improvement opportunities across all process types
  • Leverage experience to streamline both routine and complex processes, sharing insights that benefit overall team effectiveness
  • Support process enhancements by providing expert input on procedure updates and system improvements based on comprehensive case experience
  • Drive knowledge sharing through expert handling of diverse case types and informal mentoring of colleagues
Compliance & risk management
  • Ensure full compliance with data privacy regulations (local privacy laws) and employment legislation across supported regions
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation and support compliance reviews with accurate, complete records
  • Protect sensitive employee data through adherence to security protocols and confidentiality requirements
  • Identify and mitigate risks related to data handling, process compliance, and regulatory requirements
Stakeholder collaboration
  • Build trusted relationships across all stakeholder levels, applying experience to navigate both simple and complex stakeholder needs effectively
  • Collaborate effectively with Payroll, Benefits, and specialist HR teams to ensure seamless end-to-end service delivery
  • Support cross-functional initiatives that enhance employee experience and operational efficiency
  • Represent the HRSS brand positively in all interactions, demonstrating expert-level service regardless of case complexity
  • Participate in data cleansing activities to ensure all employee records meet global and local compliance requirements prior to and after migration
Organizational relationships:
  • Reports to: Team Lead, HR Shared Services
  • Direct Reports: None
  • Matrix Relationships: Centers of Excellence (COEs), Payroll, Legal, Finance, HRIS, Benefits teams
  • Primary Location: Penang (Hybrid working arrangement)
Job requirements: Essential experience:
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