People Services Time to Payroll Specialist

Position: People Services Time to Payroll Specialist - South Asia- Reporting to_: PPLS Lead, South Asia_

Opella, the Consumer Healthcare business unit of Sanofi, is the purest and third-largest player globally in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market. We have an unshakable belief in the power of self-care and the role it can play in creating a healthier society and a healthier planet. That’s why we want to make self-care as simple as it should be by being consumer-led always, with science at our core.

Through our unique and balanced portfolio of more than 100 loved brands, including 15 global and local high-growth challengers such as Allegra, Dulcolax and Buscopan, we deliver our mission: helping more than half a billion consumers worldwide take their health in their hands. This mission is brought to life by an 11,000-strong team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. We are also proud to be the first major fast-moving consumer healthcare company to achieve B Corp certification.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands

Opella Mission and Vision

At Opella Healthcare, we are united by one shared Mission - we work passionately every day, to put Health in Your Hands. We are committed to making healthcare as simple as it should be, thus helping people help themselves. This Mission is the core of our philosophy, driving all that we do to focus on people—our consumers, customers, healthcare professionals, employees, and the Opella Brands that support them.

As a top-three global player in Consumer Healthcare, we are raising the bar with a bold ambition to grow, perform, and outpace the market. We aim to build a more agile and responsive organization capable of delivering our Vision and Mission.

To achieve this, we need exceptional talent to shape Opella’s future and help us succeed. Together, we embrace our Challenger spirit, driven by our commitment to be Outcome-obsessed, Courageous, Radically Simple, and All-In Together.

Main Purpose of the Job

Global Business Services (GBS) was established as a new transversal, multi-disciplinary function supporting and accelerating Opella as a Consumer Healthcare business through the implementation of a set of operational legal presence across in-scope markets. Opella Global Business Services (GBS) drives transformation projects to ensure it delivers best in class processes in terms of quality, cost, performance, customer satisfaction and needs, supported by high quality master data and performance KPIs. Within GBS, the services related to HR or People operations is managed by a service line namely People Services (PPLS).

Therefore, GBS PPLS is looking for a Time to Payroll Specialist (T2P) supporting South Asia countries with immediate hiring needs for Malaysia. A PPLS T2P Specialist typically manages the following areas of the process:
Handle day-to-day benefits, time and payroll activities- Manage Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) vendor(s) when relevant- Address operational issues with stakeholders- Support employees’ queries- Transversal: reporting, compliance, continuous improvement

The Time to Payroll Specialist reports to PPLS Supervisor South Asia. The position will work closely with the Employee and External Life Cycle Specialists and also HR, Legal, Compliance, Digital and third-party providers.

We have junior to senior opportunities within our growing team.

Key Accountabilities:
Main responsibilities:
During the first months of joining the People Services team, the Time to Payroll Specialist will receive knowledge transfer from their buddy related to the role. This will include sharing documents and work shadowing.

The following detailed activities will be the main activities of the role, but special projects can be added regularly based upon the evolving priorities of GBS:
- Main support for Time to Payroll activities for Malaysia and back up for other countries in Asia depending on business needs.- Benefits activities: Based on local benefits policy, manage activities related to health and life insurance, company card or car, loans, sport or cultural support, shares etc.- Time activities: Control time off & time tracking data and share with payroll vendor, prepare local reporting while ensuring compliance as per local regulations and company internal control framework.- Payroll activities: Gather all payroll input (some are interfaced, some needs to be collected), control payroll calculation results, get payroll approval from manager, store control evidence, prepare post payroll reports, manage statutory bodies, manage internal and external audit, work closely with Accounting and Treasury departments. In case the payroll is partially outsourced, coordinate the payroll activities with the vendor.- Employee queries: Assist employees on any questions related to benefits, time and payroll. Support should be extended to both active and inactive empl