Compliance Specialist

Payroll & HR Compliance Specialist

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables – (India, Singapore, Indonesia, GCC, and Egypt)

1. Regulatory Research & Monitoring

• Track, interpret, and analyses developments in payroll, employment, social security, and taxation regulations across assigned jurisdictions.
• Maintain a centralized repository of statutory notifications, circulars, gazette updates, and regulator-issued clarifications for each country.
• Prepare country-specific compliance summaries, identifying key statutory changes (e.g., EPF/ESI in India, CPF in Singapore, BPJS in Indonesia, GOSI in GCC, and Social Insurance Law in Egypt).
• Conduct impact assessments of new or upcoming laws, highlighting implications for payroll operations, HR systems, and employee benefits.

2. Advisory & Product Support

• Translate regulatory requirements into business-ready compliance guidance for product, payroll, and HR teams.
• Advise on statutory computation logic (e.g., income tax, gratuity, social insurance, overtime, leave encashment) to ensure system accuracy.
• Support product localization for multi-country payroll modules by mapping compliance rules, reporting formats, and regulator-mandated templates.
• Provide clarifications on country-specific employment law requirements including wage protection, termination benefits, and end-of-service calculations.
• Assist in security, IT and product audit and ensure compliance with relevant statutory provisions.

3. Compliance Knowledge Management

• Develop and maintain a compliance knowledge base covering payroll and HR statutory frameworks for India, Singapore, Indonesia, GCC, and Egypt.
• Curate and periodically update country compliance matrices, including filing timelines, return formats, and authority portals.
• Create and update internal compliance handbooks, FAQs, and customer-facing guidance documents to promote consistent interpretation.
• Contribute to training content and workshops for internal teams and clients on key statutory obligations and product compliance readiness.

4. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with product managers, legal advisors, and engineering teams to ensure compliance is embedded in product design and release cycles.
• Partner with customer success, payroll operations, and support teams to resolve country-specific statutory queries.
• Engage and coordinate with external consultants or local payroll partners for validation of regulatory interpretations and secondary research findings.
• Liaise with regulatory authorities and statutory boards (e.g., EPFO, CPF Board, BPJS, GOSI, MOHRE), as needed, to clarify complex or ambiguous compliance issues.

5. Deliverables

• Monthly statutory update briefs summarizing key legal and regulatory changes across jurisdictions.
• Quarterly impact assessment reports highlighting potential system or process modifications.
• Compliance matrices and trackers covering contribution rates, wage ceilings, and filing due dates.
• Country-specific statutory configuration guides for payroll and HR modules.
• Knowledge repository updates (laws, FAQs, and standard templates) maintained on internal collaboration platforms.
• Periodic compliance review reports to confirm continued alignment of payroll operations with statutory obligations.