Lead Specialist, Payroll - APAC

Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Payroll, the Lead Specialist, Payroll– APAC will be responsible for managing payroll operations across multiple APAC countries. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver a seamless employee experience.

  You will work closely with HR, Finance, and global stakeholders to drive process improvements, ensure regulatory compliance, and support payroll operations aligned with organizational standards.

• How you will make an impact

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing across APAC regions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across all components including base pay, stock compensation, taxes, and statutory benefits
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including reviewing and approving journal entries
• Partner with HR, Finance, and Employee Services teams to ensure seamless payroll experience
• Drive process improvements and efficiencies to enhance payroll accuracy and consistency
• Ensure compliance with local statutory requirements and support payroll-related regulatory filings

• What we are looking for

• 8–9 years of experience in payroll, with strong exposure to APAC payroll operations
• Strong knowledge of payroll across APAC countries such as China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia
• Hands-on experience managing end-to-end global payroll processes
• Experience with payroll systems, preferably ADP tools (Celergo, GlobalView, etc.)
• Good understanding of payroll accounting, compliance, and internal controls
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work across time zones and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Support payroll set-up and implementation for new countries/entities and ongoing system implementations (e.g., Celergo)
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve payroll-related queries and issues

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere. 

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives. 

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything. 

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom, Canada and USA based roles.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.