Payroll Specialist

Working in Global HR at Munich Re for Reinsurance & Specialty Group means being part of a dynamic, globally connected team that plays a critical role in shaping the future of our organization. As an HR professional, you contribute to the success of our business by supporting people strategies that drive transformation, foster collaboration, and enable sustainable growth.

Our Global HR function is evolving to meet the needs of a fast-changing world. We operate in a connected, collaborative, and forward-thinking Global HR matrix community that values empathy, initiative, and a global mindset—where every team member plays a role in delivering effective services and solutions and creating meaningful impact.

Whether your focus is talent, rewards, analytics, business partnering, services, or any other area of HR, you will work across regions and functions to co-create solutions that support our people and business. You will be empowered to collaborate, innovate, and grow—contributing to a culture that values diversity, continuous learning, and shared success.

You will be part of Munich Re’s Global Payroll team, sitting within APAC MEA region. This role will manage the end-to-end payroll operations for Greater China, ensuring compliance, seamless payroll administration and addressing employee enquiries. Reporting to the Head of Payroll, APAC MEA, you will also collaborate closely with the functional HR team, HR Services, and HR IT, to ensure we meet the business deliverables.

Join us in building the future of Global HR.

Role Profile

• Manage payroll operations for Greater China, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with the relevant standards.
• Oversee the end-to-end payroll cycle and payroll-related work, ensuring compliance with the local labour laws, tax regulations and corporate governance policies.
• Address and manage employee inquiries on payroll, ensuring timely responses and issue resolution when required.
• Maintain accurate employee records and responsible for data maintenance & accuracy in the payroll system.
• Strong collaboration and partnership with the functional Regional & Global HR team, Finance team, ensuring alignment with the business needs and maintaining accurate financial records.
• Assist to drive payroll automation and process improvements, leveraging technology to enhance effectiveness and accuracy.
• Manage relationships with service providers, ensuring service quality and compliance.
• Provide ongoing support and assistance for payroll project-related activities as needed.
• Continuous support for the Regional & Global Payroll team as required from time-to-time.

Your Profile

• Strong payroll background, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience managing high quality payroll processes.
• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Accounting or relevant discipline.
• Highly analytical, with excellent attention to detail and sound understanding of all facets of HR operations.
• Strong understanding of the compliance requirements for the Greater China region.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools and advanced MS Excell skills.
• Fluent in both English and Mandarin.
• Past experience with Global Payroll transformation would be advantageous.

About Munich Re

As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 11,000 employees at over 50 locations, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into a manageable risk we enable fundamental change. Join us working on topics today that will concern society tomorrow, whether that be climate change, major construction projects, medical risk assessment or even space travel.   

Together we embrace a culture where multiskilled teams dare to think big. We create the new and the different for our clients and cultivate innovation.  

Does this sound like you? Push boundaries with us and be part of Munich Re.  

Unlock your potential

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we embrace the power of differences and are convinced that diversity fosters innovation and resilience and enables us to act braver and better. 
• Continuous Learning: we believe that continuous learning is a key differentiator and critical for building new skills and accelerating growth. 
• Career Mobility: we actively support career mobility, and our strong global and regional presence offers a wealth of career growth opportunities for you. 

At Munich Re, we embrace, and value, the interaction of diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and thought. This interaction is our foundation. Of our open culture and spirit of partnership. Of how our teams are built and cultivated. Of how we are supported and developed. And at the center of this interaction is each of us.