HR Specialist (Payroll)

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

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At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Payroll and HR Employee Life Cycle Specialist is responsible for managing complete payroll process and overseeing the comprehensive employee life cycle such as pre-onboarding, onboarding, offboarding, employee confirmations, drafting employee letters, conducting surveys, attending audits and supporting employee communications.

This position reports to the Head of HR, LIS and is part of the Human Resources Department located in Singapore and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be responsible for:

• Payroll Management:  Oversee and manage the complete payroll process for Leica Instruments (Singapore), Leica Microsystems (Singapore) sales unit and Leica Biosystems Singapore and ensuring timely and accurate payment to all employees.  Liaise with payroll outsource vendor to ensure compliance with company policies and legal regulations.  Maintain and update payroll records.  Prepare Finance reports.  Address payroll-related inquiries and resolve discrepancies promptly.  Attend to internal and external payroll audits.  Stay informed about changes in payroll regulations to ensure ongoing compliance.

• Employee Life Cycle Management:  Coordinate new associates pre-onboarding and onboarding process, support in new associate orientation and induction programs, manage offboarding process, oversee probationary review and ensure timely employee confirmations, draft various employee letters, complete government related surveys, attend to audits, maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records and documentation in p-file, support in employee communications such as update notice boards, draft and send emails as well as address employee inquiries and provide guidance on HR policies and procedures.

• General HR Support:  Assist in HR events and any other ad hoc duties/projects as assigned.

The essential requirements of the job include:

a) Professional Experience

• Strong knowledge of payroll practices, CPF & IRAS regulations and Employment Act.

• Proficient in Microsoft excel and words

b)  Education

• Diploma.  Preferably a minimum of 3 years of experience in HR, with focus on payroll in manufacturing environment and employee life cycle management.

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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