Senior Payroll Associate, South Korea Payroll

📋 Description

• • The Senior Payroll Associate for South Korea Payroll is a critical individual contributor role responsible for ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing for employees in South Korea, directly supporting Deel’s mission to unlock global opportunity by enabling seamless, lawful compensation across borders.
• • This role safeguards the financial integrity and trust of Deel’s global workforce by managing end-to-end payroll operations in one of Asia’s most regulated markets, where precision in tax, deductions, and statutory compliance is non-negotiable.
• • Day-to-day responsibilities include overseeing the end-to-end processing of payroll data for South Korean employees, ensuring all salary components, bonuses, overtime, and deductions are correctly calculated and posted in accordance with local regulations.
• • Maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records in Deel’s HRIS and payroll systems, including new hires, terminations, status changes, and benefit enrollments, with zero tolerance for data discrepancies.
• • Verifying and reconciling employee data such as hours worked, leave balances, tax declarations, and statutory deductions (including National Pension, Health Insurance, Employment Insurance, and Industrial Accident Compensation) against source documents and system outputs.
• • Assisting with the preparation, calculation, and filing of South Korea payroll taxes and mandatory contributions, coordinating with internal tax specialists and external advisors to ensure timely submissions to National Tax Service and other relevant authorities.
• • Providing first-line support to employees for payroll-related inquiries, including payslip explanations, tax year-end adjustments, bonus calculations, and resolution of payment discrepancies via email, chat, or ticketing systems.
• • Ensuring ongoing compliance with South Korea’s Labor Standards Act, Income Tax Act, Social Security Regulations, and other relevant legislation, proactively monitoring regulatory changes and updating processes accordingly.
• • Leading the design, testing, and implementation of new payroll processes, system enhancements, or automation initiatives within Deel’s payroll platform, collaborating with product, engineering, and compliance teams to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• • Mentoring and guiding junior payroll associates or regional team members, sharing best practices, conducting knowledge transfer sessions, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and accountability.
• • Acting as a subject matter expert (SME) on South Korea payroll during internal audits, external inspections, and cross-functional projects, providing documentation and evidence of compliance as required.
• • About the team or company: Deel is a fully remote, globally distributed SaaS leader with over 7,000 employees across 100+ countries, processing $11.2 billion in payroll annually for workers in nearly 100 currencies, backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1B ARR, recognized as a CNBC Disruptor 50 and Forbes Cloud 100 company.
• • The South Korea Payroll team operates within Deel’s Global Payroll Center of Excellence, collaborating closely with regional HR, legal, tax, and product teams to deliver localized, compliant payroll solutions that scale with Deel’s rapid global expansion.
• • What the person can learn or achieve in this role: Deepen expertise in one of Asia’s most complex payroll environments, gaining mastery over South Korea’s intricate statutory frameworks while contributing to the innovation of a globally scalable payroll infrastructure.
• • Develop leadership and influence skills by driving process improvements, mentoring peers, and shaping best practices that impact payroll operations for thousands of employees across Deel’s global footprint, positioning the individual as a trusted authority in global payroll operations.