Total 2 job vacancies by SGS

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES

• To establish, lead, and manage the APAC HR Shared Services Centre, ensuring efficient, standardized, and high-quality HR service delivery across countries. The role is accountable for operational excellence, service governance, and continuous improvement of HR processes post-implementation.
• The Head of HR SSC acts as the operational owner, ensuring services are delivered in line with defined SLAs, compliance requirements, and business expectations.

Scope of Services

• Employee Lifecycle (Hire-to-Retire)
• Payroll & Benefits Administration
• HRIS & Data Management (e.g. Workday/ Local Payroll System)
• HR Helpdesk / Ticketing (ServiceNow / AskHR Bot/ SSC Portal)
• HR Reporting & Compliance
• SOP, Documentation & Process Governance

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITES

• Establish and Lead the Team: Build and lead the HR Shared Services team, including hiring new members and developing a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Improve Operational Efficiency: Design and implement centralized processes to achieve operational efficiency while providing high-quality HR services.
• Service Delivery: Develop and execute a service delivery framework to ensure exceptional responsiveness and alignment with the organization’s strategic priorities.
• Employee Experience: Oversee the smooth execution of employee life-cycle events such as onboarding, benefits administration, leave management, and offboarding programs.
• Data Integrity and Reporting: Ensure the accuracy of employee data within HR systems and generate regular reports to track key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Continuous Improvement: Identify gaps, refine processes, and implement innovative solutions to enhance the overall effectiveness of the shared services model.
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to local labour laws and HR policies across all regions served by the shared services team.
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with HR Business Partners, Centres of Excellence, and senior leadership to align shared services priorities with broader organizational goals.
• Training and Development: Mentor and coach team members to foster growth and ensure high engagement within the team.
• Other duties as assigned, dependent on organizational needs and employee skills

About the Role

Responsible to lead and deliver the overall HR services, particularly in Payroll & Benefits services across the APAC countries under the Regional Shared Services Centre, focus on the internal client which includes managing critical service issues to resolution, liaising with countries HR Business Partners to ensure services meet required standards (inclusive of third party suppliers) and the ability to align to the business strategy in different countries within the SGS APAC region and imperatives to ensure the service delivery is in line with the requirements and expectations under the Service Level Agreement (SLAs).

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Payroll & Benefits functions / areas in the HR Shared Service Centre to ensure quality and efficiency of the services in line with the Service Level Agreement (SLAs) and fully comply to the related standard & legislation.
• Accountable for the timely delivery of the Payroll & Benefits services and processes, including Payroll, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Welfare, HRIS, as well as day-to-day liaison with different stakeholders in APAC countries.
• Establish and standardize work procedures and best practice across different countries to improve the efficiency of the shared service team.
• Ensure the necessary interface and infrastructures are in place to facilitate the services offer to the countries.
• Continuous strike for “zero error” target in achieving the “Centre of Excellence” in HR deliveries.
• Ensure the governance of the service operations, including managing the budget, schedule expenditures and cost effective measurements of the shared services.
• Carry out necessary standard and process audit to ensure the compliance and alignment of the HR practices across different countries legal requirements.
• Manage the shared service team and develop a high performance culture within the service centre.
• Analyse variances in operations and initiate gap / cost reduction as appropriate.
• Continue develop, implement and drive the new initiatives in HR services, including of process improvement, automation, resource management.
• Prepare activity, budget and performance activities reports to the management.
• Adherence to SGS Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policy by uphold a good safety behavior and exercising necessary standard and process when carry out your responsibilities at all times to ensure compliance to the HSE requirements.
• Perform any other responsibilities as assigned by your reporting manager and/or Senior Management.