Payroll Specialist (Regional Role)

Who We Are

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world's most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission

Payroll Specialist responsible for accurate, compliant, and on-time payroll across APAC, and end-to-end management of expatriate work permits and mobility. Partnering with People & Culture, Finance, and global mobility stakeholders to keep our workforce paid right and legally set up to work.

How You'll Make an Impact

APAC Payroll

• Run monthly payroll across APAC entities, ensuring full compliance with local statutory requirements and year-end filings.

• Maintain payroll data accuracy across HRIS and payroll systems, and coordinate with Finance on reconciliations and audits.

• Manage relationships with regional payroll vendors and statutory authorities, and resolve employee payroll queries with discretion.

Expatriate Mobility & Work Permits

• Manage the full work permit and employment pass lifecycle across APAC markets, including new applications, renewals, cancellations, and dependent passes.

• Track expatriate quotas, expiry timelines, and regulatory changes across APAC immigration frameworks to avoid lapses.

• Support relocation logistics and documentation alongside Talent Acquisition and People Ops.

Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure payroll and mobility operations comply with local employment, tax, and immigration regulations across APAC.

• Maintain audit-ready documentation and prepare payroll dashboards, headcount cost reports, and mobility analytics for leadership.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.

• 5–8 years of payroll experience with strong end-to-end ownership of multi-country APAC payroll, and hands-on experience managing expatriate work permit applications.

• Working knowledge of APAC employment, tax, and immigration regulations across multiple jurisdictions.

• Proficient in payroll software and advanced Excel/Google Sheets.

Your X-Factor

• Combines operational precision with a people-first mindset.

• Navigates regulatory complexity with calm and clarity.

• Thrives in fast-moving, multi-country environments where deadlines are non-negotiable.

• Champions process discipline and audit-readiness across payroll and mobility.

Your Journey After Applying

• 30-minute HR Session with the Talent Acquisition team

• 60-minute Session with the Chief People Officer