Our client, is currently seeking a Payroll Finance Manager to join their team on a contract basis. This role is integral in managing and overseeing payroll accounting activities, ensuring the accurate recording, reconciliation, and reporting of payroll transactions in compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and internal controls. Key Responsibilities: Oversee end-to-end payroll financial processes to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll execution. Review and map all country payrolls to GL accounts. Review and approve payroll journals, accruals, provisions, and adjustments in accordance with accounting standards. Ensure accurate posting of payroll expenses, taxes, benefits, and deductions to the general ledger. Perform and approve monthly payroll balance sheet and expense reconciliations. Manage the development and continual improvement of monthly reporting, including the speed, quality, and content of reporting. Ensure compliance with labour laws, tax regulations, social security, pension, and other statutory requirements. Review and approve statutory filings, payments, and payroll tax returns within regulatory deadlines. Act as the key finance contact for payroll-related audits and regulatory inspections. Establish and maintain strong payroll financial controls to prevent errors, fraud, and non-compliance. Ensure segregation of duties between payroll processing, review, approval, and payment. Lead payroll a...