Compensation & Benefits Analyst

We are looking for a detail-oriented Compensation & Benefits Analyst to support accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations while contributing to compensation administration, manpower cost reporting, statutory compliance, and HR data management. This role works with internal stakeholders and external partners in a regulated environment that requires accuracy, confidentiality, and strong governance. This role will be a fixed term contract for 3 years. Main Responsibilities: Know, respect and ensure compliance with the Company's Code of Conduct. Entering payroll transactions, analyzing payroll variances, and supporting payroll reporting requirements to ensure employees are paid correctly and statutory obligations are fulfilled. Compensation & Benefits Analysis & Administration: Administer and analyse compensation and benefits programmes by maintaining employee compensation records, supporting annual remuneration activities, monitoring benefit utilisation, and ensuring accur. Payroll Analysis & Administration: Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing by validating employee remuneration data, adminis ate implementation of approved reward initiatives to support employee satisfaction and policy compliance. Statutory Compliance & Payroll Governance: Ensure payroll-related activities comply with employment legislation, taxation requirements, statutory regulations, internal controls, and company policies through accurate data administration, documentation management, and adherence to established governance processes. Manpower Cost Analysis & Reporting: Provide accurate payroll, manpower cost, and compensation data by maintaining reliable records, preparing reports, and supporting budget and forecasting exercises to facilitate management decision-making and effective manpower cost management. Expatriate Compensation Administration: Administer expatriate compensation activities by coordinating allowance payments, tax-related payroll information, and relevant records to ensure operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and a positive employee experience. HR Data Analytics & Systems Integrity: Maintain the accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of payroll, compensation, benefits, and manpower data within HR systems while generating meaningful analysis and reports to support operational effectiveness and management decision-making. Stakeholder Advisory & Service Delivery: Provide professional support and guidance to employees, managers, payroll vendors, and external agencies on payroll, compensation, and benefits matters by resolving enquiries, analyzing issues, and recommending appropriate solutions within established policies and procedures. Process Improvement & Operational Excellence: Contribute to the continuous improvement of payroll and compensation processes by identifying operational efficiencies, supporting system enhancements, leveraging data insights, and implementing approved improvements to strengthen service quality, compliance, and productivity. What We're Looking For: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification. 3–5 years of relevant experience in payroll, Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations, Finance, or a related field. Hands-on experience in end-to-end payroll processing, statutory administration, payroll reconciliation, and variance analysis. Good knowledge of Compensation & Benefits administration, manpower cost analysis, reporting, and payroll governance. Experience working with HRIS, payroll systems, Microsoft Excel, and workforce data. Strong understanding of statutory compliance, audit requirements, and internal controls. Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and organisational skills, with excellent attention to detail. Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders while handling sensitive information with integrity and confidentiality. Exposure to expatriate compensation administration would be an added advantage. Advanced proficiency in English and Bahasa Malaysia. French proficiency would be an added advantage.