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Position Summary

The Specialist, People Services is a hybrid HR and payroll role that provides functional payroll expertise and high-quality operational support across the employee lifecycle. The role supports HR administration, payroll processing, data management, reporting, troubleshooting, and guidance for employees and managers.

Working closely with cross-functional partners, the specialist helps maintain system accuracy, improve processes, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically proficient, customer-focused, and comfortable balancing recurring operational responsibilities with project-based improvements.

The role provides Japan operational expertise and supports Korea HR Services activities according to assigned country responsibilities. Country coverage, payroll approval authority, and the division of responsibilities among People Services, Payroll, People Partners, Finance, and external providers must be clearly defined.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

HR Operations & Employee Support

Support HR processes throughout the employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, transfers, promotions, and separations.
Provide timely, accurate, and customer-focused responses to inquiries from employees and managers.
Support onboarding, HR policy interpretation, immigration inquiries, and People Services programs.
Provide guidance on established HR policies within approved procedures; escalate complex policy interpretation, exceptions, and legal or tax matters to People Partners, policy owners, Legal, or appointed specialists.
Promote consistent HR processes and reinforce compliance standards.
Own assigned employee cases through resolution against agreed service levels, maintain clear escalation paths, and coordinate vendor issue resolution and backup coverage.

Local HR Administration, Benefits & Compliance

Administer country-specific time, attendance, leave, and absence processes, including balance reconciliation, attendance exceptions, overtime inputs, leave-of-absence transactions, and return-to-work administration, in accordance with approved local procedures.
Coordinate benefits and social insurance enrollment, changes, dependent updates, and cessation; reconcile provider records and resolve employee queries within assigned country responsibilities. Coverage includes Japan health insurance and pension administration and Korea’s four major social insurance schemes, as applicable.
Administer local benefits and allowances under company policy, including Japan commuting and housing allowances and Korea welfare benefits and allowances, where applicable; validate eligibility, supporting documentation, and payroll interfaces.
Prepare and maintain employment letters, certificates, contract amendments, and personnel records, including local-language documentation where required, in accordance with approved retention and data-protection requirements.
Coordinate offboarding administration, including final-pay inputs, unused-leave reconciliation, benefits cessation, social insurance exit procedures, and employee documents; support Korea retirement-benefit and provider coordination where assigned.

Payroll Operations

Serve as a subject matter expert for Japan payroll processing and local income tax administration.
Coordinate with the payroll vendor on monthly payroll processing, maintain data accuracy, and support required corrections.