Senior Payroll Specialist

We’re hiring a Payroll Specialist in Singapore to assist with our Singapore and India payroll operations, ensuring that every employee is compensated accurately, punctually, and in strict accordance with local laws and regulations. You are a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual looking to work in a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative environment, where your contributions will make a significant impact. Whether you're looking to learn from the best or be the best, the People team is dedicated to furthering personal development and team success.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

• Payroll Processing

• Leave Administration

• Maintain Time and Attendance processes

• Making sure Singapore's Central Provident Fund and India’s Employees’ Provident Fund, Employees’ State Insurance, Professional Tax are being remitted on time

• Onboarding and Offboarding

• Ad Hoc projects

• You want to work in a team and for a tech company where it’s energetic, growth-focused, and every day feels purposeful.

• You have an in-depth understanding of payroll regulations spanning multiple countries, including Singapore, India and Indonesia would be ideal but not all necessary.

• You love to delve into data, be it timesheets or leave accruals.

• Working knowledge of setting up, configuring, and deploying new payroll systems and implementing payroll in a new country.

• Proficiency in using payroll software and systems. Experience with an outsource provider, Workday, or similar platforms is preferred.

• Intermediate proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, eager to learn how to manage large datasets and create formulas and functions.

• Exposure to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements as applicable to the payroll function.

• Your keen eye for detail is matched only by your organizational prowess.

• Your agility allows you to excel both independently and as a team player.

• AI-fluent, with a track record of spotting where AI tools can streamline processes and drive efficiency gains. Comfortable evaluating and applying AI to repetitive or high-volume payroll work.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

• New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking

• An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds

• Generous and competitive benefits package

• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

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Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog