HR Payroll & Services Specialist (4.5 Months Maternity Cover)

• Manage the monthly payroll process, including HR payroll data management, in collaboration with external payroll vendors.
• Ensure effective administration of benefit programmes, including group-term insurance, retirement pension schemes, and other employee benefits.
• Review HR uploads and employee income tax reporting and filing requirements in cooperation with the payroll vendor, and provide relevant information to Accounting.
• Manage and review tax filings, income tax settlements, and payroll accounting coordination with the payroll vendor and Accounting.
• Support and prepare for financial closing, including payroll data reconciliation for annual financial audits, where applicable.
• Manage leave and working time compliance in line with local regulatory requirements.
• Execute statutory reporting and social insurance administration in accordance with Korean regulations.
• Prepare various HR reports required for internal and external stakeholders (quarterly and annually).
• Support AskHR platform operations and contribute to HR Services initiatives and global process improvement projects.
• Support and manage logistics for employee engagement activities.
• Organise and document mandatory training sessions in coordination with training vendors.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Support recruitment processes, including interview scheduling, contract preparation, and background checks with vendors.
• Manage and support work visa and relocation needs in coordination with, or independently of, the Global Mobility team, as applicable.

Your Profile

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Human Resources, with a focus on compensation, payroll, HR services, and HR administration. Experience in a global organisation is an advantage.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in payroll processing, tax reporting, and compensation and benefits administration (mandatory).
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel.
• Strong numerical skills with high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Well organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Familiarity with SuccessFactors (HRIS) is an advantage.
• Demonstrates strong initiative and a solution-oriented mindset.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.
• Fluency in Korean and English (written and spoken).

At Munich Re, we embrace, and value, the interaction of diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and thought. This interaction is our foundation. Of our open culture and spirit of partnership. Of how our teams are built and cultivated. Of how we are supported and developed. And at the center of this interaction is each of us.