Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.
At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a
public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.
As a
Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.
The Role
This position reports to the Senior Asia Finance Manager. We are seeking a Regional Payroll Lead to closely partner with external payroll vendors and internal stakeholders to handle an efficient, accurate, and compliant end‑to‑end payroll process, across 6 countries: Australia, Korea, Singapore, India, Japan, China.
The Asia Payroll Lead will support with payroll review from local service providers, payroll payment, payroll related tax filling, Equity-related filling, issue resolution, escalations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
What You'll Do
This individual will be the Asia owner of the Payroll and Equity processes including:
Serve as the primary contact for regional payroll vendors, ensuring seamless integration
Manage and execute accurate, timely, and compliant monthly regional payroll and Equity processes
Oversee all payroll-related matters including tax, benefits, Equity Filling and year-end reporting, ensuring issues are resolved promptly and effectively
Month end closing for Payroll related JE entries in NetSuite, performing monthly reconciliations between payroll reports and NetSuite/US GAAP standards
Collaborate with HR and Finance to ensure alignment across related processes
Conduct quality assurance and support internal/external audit requirements
Stay current on regional payroll legislation and ensure organizational compliance
Any other ad hoc assignment
Requirements
This role requires a "process-first" mindset, ensuring that payroll is not just delivered on time, but is scalable, audit-proof, and data-driven to support Employee Success. Success in this role requires strong analytical capability, sound judgement, and the ability to challenge constructively
Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent
5+ years’ regional payroll experience across multiple countries
Fluent in English - both verbal and written communication
Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical skills, and attention to detail
Collaborative team player with strong organization and time management skills
Self‑motivated, proactive, and able to work independently
Creative problem‑solver and advocate for process improvement
Experience in handling overseas payroll – Not Limited to China only
Highly proficient in MS office applications: Excel, Power Point and Word
Nice to Have
NetSuite and Salesforce.com knowledge is a plus
Fluent in Japanese/Korean is a plus
