Key Responsibilities

Compliance, Risk and Governance

• Own and maintain the regional compliance and risk management framework, ensuring audit readiness.
• Implement robust governance for payroll and HR compliance vendors, contracts, KPIs, SLAs, and business continuity plans.
• Negotiate and manage key vendor partnerships, ensuring quality, compliance, and performance.
• Provide country-level input to APAC people policies (Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Australia, India, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong)

Employee Relations

• Lead employee relations (ER) and industrial relations (IR) matters in APAC.
• Advise HRBPs & business stakeholders on people risks, regulatory compliance, and engagement strategies.

Process Optimisation & Automation

• Conduct thorough analyses of current HR services and identify opportunities for automation, efficiency with differentiated employee experience.
• Design and optimize operational workflows and HR processes to ensure effectiveness and minimize manual & repetitive tasks
• Lead regional initiatives including automation, vendor transitions, new HR policies, and data quality campaigns.
• Drive initiatives that enhance overall employee experience and improve service quality.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a deputy to the Head of HR Core, stepping in seamlessly when needed.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, anticipate issues before they escalate and ability to quickly build trust with stakeholders
• Influence and raise standards across the HR Core team without formal line authority.
• Partner confidently with HRBPs, Legal, Finance, Audit, and IT on day-to-day HR matters.
• Coach junior team members and develop team capabilities to reduce single points of failure.

Expected Skills & Competencies

• Strong strategic thinking combined with operational execution excellence.
• Expertise in HR services digitisation, process optimisation, payroll, Workday, and compliance.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead, inspire teams, and drive change initiatives
• Strong risk and governance mindset
• Continuous improvement mindset. Uses data, metrics, and controls to improve efficiency, quality, and monitor compliance.

What we offer

We give you a competitive package

We help you perform at your best

We help you make a difference

We give you the freedom to be yourself

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

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Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.