Accounting Analyst Taiwan Payroll & Workforce Accounting Support (Traditional Chinese)

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration with teams across the globe. In this position, you will work for IBM BPO, a part of Consulting that accelerates digital transformation through agile methodologies, process mining, and AI-powered workflows.

You will partner with innovators across multiple industries to advance the hybrid cloud and AI journey for some of the most inventive and high-value companies worldwide. Your ability to drive measurable outcomes and create meaningful change for clients is supported by a strategic partner ecosystem and advanced technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including IBM Software and Red Hat.

Success in IBM Consulting is grounded in curiosity and a continuous drive to learn. You will be supported by mentors and coaches who encourage you to challenge conventional approaches, explore ideas beyond your immediate scope, and develop creative solutions that deliver breakthrough results for a wide network of clients. With a culture focused on evolution and empathy, you’ll benefit from long-term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that values your individual skills and experience. 

Position Summary

The Accounting Analyst supports Taiwan payroll accounting activities, workforce-related reporting, employee shift schedule monitoring, and payroll-related general ledger reconciliations. This role functions as a critical liaison among Finance, HR, Payroll Operations, and Taiwan business stakeholders to ensure accurate payroll accounting, timely reconciliation of payroll-related accounts, and adherence to local reporting requirements.

Strong Traditional Chinese communication skills are required. Stakeholder discussions, meetings, and employee-related inquiries are primarily conducted in Traditional Chinese, while documentation, reporting, and email communications are generally completed in English.

Your Role And Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Accounting & GL Reconciliation

• Complete monthly payroll-related general ledger reconciliations.
• Review payroll transactions and confirm payroll accounting entries.
• Investigate and resolve payroll-related reconciling items and variances.
• Ensure payroll costs, benefits, taxes, accruals, and deductions are accurately recorded in the general ledger.
• Partner with payroll providers, HR, and accounting teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Support month-end and year-end payroll close activities.
  
  

Workforce & Shift Schedule Reporting

• Monitor and maintain employee shift schedule reports for non-regular working hour employees.
• Validate workforce scheduling data and flag reporting exceptions.
• Support the preparation of labor utilization and workforce management reports.
• Coordinate with operations and HR teams on schedule-related data issues.
• Assist with tracking overtime, premium pay, and other workforce-related reporting requirements.
  
  

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare payroll-related reports and reconciliations.
• Conduct trend and variance analysis for labor costs and payroll expenses.
• Support management reporting related to workforce costs.
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and special investigations.
  
  

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary finance point of contact for Taiwan payroll and workforce accounting issues.
• Communicate with Taiwan stakeholders in Traditional Chinese.
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, Operations, and Finance teams.
• Join discussions to resolve issues related to payroll accounting and workforce reporting.
  
  

Compliance & Controls

• Ensure payroll accounting activities follow company policies and internal controls.
• Keep audit-ready documentation for payroll reconciliations.
• Support internal and external audit requests.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance payroll accounting processes and controls.
  
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Language Requirements

Required technical and professional expertise

• English
• Financial reporting and documentation.
• Email correspondence.
• Interaction with global finance teams.
• Traditional Chinese
• Daily stakeholder discussions.
• Meetings and conference calls.
• Coordination with Taiwan HR, payroll, and operations teams.
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Key Skills Required

Technical

• Payroll accounting
• General ledger reconciliations
• Month-end close
• Labor cost analysis
• SAP/BlackLine/ERP systems
• Excel (advanced)
• BlackLine (preferred)
  
  

Business

• Traditional Chinese communication
• Workforce reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Problem solving
• Attention to detail
• Process improvement
  
  

For workforce planning purposes, this role is more closely aligned with a Payroll Accounting / Workforce Reporting Analyst than a traditional Journal Entry or Financial Reporting Analyst, because its core responsibilities include payroll GL reconciliation, workforce schedule management, labor cost reporting, and payroll stakeholder support.