[People&Culture] People Manager (Payroll Operations)

👋 About the Team

The People & Culture Team at Nota creates an environment and culture where our members can fully immerse themselves in shared goals. We support employees throughout their entire journey—from pre-boarding to post-exit—through recruitment, HR policies, and organizational experience initiatives that foster engagement and growth.

Every day brings new challenges, and we continuously seek better ways of working. We also take pride in being Learning Mates—working alongside our colleagues as partners, learning, growing, and solving problems together rather than observing from the outside.

📌 What You’ll Do at This Position

The People & Culture Team operates across a wide range of people and organizational functions, including performance management, compensation, and organizational culture, all with the goal of creating an environment where employees can do their best work.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing payroll operations to ensure that employee compensation is administered accurately, consistently, and reliably. Beyond simply processing payroll, you will work closely with payroll outsourcing partners to validate data accuracy, review labor and tax compliance requirements, and help strengthen compensation operations across the organization.

You will also have opportunities to support and improve broader compensation programs while managing payroll-related data from a total rewards perspective.

This role requires a high level of accuracy and accountability, while also providing opportunities to continuously improve processes and contribute to operational excellence. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with numbers and data, and who takes pride in building trust through reliable people operations.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Payroll Operations
• Collect, validate, and manage payroll data for monthly salary, bonus, and severance payment processing
• Collaborate with payroll outsourcing vendors and review payroll outputs for accuracy
• Manage payroll-related tax and social insurance data
• Support year-end tax settlement and retirement pension administration
• Support HR operational processes related to onboarding, benefits administration, and offboarding

✅ Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Payroll or HR Operations
• Experience managing and validating payroll data with a strong understanding of monthly payroll processes
• Knowledge of payroll-related taxation, including employment income, retirement income, and other taxable compensation
• Understanding of payroll administration, including social insurance and withholding tax processes
• Proficiency in Excel for data validation, reconciliation, and accuracy management
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and accountability

✅ Pluses

• Experience managing payroll outsourcing vendors
• Experience administering equity-based compensation programs, including stock options and RSUs
• Experience working at a publicly listed company or a company preparing for IPO
• Experience administering retirement pension plans (DC/DB)
• Experience reviewing labor law compliance and payroll-related tax matters

✅ Hiring Process

• Document Screening → 1st Interview → 2nd Interview → 3rd Interview → Offer → Hire

(Additional assignments may be included during the process.)

✅How to Apply

Please prepare your cover letter in a free format and include the following:

1. Motivation for Applying

• Please describe why you are interested in this position and what motivated you to apply.

2. Leadership Principles & Experience

• Choose two of Nota’s Leadership Principles and explain how they are reflected in your own experiences.
• Examples:
• A time when you demonstrated Over Deliver
• A time when you demonstrated Be Proactive
• Please refer to the link below for the full list and descriptions of Nota’s Leadership Principles.
• Learn More About Nota’s Leadership Principles

🤓 A Message from the Team

Our team builds and operates the HR infrastructure that supports Nota’s growth. We ensure that compensation and employment-related programs—including payroll, taxation, social insurance, retirement pensions, and employee benefits—are administered accurately and reliably.

Payroll operations are much more than simply processing numbers. The role involves reviewing various attendance, compensation, tax, and compliance-related matters, collaborating with multiple stakeholders, and maintaining a stable and scalable operational framework. Attention to detail, a strong sense of responsibility, and the ability to validate complex data and resolve issues are all critical to success.

Beyond payroll administration, you will have opportunities to gain exposure to broader HR Operations areas such as equity-based compensation, retirement pension management, employee benefits, and labor law compliance. You will also play a role in continuously improving processes and building more systematic and efficient HR operations within a rapidly evolving business environment.

If you enjoy working with numbers and data, take pride in accuracy, and find fulfillment in building trust through operational excellence, we would love to hear from you.

Please Check Before Applying! 👀

• This job posting is open continuously, and it may close early upon completion of the hiring process.
• Resumes that include sensitive personal information, such as salary details, may be excluded from the review process.
• Providing false information in the submitted materials may result in the cancellation of the application.
• Please be aware that references will be checked before finalizing the hiring decision.
• Compensation will be discussed separately upon successful completion of the final interview.
• There will be a probationary period after joining, and there will be no discrimination in the treatment during this period.
• To support the employment of persons with disabilities, you may optionally submit a copy of your disability registration certificate under “Additional Documents,” if administrative verification is required. Submission is optional and does not affect the evaluation process.
• Veterans and individuals with disabilities will receive preferential treatment in accordance with relevant regulations.

🔎 Helpful materials

• Practicing Our Core Values
• Nota's Company Culture
• How Best to Explain What an AI company Does?