--- title: 'Payroll and HR Administrator at GetGround' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/payroll-and-hr-administrator-getground-the-philippines-83v8rcyddp2z' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Payroll and HR Administrator at GetGround - **Company:** GetGround - **Location:** The Philippines - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/getground/1bb50f3b-313f-4ff5-bcd6-78014765693f ## Job description ## THE ROLE You will own payroll and the full employee lifecycle for our Manila team. Today that is around 50 people across two entities, paid semi-monthly, and the number is rising. This is a hands-on, single-contributor role. You will be the person the team comes to about their payslip, their leave balance, their government contributions and their first week. You will also be the person who makes sure every statutory deadline is met, every time. ## WHAT YOU WILL DO Payroll - Prepare the payroll computation for both cutoffs (15th and end of month) across both entities, including salary adjustments, overtime and holiday work, bonuses, absences and other deductions - Prepare the payroll file for upload to Metrobank MBOS and advise the team on crediting - Prepare and issue payslips - Compute 13th month pay - Verify employee government IDs and keep records complete - Respond to payroll queries from the team, escalating where needed Statutory compliance (payroll) - Prepare and file BIR Form 1601-C (monthly) and 1604-C (annual) - Prepare and remit SSS contributions and loans, PhilHealth contributions, and Pag-IBIG contributions and loans, on schedule every month - Keep the business current with changes to contribution tables, tax rules and reporting requirements, and tell us before they bite Hiring - Agree hiring requirements with the Head of Operations - Carry out initial screening and move qualified candidates into the hiring portal - Coordinate interviews and debriefs with hiring managers Onboarding - Run the pre-onboarding call, office address, what to expect on day one, answer questions - Confirm everything is ready before day one: GetGround email, laptop, Codac access, VPN, CharlieHR, Slack, company ID - Run the day one office tour, team introductions, and the policy and company induction - Secure the new joiner's BIR TIN, wifi access and biometrics - Schedule onboarding training with the relevant supervisor and hand over laptop and ID - Track progress and feedback from team leaders through the first weeks Employee experience - Maintain accurate employee records in CharlieHR - Administer leave and off-day requests (MHD, holidays, WFH, compassionate) once approved by the line manager - Coordinate monthly Friday Wind Down, TPSLG sessions and office refreshments - Plan and run quarterly team building, the year-end party, and special events. Offboarding - Prepare final pay within 30 days of resignation: pro-rated 13th month, tax refund or additional tax payable, leave conversion and any other adjustments - Prepare the Certificate of Employment, BIR Form 2316 and Release Form, and manage sign-off with the leaver - Recover company equipment on handover Office administration - Monitor laptop condition and coordinate replacements and software renewals with our vendor - Act as the point of contact for the office space administrator ## WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Essential - Degree in Accountancy, Business Administration or Management. - Three or more years running payroll in the Philippines, end to end and unsupervised - Strong working knowledge of BIR withholding on compensation, SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG, you have filed and remitted these yourself, not just prepared the schedules - Experience with online banking payroll upload (Metrobank MBOS or equivalent) and eGov / Bancnet or the SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG employer portals - Experience across the wider HR lifecycle: recruitment coordination, onboarding, employee records, offboarding and final pay - Highly accurate with numbers and deadlines. Payroll is right or it is wrong, and it cannot be late - Absolute discretion with confidential salary and personal information - Clear written and spoken English, you will work daily with colleagues in the UK What we are building: The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally. Diversity & inclusion at GetGround: We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law. - 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male - 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries - Our work on Design Accessibility https://medium.com/@GetGround/design-that-works-for-everyone-accessibility-at-getground-a7cf7ca867f0 - Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride For more information on how we store your candidate data, please see our recruitment privacy policy https://25516403.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/25516403/GetGroundRecruitmentPrivacyPolicy.pdf. ## About GetGround ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: GetGround is an all-in-one property investment platform that helps UK landlords and international investors find, finance, and manage buy-to-let properties through limited companies. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Moubin Faizullah-Khan (CEO) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Fintech, Real Estate, Property Technology (PropTech) - Target customers: B2C (UK and international buy-to-let landlords and property investors), B2B (property developers) - Mission or purpose statement: "To make the world's largest asset class more transparent and accessible." ## Products & Services - **GetGround Platform (Core)**: A SaaS platform offering company formation, accounting, tax filing (including HMRC-recognised Making Tax Digital tools), and company management for property-holding limited companies. - **GetGround (Complete)**: An expanded subscription tier that adds lettings and property management, landlord insurance, and dedicated investment consultant support. - **Property Sourcing**: A service (following the acquisition of BuyAssociation) to help investors find, analyse, and compare property deals. - **Mortgage Brokerage**: Services to plan financing, compare lenders, and manage remortgaging. - **Property Intelligence**: An AI-powered tool that allows users to ask questions about deals, yields, and tax in plain language, with answers backed by their property data. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Total Funding**: Raised a Pre-Seed round, a Seed round (led by Salica in 2018), and a Series A round (led by QED Investors in June 2021). The total amount is not publicly listed. - **Key Metric**: Over £3 billion in assets on the platform; 30,000+ customers from 70+ countries. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: QED Investors (lead Series A), Salica (lead Seed). Acquired BuyAssociation in December 2025. - **Growth Signals**: Managing over £3bn in assets; acquired a property sourcing company to expand upstream; strong international customer base; rated 4.7 on Trustpilot. ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertical Integration**: Combines company formation, accounting, tax, property sourcing, mortgage brokerage, and lettings management into a single platform, removing the need for multiple third-party providers. - **Regulatory & Tax Expertise**: Deeply integrated with UK tax law (MTD-compliant) and the specific needs of property-owning limited companies, a complex niche. - **International Focus**: Explicitly built for international investors (30k+ customers from 70+ countries), simplifying a process that is notoriously difficult for non-UK residents. - **Tech Stack**: Modern engineering stack (Go, React, TypeScript, GCP, K8s) with a growing focus on AI-native features (Property Intelligence tool). ## Strategic Focus - **Product Expansion**: Deepening the platform's capabilities, particularly in AI-driven property intelligence and upstream property sourcing (post-BuyAssociation acquisition). - **Asset Growth**: Scaling the total value of property and assets managed on the platform (targeting a larger share of the $326tn global property market). - **International Growth**: Continuing to serve and acquire customers from outside the UK who want to invest in the UK property market. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Impact**: The company is working to "upturn a $326tn asset class," offering employees a chance to solve complex problems in a massive, traditionally opaque market. - **Engineering Culture**: A modern tech stack (Go, React, TypeScript, GCP, K8s) with a focus on AI. The team is described as "feedback obsessed" with a "pursuit of excellence." - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Employees represent over 20 nationalities, with 45% identifying as female. The company is committed to equal opportunities. - **Work Model**: Hybrid working model, blending remote work with in-person collaboration. Employees can work abroad for up to 4 weeks annually. - **Benefits**: - Competitive salary and stock options. - Health and dental insurance from day one. - 13 mental health and community days (12 mental health days + 1 community day) on top of annual leave. - Monthly wellness budget for physical, emotional, or financial wellbeing. - Free breakfast daily in offices. - **Offices**: London (HQ), Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Philippines. ## Sources 1. [getground.co.uk](https://www.getground.co.uk/about) 2. [getground.co.uk](https://www.getground.co.uk/careers) 3. [getground.co.uk](https://www.getground.co.uk/) 4. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/getground) 5. 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