Multi-Country Payroll Outsourcing Across Asia Pacific and the Middle East
Managing payroll across multiple countries means dealing with different tax rules, statutory contributions, and filing deadlines in every market. Links International removes that complexity with 100% in-country payroll outsourcing services across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, covering Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, Myanmar, India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bahrain and UAE.
Our in-country teams handle local statutory requirements in every market, from MPF in Hong Kong and CPF in Singapore to EPF, SOCSO and EIS in Malaysia, so your payroll stays compliant as regulations change. With 25+ years of regional HR expertise, we streamline payroll processes and free up your HR team to focus on strategic work, supporting your business expansion with scalable payroll solutions built for multi-country operations.
Why Outsource Your Multi-Country Payroll Across Asia Pacific and the Middle East?
Links One: Single Dashboard & App For Employees Across the Region
Managing payroll across multiple locations in Asia Pacific & the Middle East has always been complex—requiring separate systems for location-specific regulations or outsourcing with limited support. Links simplifies this with Links One, a unified payroll outsourcing solution designed for multi-country operations. Links One is a cloud-based payroll solution that harnesses the power of multi-country payroll management.
Why Choose Links One?
- Centralised payroll which lets you consolidate payroll, benefits, and reporting into one platform
- Cloud-Based efficiency which lets you access real-time payroll data from a single dashboard, backed by the Links Integration Hub for standardised reporting
- Regional expertise that ensures you stay compliant with local tax, pension, and labour laws
- Ability to view and approve your payroll on-the-go
- Experience the best-in-class HR experience for employees
- Track employees’ standard and overtime working hours, minimise scheduling conflict, and streamline operations with Workforce Asia
How Does Multi-Country Payroll Outsourcing Work?
Connect With Your Existing Tools & Systems
Robust Data Structure & 3rd Party HR Software Integration
With Links Integration Hub technology, you can efficiently manage, track, and compare payroll data across all your countries without jumping in and out of different systems, allowing you to oversee key operations from one place. Instead of manually re-entering the same employee data into a different system for each market, data flows automatically between your platforms.
Robust data integration with:
- Payroll solutions
- Workforce Asia
- Existing time clock devices
- Workforce and third-party solutions
- Leading ERPs
- Global HCM integration platforms including Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle
- Third-party human resources management systems
ISO 27001 Compliant & Secure HR Outsourcing
Preserving information security is a critical part of our business, helping you protect your employees’ personal information and company data across every country you operate in. Links One goes through extensive penetration testing to ensure user security so your employees can access data and update personal information worry-free, wherever they are based. With Links’ robust IT infrastructure, clients are ensured to have the highest level of information security across all locations.
- Regular vulnerability and penetration testing
- ISO 27001 & GDPR compliant processes
- Microsoft Azure hosting infrastructure
- Robust data integration infrastructure
- Multi-factor authentication ready
- Single Sign-On ready
- Automated continuous testing and monitoring
- Robotic process automation
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Links Recognised as ‘Star Performer’ Again
Links International, An Ascentium Company (“Links International”), has once again been recognised as a ‘Star Performer’ in Everest Group’s MCP PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.
Highlights from the Assessment:
- 100% in-country payroll service delivery across 30 locations in APAC and the Middle East, leveraging local expertise to ensure compliance, high-touch support and service reliability
- Expanded capabilities since joining Ascentium Group, adding complementary corporate services, offering clients integrated end-to-end HR and financial solutions
- Accelerated market expansion efforts and payroll technology enhancements
- Highly integrative microservices-based technology platform, emphasising mobile-first design, user-friendly interfaces and seamless integrations
- Continuous improvements to the Links One platform to introduce and enhance functionalities
- Strong client appreciation for expertise in regional compliance
“Links International’s positioning as a Major Contender and Star Performer on the Everest Group APAC MCP PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 underscores its strong momentum and sharp regional focus,” says Priyanka Mitra, Vice President, Everest Group. “Its in-country delivery model across APAC, deep localization capabilities, and agile, mid-market-oriented approach continue to differentiate it in a crowded landscape. With the backing of Ascentium Group, a growing integration ecosystem, and adoption of AI-based payroll initiatives, Links is expanding its reach and enhancing the client experience, cementing its position as a fast-scaling payroll provider in APAC.”
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Frequently Asked Questions About Multi-Country Payroll
Multi-country payroll outsourcing means engaging one provider to manage payroll processing, statutory contributions, and tax filings across all the countries where you employ people, rather than appointing a separate vendor in each market. The provider handles local calculations, filings, and compliance in each location while you work through a single point of contact and one reporting standard.
Most companies manage payroll internally while operating in one or two markets, then reach a point where each new country adds another set of statutory rules, filing deadlines, and local expertise requirements. Outsourcing usually makes sense when the compliance risk of getting local requirements wrong outweighs the cost of an external provider, or when HR spends more time on payroll administration than on hiring, retention, and workforce planning.
Each market has its own statutory contribution schemes and filing deadlines, such as MPF in Hong Kong, CPF in Singapore, and EPF, SOCSO and EIS in Malaysia. Common risks include missed local filing deadlines, incorrect contribution calculations after a rate change, misclassifying workers under local employment law, and data protection breaches when employee information moves between systems and jurisdictions. Penalties are assessed by each country separately, so an error in one market does not stay contained.
Local vendors offer deep expertise in their own market but leave you coordinating multiple contracts, systems, reporting formats, and points of contact. A single regional provider consolidates that into one relationship and one set of reports, provided they have genuine in-country capability rather than remote processing. The question worth asking any provider is whether local specialists sit behind each market, or whether payroll is run centrally with limited local knowledge.
Established providers integrate with global HCM platforms such as Workday, SuccessFactors and Oracle, along with ERPs, time and attendance systems, and third-party HR software. This allows employee data to flow automatically between your existing systems and the payroll platform, avoiding the manual re-entry that creates errors when the same information has to be keyed into a separate system for every country.
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