Payroll Officer

Payroll Officer Jobs in UAE

Scope: Officer – Payroll is responsible for the day to day running of streamlined and efficient processes in delivering a wide range of services, including but not limited to; record keeping and reporting, employee queries, pre-payroll reporting distribution, time and attendance (T&A) analysis and management, payroll run and report distribution, and end of service management. The role plays an essential role in delivering a Payroll cycle that is legally compliant and aligns with organisational objectives.

Financial:

• Contributing to CI Log in either hard or soft savings and process improvement.
• Analyse large data sets in time and attendance (T&A) records and single payroll input submissions from Operations to ensure legal compliance and alignment with internal policies.
• Ensure accuracy of pay runs, prepayments, costing and associated reporting is done On Time In Full for all payrolls runs

Customer:

• Manage and respond to employee queries and identify solutions regarding all payrolls run within a timely manner.
• Ensure pay slip distribution is carried out within the same week as the salary release.
• Outline all T&A exceptions across assignment payrolls to ensure compliance with payroll codes, fair and consistent T&A, and blank management.

Process:

• Pre-payroll management: Payroll calendar management, T&A review, Retro applications and calculations.
• Payroll management: Oracle payroll runs, Payroll reporting around gross to net, high salary, overtime, zero and negative management, T&A Detail, variance reporting etc
• Post Payroll management: Oracle run Prepayments and Costing tasks and reporting.

Innovation:

• Limit payroll error percentage through investigations into outputs of allowance elements.
• Drive area specific process improvement and automation to reduce manual work.

Selection Criteria:

• General knowledge in MS Office with advanced knowledge in excel,
• Ability to generate and analyze payroll reports,
• Understand payroll calculations and their legal applications,
• Proficiency in payroll software Oracle ERP,
• Knowledge of payroll audits and reconciliation processes,
• Track and correct payroll issues and resolve discrepancies,
• Competent English speaking and writing level.