Payroll Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Build and manage the payroll team, improve coverage, and reduce key-person risk.
• Oversee accurate, timely payroll processing across business units and worker categories.
• Implement segregation of duties, approval workflows, and review controls.
• Ensure compliance with labor law, WPS, and social-security requirements across Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and other markets.
• Manage leave and final settlements; escalate and resolve complex payroll disputes and queries.
• Modernize payroll workflows with Automation & AI Engineering, including Keka integration, bank-file automation, and Dynamics 365 transformation.
• Oversee cash salary distribution and COD-related payroll adjustments for fleet and frontline teams.
• Report payroll cost, headcount, and compliance metrics to Finance leadership.
• Create cross-training and succession plans for reliable payroll coverage.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of payroll experience, including 2–3 years in a payroll leadership or management role.
• Strong knowledge of GCC payroll and labor law, including Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, WPS, and end-of-service benefit calculations.
• Experience with payroll systems and ERP integration; Dynamics 365 exposure is a plus.
• Proven team-building and development ability, with focus on redundancy and succession planning.
• Strong understanding of payroll controls and segregation of duties.
• Confident communication and professional handling of sensitive queries and disputes.
• Comfort scaling a function in a fast-growing, multi-brand, multi-country business.

Systems and function

• Payroll systems such as Keka and ERP integration are relevant; Dynamics 365 exposure is a plus.
• The role involves payroll governance, compliance, reporting, controls, and team leadership.