Payroll Officer

Role overview

Payroll operations and compliance

• Process monthly payroll and validate salary, allowances, overtime, deductions, bonuses, commissions, leave, absences, and other payments.
• Process employee pay changes with authorization and supporting documentation; maintain accurate payroll records and employee master data.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, UAE labour legislation, payroll regulations, statutory requirements, and applicable deductions.
• Coordinate employee changes, attendance, overtime, leave, absences, and payroll documentation with HR.
• Process allowances, deductions, loans, advances, reimbursements, and benefits; reconcile deductions and recoverable amounts.
• Prepare final settlements, including salary, accrued leave, deductions, benefits, and other applicable payments.
• Reconcile payroll with HR, attendance, and Finance records; investigate discrepancies and prepare monthly reports, analytics, and audit trails.
• Resolve payroll queries, explain salary discrepancies, provide employee documents, and escalate complex issues.
• Support Finance reporting, reconciliations, accruals, month-end activities, and ad hoc operational work.
• Maintain controls and confidentiality; support audits, payroll system testing and upgrades, and process automation and improvement.

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant payroll experience; medium-to-large organization experience is preferred.
• Strong end-to-end monthly payroll experience; experience with payroll systems or HRIS and Microsoft Excel.
• Understanding of payroll calculations, deductions, overtime, leave, benefits, and final settlements; knowledge of UAE payroll and labour regulations.
• Payroll certification or relevant professional qualification.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, Workday, ADP, PeopleSoft, or other HRIS/payroll systems; advanced Excel including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas, and data reconciliation.
• Large corporate, industrial, construction, energy, or multinational payroll experience; pension or social insurance, gratuity, leave salary, final settlements, audit, and internal control experience.