Specialist, Payroll & Payments

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) seeks a Payroll Specialist to manage UAE & GCC regular, off-cycle and final settlements with accurate input validation and timely payments. Youfll maintain records and coordinate with HR and askHR to resolve employee queries.

The role requires 35 years of payroll experience, solid accounting basics, and proficiency with Oracle, Fusion Payroll and SAP. Strong numerical and communication skills are essential to succeed in this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance or related discipline.
• 35 years payroll experience.
• Working knowledge of basic accounting principles and payroll practices.
• Experience with Oracle, Fusion Payroll and SAP.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High numerical aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Review UAE & GCC inputs for regular, off-cycle and final settlements.
• Manage payroll verifications, gross to net and other reconciliations.
• Process employee payments and maintain payroll records.
• Collaborate with HR and askHR to resolve employee queries within SLA.
• Prepare payroll reports and perform data analysis.
• Knowledge of Oracle and Fusion Payroll is essential.

Skills

Payroll experience

Accounting basics

Payroll software

Oracle

Fusion Payroll

SAP

Communication

Numerical aptitude

Education

Bachelors degree in Finance or related discipline

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Job Summary / Introduction

The Payroll Specialist's responsibilities include reviewing various inputs of UAE & GCC Regular, Off-cycle and Final Settlements, managing Pre/Post Payroll Validations and preparing and processing employee payments, and maintaining accurate payroll records. Responsible to manage payroll verifications independently covering Gross to net , net to net and managing off-cycle payroll and final settlements verifications. This role also involves regular interaction with other HR teams and askHR team to provide tier 2 support to resolve employee queries.

Key Responsibilities

Payroll & Payments:

• Manage payroll inputs and system uploads, perform monthly, off-cycle and final settlement payrolls working closely with Payroll Manager.
• Maintaining accurate records of payroll documentation and transactions in the designated documents repository
• Monthly Pension reconciliation
• Handling pension issues
• Independently manage payroll verification and reconciliations to ensure payroll accuracy target are maintained
• Initiate Payroll costing and Payment process in the system
• Resolve employee queries received through HR stakeholders and through ASK HR within the agreed SLA
• Generate standard/ad-hoc reports and also perform data analysis
• Knowledge of Oracle and Fusion Payroll is essential

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

• Provide inputs to develop policies and implement policies, systems and procedure for the assigned team

Continuous Improvement

• Participate in the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes and practices considering global standards, productivity improvement and cost reduction.

Reporting

• Prepare periodic payroll reports for review by management and auditing purposes

Frameworks, Boundaries, & Decision Making Authority

• Functions within the framework and boundaries of Group policies as well as overall organisational and governance frameworks.
• Authorised to take decisions as per the approved authorisation matrix.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related discipline.
• 3 - 5 years’ payroll experience
• Working knowledge of basic accounting principles and payroll practices.
• Experience working with accounting and payroll software, ORACLE, SAP
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• High numerical aptitude.
• Knowledge of Oracle and Fusion Payroll is essential

Customer Orientation

The ability to identify current and future customers, understand their current and future needs and respond with relevant and creative solutions. Make FAB the preferred partner for customers and build long term relationships in the best interest of the Bank. A customer may be an external customer, or an internal customer/colleague within FAB.

Persuasion and Influence

The ability to persuade and convince others to take actions beneficial to the Bank and customers. It involves the ability to clearly identify and understand situations, and then respond appropriately when interacting with individuals and groups.

Analyzing and solving problems

Understanding problems by breaking them into smaller parts and identifying risk-return implications in a systematic way. Making logical comparisons of possible outcomes and coming up with the best possible solutions to problems.

Preferred / Beneficial

Not specified in source.

Skills

• Working knowledge of basic accounting principles and payroll practices.
• Experience working with accounting and payroll software, ORACLE, SAP
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• High numerical aptitude.
• Knowledge of Oracle and Fusion Payroll is essential