HR Payroll Specialist

confidential; Kuwait; On-site; KWD 15,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in payroll management is seeking a Payroll Specialist in Kuwait. This role involves managing payroll processes, ensuring compliance with legal regulations, and utilizing HRIS. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of experience, along with strong analytical and organizational skills. Proficiency in English and Arabic is required. Join us to contribute to our team's success.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 - 4 years of experience in the same or related field.

Responsibilities

• Ensure account balances are correct.
• Resolve payroll errors.
• Determining pay and benefit entitlements for employees.
• Collecting, verifying and managing payroll information.
• Act as administrator of company timekeeping software.
• Review and confirm the correctness of employee timesheets.
• Coordinate and process employee payroll in a timely manner.
• Deliver effective HR transactional services related to employees.
• Implement any employees’ status changes and updated data.
• Verify timesheet, attendance, and hours worked.
• Record employee information, such as transfers and resignations.
• Process payroll, final settlements and employee’s advance leave payments.
• Ensure that pay slips are delivered to employees in a timely manner.
• Review salary computation and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
• Maintain employees records; including correct entry of changes.
• Prepare and apply accounting standards to all financial matters.

Skills

HR Information Systems (HRIS) Management

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Time and process management

Confidentiality and ethical conduct

Payroll Software and Technology Proficiency

Education

Bachelor Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field

Job description

Overview

Payroll Specialist responsible for the upkeep and management of a company’s payroll and calculating wages to ensure that employees’ salaries get paid correctly and on schedule. Implement the HR and Administration Department’s set policies and procedures and comply with company other policies.

Responsibilities

• Make sure account balances are correct
• Resolve payroll errors
• Determining pay and benefit entitlements for employees
• Collecting, verifying and managing payroll information
• Acting as administrator of company timekeeping software
• Reviewing and confirming correctness of employee timesheets
• Coordinating and processing employee payroll in a timely manner
• Acts as a receptionist to the payroll department by answering all questions relating to employees payments
• Deliver effective HR transactional services related to employee’s leave, transfer, business, loans, salaries, premiums, penalties, promotions, provision of benefits, end of service and contract renewal as per the labor law and the company’s policies & procedures
• Implement any employees’ status changes and updated data on a monthly basis (salaries/Benefits increments, deductions, invoices, etc.) into the payroll system
• Verify timesheet, attendance, hours worked and post information onto designated records
• Record employee information, such as transfers and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records
• Process payroll, final settlements and employee’s advance leave payments, print reports to verify the payroll results, correct detected errors, generate the direct deposit file and forward the bank deposit file and payroll sheet to the Finance Division for processing
• Pay salaries through cash, cheque or transfer remittance instructions to the bank (Bank Transfer Letter) and send statutory reports to the Bank and the Ministry of Social and Labour Affairs
• Ensure that pay slips are delivered to employees, either through email or hardcopy in a timely manner
• Review salary computation and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
• Maintains employees records; including the correct entry of changes in employees status
• Prepares and applies accounting standard to all financial matters

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum of 2 - 4 years of experience in the same or related field.

Skills

• HR Information Systems (HRIS) Management
• Attention to detail
• Analytical skills
• Time and process management
• Confidentiality and ethical conduct
• Payroll Software and Technology Proficiency

Language Skills

• Proficiency in English and Arabic languages.