Specialist I, P&T, Payroll (Middle East)

AECOM; Taguig; Hybride; PHP 558 000 - 893 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Flexible work options

Well-being resources

Employee assistance program

Business travel insurance

Service recognition awards

Résumé du poste

AECOM Philippines is hiring a Specialist I in Payroll for the Middle East region. The role supports day-to-day payroll services with compliance to SLAs and HR processes.

It requires experience in handling high-volume payroll and knowledge of Middle East regulations, with a hybrid work model in the Philippines. The role includes payroll system administration, documentation, and collaboration with HR and management to ensure accurate payroll processing and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or at least 3 years of relevant work experience to Payroll.
• Experience in processing MIDDLE EAST region payroll.
• Experience in high-volume payroll processing.
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal).

Responsabilités

• Accurately and timely perform assigned activities in support to the payroll services.
• Ensure payroll processing and related activities are accurate and compliant within SLA.
• Provide administrative support for regulation alignment in payroll (Taxation, Legislations).
• Maintain payroll files and records and liaise with staff on payroll matters.
• Escalate issues to Team Lead for timely resolution.
• Maintain SOP/DTP and update documentation as required.
• Assist with induction of new staff on payroll forms and processes.
• Keep up-to-date knowledge of payroll legislation through research and training.

Connaissances

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Communication

Problem Solving

Middle East payroll

MS Office proficiency

HR processes understanding

Formation

Bachelor’s Degree

Outils

Sapience

Empower/Easy Pay

ADP

Globalview

Celegro

Workday

Oracle

Description du poste

Specialist I, P&T, Payroll (Middle East)

• Full-time
• State/Province: Philippines
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Global Business Services - Philippines ROHQ
• Business Line: Geography OH
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Operating Group: Group Support

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Summary

The role will be supporting the day-to-day payroll services for the assigned region (MIDDLE EAST) by processing assigned processes in compliance with established methodologies, regulations, service-level-agreements (SLA), and processes. The role will also be responsible in administering and processing relevant payroll and HR services systems activities.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Accurately and timely perform assigned activities in support to the payroll services.
• Ensure the operational aspects of payroll processing and associated activities, including salary disbursement, overpayment recovery, leave management and reporting are accurate and delivered within appropriate timeframes and comply with relevant legislation.
• Provide administrative assistance to the regulation alignment activities to ensure a compliant payroll processing (Taxation, Legislations, and other regulations).
• Maintain payroll files and records, including regular filing of correspondence and forms, liaison with staff in relation to any payroll matters or queries relating to employee entitlements, liaison with management and the HR office in relation to appointment and termination of employees, leave entitlements and other payroll matters.
• Perform assigned systems and documentations management activities to ensure compliance ang alignment to relevant payroll records and documentations.
• Escalate and analyze identified issues and concerns to the Team Lead for timely resolution.
• Maintain the SOP/DTP of current processes and incorporate documentation updates as required.
• Perform simple but varied tasks in compliance with service level agreement, process, policies, and procedures.
• Assess identified issues and collate documentation to assist in investigating and in resolving common and recurring issues.
• Participate on assigned audit-related activities.
• Support selected simple process improvement initiatives to streamline processes.
• Assist with the induction of new staff including detailed briefing on payroll forms and processes.
• Keep knowledge of legislation that affects the payroll up to date by research and subscriptions as well as attendance at various workshops and training seminars
• Provide accurate and timely payroll information and reports to stakeholders as needed
• Monitor and respond to Employee Centre support requests as it pertains to Payroll Services

Attributes:

• Ability to be thorough and meticulous in completing assigned tasks and with the ability to propose ways to prevent or eliminate errors, discrepancies & issues. (Attention to Detail)
• Ability to maintain good customer relationship with the ability to initiate ways to improve customer experience (Customer Service)
• Ability to effectively communicate within a varied audience and internal and external customers using different platforms. (Communication)
• Ability to identify and resolve moderate and complex issues by applying best practices and technical expertise and may recommend solutions for unique scenarios. (Problem Solving)
• Bachelor’s Degree or at least 3 years of relevant work experience to Payroll
• Must have experience in processing MIDDLE EAST region payroll, exposure to end-to-end payroll processing is preferred
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office tools
• Basic knowledge and understanding of HR processes and procedures
• Must have experience in a high-volume/high-headcount payroll processing
• Experience in using Sapience, Empower/ Easy Pay, ADP, Globalview, Celegro and Workday or other Payroll Systems
• Experience in Oracle System is a plus
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal)

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About AECOM

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• AD&D
• disability benefits
• paid time off
• leaves of absences
• voluntary benefits
• perks
• flexible work options
• well-being resources
• employee assistance program
• business travel insurance
• service recognition awards

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