Role Description
This is a full-time, on-site Payroll Specialist role based in Doha, Qatar. The Payroll Specialist will manage end-to-end payroll processing for employees, ensuring accurate and timely salary calculations, deductions, and disbursements.
Key Responsibilities
- Process monthly payroll for salaried employees and daily payroll for wage-based employees.
- Calculate salaries, overtime, shift allowances, bonuses, incentives, leave pay, and other payroll-related earnings.
- Process deductions including loans, advances and penalties.
- Verify attendance, timesheets, rotations, work schedules, and leave records before payroll processing.
- Manage payroll for field-based, offshore, and project employees with varying work schedules.
- Prepare monthly payroll reports, reconciliation reports, and management summaries.
- Maintain payroll records and supporting documentation for audits.
- Ensure confidentiality of employee payroll information at all times.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience
- Minimum 3–5 years of payroll experience, preferably within the oil and gas, energy, EPC, construction, or industrial sectors.
- Proven experience managing both monthly salaried payroll and daily wage payroll.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong knowledge of payroll processes and statutory compliance.
- Experience with payroll software and HRIS systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, or similar ERP systems).
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and data analysis.
- Excellent numerical accuracy and attention to detail.