Description
Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.
Line of Service
Internal Firm Services
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Business Operations
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
The role entails administering daily payroll tasks across 12 countries in the Middle East region, ensuring accurate payroll data through coordination with HR, and assisting the Payroll lead with task management. It also involves reviewing and validating payroll entries, preparing monthly summaries and reconciliations for stakeholders, and delivering periodic reports.
The Payroll Senior Officer is responsible for promptly addressing payroll queries and issues, managing employee requests, and ensuring compliance with firm standards and finance policies.
- Maintaining accurate payroll records, files, and documentation is crucial, as is collaborating with systems administrators and the financial controls team to enhance operational and system performance.
- Responsible for supporting the administration of the payroll process and associated account maintenance in line with PwC accounting policies and procedures and relevant jurisdictional regulations.
- Administer the daily payroll tasks across 12 countries in which PwC ME operate in the ME region.
- Coordinate with the HR department to ensure payroll related data is correct and up to date prior to payroll cut off dates, to facilitate efficient completion of the payroll process.
- Support the Payroll lead providing task management as required. Review and validate payroll GL entries prior to posting.
- Provide monthly payroll summaries and reconciliations to the team leader, accounting department, and other relevant stakeholders, to support monthly account close
- Prepare periodic reporting deliverables. Ensure payroll queries from relevant stakeholders, and payroll issues are addressed and resolved promptly.
- Manage employee requests for information, handle ad hoc payroll related questions; ensure follow-up actions are completed on a timely basis.
- Adhere to Firm standards, finance policy and procedures and payroll activities; deliver inline function SLAs.
- Maintain appropriate files, reports, documentation and data to support payroll records.
- Work with systems administrators and financial controls team on an adhoc basis to support ongoing enhancement of operational and system performance of the payroll function.
- Including such other duties that may be assigned to you by your manager
- Good Microsoft Excel skills
- Excellent level of accuracy to a high level of detail
- Excellent understanding of payroll processes
- Understanding of social security payments and taxes within the ME region In depth understanding of payroll, benefits, and reimbursement processing procedures
- Understanding of general accounting standards and practices
- Good organization and office management skills to ensure coverage of workload Organization, thoroughness, eye for detail, time management skills and proactivity needed
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Skilled in maintaining client relationships
- Good liaison skills, with the ability to maintain geographical relationships
- Good people management skills
- Good decision-making skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Strong work ethic
- Ethical Conduct
- Fluency in written and spoken English, proficiency in Arabic would be an advantage.
- A Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field Several years of experience in financial management At least 2 Years.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field Of Study Required
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Reasoning, Analytical Thinking, Communication, Compensation and Payroll, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Escalation Management, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, Payroll Accounting, Payroll Calculation, Payroll Legislation, Payroll Management, Payroll Records, Payroll Software, Payroll System Documentation, Payroll System Integration, Processing (Finance) {+ 2 more}
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
0%
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No
Government Clearance Required?
Yes
Job Posting End Date
