Compensation and Benefits Specialist

Compensation & Benefit Specialist

Company Description

With 3,500 employees across 8 countries in the Middle East, Egis has delivered over 700 complex development projects, stimulating economic growth and enhancing quality of life. Ranked among the top ten firms in the Middle East by Engineering News Record (ENR), Egis is committed to sustainable development. The Group’s operations in the Middle East are built on strategic acquisitions and a deep understanding of local market conditions. Egis’ long history of providing comprehensive engineering, consulting, and project management services makes it a trusted partner for regional governments, investors, and developers.

Job Description

Egis KSA is looking for an experienced Compensation & Benefits Specialist to be responsible for Payroll, Benefits & HRIS process related activities for KSA Country. C&B specialist will report to Regional Compensation & Benefits Manager

In addition, the C&B specialist will closely work with HR Ops, HR manager & C&B regional team to ensure coordination between HR Ops & C&B activities and to manage workload of other countries accordingly.

Specific Responsibilities as part of the Fast Start Mandate

• Manage end to end payroll activities for KSA country.
• Maintaining employee records in regional payroll systems and Global HR systems.
• Ensure payroll systems are up to date with new joiners’ data, leavers data, and employee records changes etc.
• Responsible to collect payroll inputs from different sources and validate it to ensure the accuracy.
• Process monthly payrolls which include creation of salary & recanalization reports and generating WPS files & payslips.
• Preparing final settlement reports for leavers, including sign off and pay out inline with offboarding processes.
• Preparing monthly accruals reports of Gratuity & leaves and providing periodic reports of it to the manager and other senior management.
• Ensure confidentiality in processing salaries, maintaining benefits accruals and employee data.
• Ensuring employee leave records and balances in payroll systems are up to date including leaves entitlements, leave avails, and carry over balances.
• Liaise with finance team to ensure all accounting entries related to payroll, benefits & end of service accruals are recorded.
• Support manager in yearly activities such as payroll and benefit accruals audit, insurance renewals etc.
• Act as a point of contact for handling and resolving employee queries related payroll & Benefits.
• Updating SOP documents for payroll process and related activities in line with company policies and labour laws.
• Liaise with C&B Team members to support on other C&B activities.

Skills / Competencies

• Candidate must be able to collaborate on a regional level with the HR community, leadership, and employees.
• Strong teamwork.
• Adaptability & Decision making
• Numerical & analytical skills
• Planning and Scheduling Skills
• Ensuring Accountability

Qualifications

Additional requirement

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role
• Passionate about numbers, data & systems
• Preferably holding an HR educational background

Experience Level

Mid Level