About the Role:
This position focuses on comprehensive rewards management, strategic workforce planning, payroll processing, and Human Capital analytics for the organization. You will be responsible for leading reward planning and implementation, aligning compensation, benefits, and incentives with business goals and market benchmarks. You will also manage analytical insights into workforce dynamics and ensure effective payroll processes and compliance.
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Rewards Planning & Senior Leadership Advisory
- Lead reward planning and implementation across compensation, benefits, and short-term incentives, aligning recommendations with business priorities, market benchmarks, internal equity, and affordability.
- Advise Human Capital and business leadership on reward options, risks, and cost implications within approved frameworks.
- Oversee participation in compensation and benefits surveys and analyze annual compensation reviews, incentive design, and forecasting. Present evidence-based recommendations for required approvals before implementation.
Strategic Workforce Planning & Cost Governance
- Lead workforce-planning framework and annual manpower budgeting with business heads and Finance, challenging workload assumptions and evaluating headcount and cost scenarios.
- Recommend workforce optimization aligned with business plans and maintain control of approved budgets and post-budget amendments.
- Prepare and deliver monthly payroll costing and workforce reports by department, function, and employee category. Reconcile Human Capital, payroll, and Finance records, investigate discrepancies, and prepare management reports with recommended corrective actions.
Incentive Planning & Governance
- Review incentive structures and provide recommendations on policy competitiveness, affordability, and alignment with objectives.
- Govern the entire incentive approval and payment cycle, securing approvals in line with the Delegation of Authority and coordinating with Group Services HR and Finance for timely disbursement.
- Oversee monthly dashboards, resolve discrepancies, and escalate exceptions before payment.
Payroll Processing, Audit & Compliance
- Prepare and process monthly payroll, employee settlements, and pension calculations, validating employee changes, benefits, and deductions.
- Reconcile payroll outputs, resolve discrepancies, and maintain supporting records, submitting payroll for independent review before coordinating timely payment.
- Lead internal and external Human Capital audits, ensuring pre-audit checks, complete evidence, and timely responses while maintaining audit-ready records.
Human Capital Analytics, Data & Transformation
- Lead Human Capital analytics roadmap and delivery of workforce dashboards covering attrition, engagement, performance, and compensation.
- Establish data definitions, validation, access controls, and oversee accuracy of employee records and compensation data.
- Deliver analytics and HRMS improvement initiatives, translating stakeholder requirements into actionable insights and managing competing delivery priorities.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Analytics, Business Administration, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
- Relevant professional certification in rewards, payroll, Human Resources, or analytics, such as WorldatWork or CIPD qualification, or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification preferred.
- Strong knowledge of compensation structures, benefits, workforce planning, payroll costing, incentive frameworks, HR data governance, and analytics; knowledge of UAE labour and payroll requirements.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in rewards, Human Capital analytics, workforce planning, or HR operations with financial exposure.
- Hands-on experience in payroll preparation, settlements, pension calculations, reconciling payroll and Finance records, and delivering workforce budgets.
- Experience in advising senior stakeholders, presenting actionable insights, and leading cross-functional improvements and audit responses.
- Ability to deliver complex activities and cross-functional projects autonomously and experience in real estate or holding companies is an advantage.
- Strong financial acumen in workforce costing, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Advanced capabilities in compensation benchmarking, pay analysis, incentive design, payroll processing, and audit compliance.
- Proficient in payroll and HRIS systems, with experience in tools such as Oracle R12, Power BI, or Tableau.
- Strong judgment and integrity in handling sensitive information and maintaining data quality.
- Programme leadership experience in HRMS, reporting, automation, and data handling with SQL, VBA, or Python as an advantage.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.
About the Benefits:
We are committed to nurturing the success and well-being of our colleagues. Join our dynamic team and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive compensation, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment. We strive to create an empowered workforce to help build a connected city for tomorrow.
