C&B and Payroll Manager
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About the Role
Hermès seeks a Compensation, Benefits & Payroll Manager for the Middle East region based in Dubai. The role manages payroll across multiple countries, oversees C&B strategy, and ensures compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Manage payroll across all countries of the region, supervise external payroll provider
- Advise and support HRD and HRBPs in compensation decisions based on internal and external benchmarks
- Conduct specific studies and participate in external compensation surveys
- Prepare the annual salary review process in the HRIS and ensure smooth running
- Develop and manage benefit schemes across the region (Insurances, company cars, share schemes)
- Ensure proper payments of pension plans, end of service calculations etc. with finance
- Stay informed about latest trends and legal changes impacting C&B issues across the region
- Partner with finance on payroll reconciliations, provisioning of payroll costs
- Monitor headcount, update social data and ensure high quality reporting
- Collaborate with HRD and HRBP to prepare and maintain budget of region's HR costs
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in human resources, or related field is beneficial
- Proven experience in managing payroll in the Middle East region
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office including excellent Excel skills
- Experience of managing external benchmarking exercises, job classification and managing C&B projects
- Strong knowledge of local employment laws, regulations, and best practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with the highest level of confidentiality
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
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Overview
- As a compensation, benefits + payroll specialist/manager you are responsible for payroll management across all countries of the region.
- You supervise the external payroll provider with diligence to execute seamless monthly payroll conducting thorough compliance checks.
- The position operates as an independent contributor.
- As the region's specialist in terms of compensation and benefits you support the HRBPs and HRD in all matters regarding the creation, optimisation and follow up of the C&B strategy, in line with the Group's vision and guidelines.
- You will be in charge of all regular and ad hoc C&B related activities and as such your contribution will be essential to maintaining Hermès Middle East position as an attractive employer in the region.
- You will ensure rigorous monitoring of HR data.
Responsibilities
- Advise and support HRD and HRBPs in their compensation decisions (recruitment, internal promotion, mobility) based on internal and external benchmarks.
- Conduct specific studies and identify and participate in external compensation surveys.
- Prepare the annual salary review process in the HRIS. Ensure its smooth running and coordinate presentation summaries.
- In line with Group guidelines, develop manage benefit schemes across the region (Insurances, company cars, share schemes….)
- Together with the finance department ensure proper payments of pension plans, end of service calculations etc.
- Stay informed about latest trends and legal changes impacting compensation & benefits issues across the region.
- Implement the necessary measures to ensure that HR, managers and employees fully understand the policy and remuneration components.
- Partner with recruitment manager on mobility cases within the group to propose relevant remuneration and mobility packages.
- Manage the Payroll in the preparation, checking & processing of payroll for all employees of the region in UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
- Partner with Finance on payroll reconciliations, provisioning of payroll costs etc.
- Oversee the handling of queries from external agencies, eg in tax & social security authorities or auditors.
- Prepare & consolidate annual salary review files in line with the group's budgetary guidelines and deadlines.
Experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in human resources, or related field is beneficial.
- Proven experience in managing payroll in the Middle East region.
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office including excellent Excel skills.
- Experience of managing external benchmarking exercises, job classification and managing C&B projects.
- Strong knowledge of local employment laws, regulations, and best practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with the highest level of confidentiality.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Measures of Success
- Timely delivery of payroll and all C&B activity in line with regional and group deadlines.
- Demonstrates an analytical approach to data and a firm understanding of C&B principals and regional practices.
- Able to set priorities in a multi tasking environment.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Business acumen and commercial awareness.
- Problem solving and decision making ability.
- Emotional intelligence and confidentiality.
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