Payroll Officer (6-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Taaleem is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. At Taaleem, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective practices in relation to child protection and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to various background checks including, receipt of high-quality references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification and police checks, including overseas checks.

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Payroll Officer to join our team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to support the accurate and timely processing of payroll while ensuring compliance with company policies and statutory requirements.

Key Accountabilities:

• Executing all policies and procedures pertaining to payroll administration and processing.
• Processing monthly and hourly payroll to ensure timely and accurate payment for all the employees.
• Verifying time reports, update, compute and maintain up-to-date leave accrual.
• Interfacing with staff in Administration teams to verify employee funding, appointment actions, appointment durations, plus resolve salary and pay discrepancies.
• Calculation of hours worked by examination of time cards, time sheets, or electronic media. Prepares deductions for authorized and mandatory deductions, data on hires, terminations, and wage adjustments.
• Knowledge about WPS, and all aspects of payroll processes and maintaining up-to-date payroll records in ERP software.
• Supervising accurate data records, processing monthly payrolls, reconciliation of payroll figures with the finance department, ensuring audit compliance, preparing & reporting on monthly MIS, providing staff guidance & procedures related to payroll and ensuring HR services provided are as per agreed service levels.
• Prepare and process final settlement of separated staff.
• Maintain employment records and individually handle HR related queries.
• Maintain employees leave records, Leave calculation/Leave rules.
• Track all employees who have been removed from the business.
• Prepare end of EOS Settlement calculations and ensure timely submission of all relevant documents to required departments within the business to release payments.

General

• Support HRBPs and provide guidance when needed
• Additional projects as agreed by the Head of HR and/or HR Director

Qualifications

Education:

Good level of Education, Bachelor's degree holder with excellent written and spoken English.

Experience:

5+ years in a fast-paced HR role. Previous experience of HRMS, WPS or similar system preferred.

Competencies:

• Communication skills
• Team-working
• Solutions focused
• Able to work on own initiative
• Attention to detail
• Strong number cruncher
• Strong MS Office skills with focus on Excel

Attributes:

• Experience in a fast-paced environment
• Resilient, with a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail
• Confident and excellent communication skills
• Strong on processes, systems and compliance

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work within a collaborative and supportive team.
• Gain valuable experience in a dynamic and professional environment.
• Immediate impact in a key operational function.

If you have a passion for accuracy and enjoy working with numbers, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or share with someone in your network who may be the perfect fit.

About Taaleem

Taaleem is one of the largest, most respected education providers in the United Arab Emirates and the only publicly listed Education Provider in the UAE.

Taaleem (which means education in Arabic) was established in 2004 and now has over 27,000 students attending our diverse portfolio of international schools, pre-schools and public-private partnership schools across the UAE. With quality at the forefront of our offering, we tailor each project to answer the specific educational requirements of a wide range of families by offering top international curricula including British, American, the International Baccalaureate and our custom early childhood programme.

Taaleem is also one of the Middle East's leading IB workshop providers for PYP, MYP, DP and CP. Taaleem is committed to inspiring students and helping them to identify and develop their passions and talents.

Taaleem seeks to raise the educational standards in the region. The combined experience of its core team of senior education leaders in international education policy, operations and global management best practices means Taaleem is well positioned to ensure the creative of truly exceptional schools that satisfy the most comprehensive and exacting education developmental requirements.