Your Job
We are looking for a detail-oriented and service-driven Regional Payroll Expert to manage accurate and timely payroll and HR administrative processes across Egypt &UAE. This role is critical in ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance with legal and tax requirements, confidentiality of payroll data, and high-quality support to employees and stakeholders.
The successful candidate will act as a trusted payroll advisor, working closely with HR, Finance, internal stakeholders, and external payroll vendors to deliver efficient, compliant, and employee-focused payroll services.
What You Will Do
Payroll Processing & Accuracy
- Process payroll for Egypt and UAE within the agreed timelines.
- Ensure high accuracy in payroll inputs, including overtime, deductions, new hires, and full and final settlements.
- Review and validate employee timecards and attendance records.
- Maintain an up-to-date personnel database with accurate salary information.
- Ensure accurate and timely payroll-related tax filings.
Employee Experience
- Manage onboarding and offboarding activities effectively.
- Support employees throughout the payroll lifecycle.
- Respond to employee payroll queries in a timely, clear, and professional manner.
- Deliver a positive employee experience through reliable payroll support.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to improve payroll process efficiency.
- Build strong working relationships with HR, Finance, other departments, and payroll vendors.
- Act as a payroll advisor to other departments when needed.
Reporting, Finance Support & Audit Readiness
- Prepare payroll-related reports, including payroll expenses and labour cost reports, in collaboration with Finance.
- Support Finance during the month-end close process.
- Reconcile payroll-related data with HR and Finance teams.
- Prepare for and support internal and external payroll audits.
- Ensure payroll records are accurate, compliant, and audit ready.
Compliance & Payroll Systems
- Stay updated with local payroll regulations across Egypt UAE
- Ensure payroll practices comply with legal requirements, company policies, and procedures.
- Work with external payroll vendors to troubleshoot and optimise payroll systems.
- Use payroll software and systems effectively to process payroll.
- Conduct training sessions for supervisors on time and attendance systems.
- Prepare system guidance materials, manuals, to support supervisors in managing timesheets.
HR Administration
- Draft and manage HR letters, including employment verification letters, offer letters, and termination letters.
- Ensure HR communications are accurate, timely, legally compliant, and aligned with company policies.
- Issue HR letters within 24 hours of receiving the request.
- Maintain high accuracy standards in all HR communications.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- 7-10 years of experience in HR operations.
- Highly contribution motivated with high level of integrity.
- Highly accurate and detail oriented.
- Strong in payroll operations and employee data confidentiality.
- Knowledgeable about payroll compliance, legal requirements, and tax-related obligations.
- Able to work effectively with HR, Finance, supervisors, employees, and external vendors.
- Customer-focused, responsive, and clear in communication.
- Comfortable using payroll systems and supporting others through training or guidance.
- Proactive in identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
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