Payroll Specialist – SAP SuccessFactors

About the role

A company in Dubai is looking for an experienced Payroll Specialist to lead the move from manual payroll to a fully integrated SAP SuccessFactors Payroll environment. The role covers the end-to-end payroll process for UAE and Oman, with a focus on automation, system optimization, reporting, compliance and continuous improvement. It is an on-site position.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the complete end-to-end payroll process for employees across the UAE and Oman.
• Lead the implementation, configuration, enhancement, troubleshooting and optimization of SAP SuccessFactors Payroll.
• Ensure accurate payroll processing, including validation, calculations, reconciliations, approvals, payments and month-end activities.
• Design and optimize payroll workflows to improve automation, efficiency, accuracy and internal controls.
• Ensure compliance with UAE Labour Law, statutory regulations, tax requirements and company policies.
• Handle payroll accounting, including general ledger reconciliations, accruals, payroll journals, financial reporting and audit support.
• Build payroll dashboards, KPIs and executive reports.
• Work with HR, Finance, IT and external vendors on payroll projects and system enhancements.
• Support internal and external payroll audits and maintain complete payroll documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field.
• 5-8 years of payroll and payroll accounting experience; 2 years of hands-on SAP SuccessFactors Payroll experience is mandatory.
• Experience processing payroll for 500+ employees in a multi-location organization in the UAE or GCC.
• Knowledge of UAE Labour Law, including leave salary, End-of-Service Gratuity, payroll deductions and statutory compliance.
• Ability to meet critical payroll deadlines, especially between the 15th and month-end.

Required skills

• SAP SuccessFactors Payroll (implementation, configuration, troubleshooting, production support)
• Payroll accounting, reconciliations, accruals and financial reporting
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, Power Query and data analysis
• Payroll dashboards, KPI reporting and executive analytics