Payroll Officer

Job Description

Black & Grey HR is seeking a Payroll Officer to join our client in the oil & gas sector in Abu Dhabi. The Payroll Officer will be responsible for accurately and timely processing payroll cycles across base staff, offshore timesheet-driven employees, and offshore freelance populations, ensuring all payroll inputs, changes, and supporting documentation are properly validated and prepared for review.

Key Responsibilities:

- Collect, validate, and process payroll inputs within defined cut-off timelines.

- Process salaries, allowances, deductions, promotions, salary revisions, new joiners, and leavers.

- Validate offshore timesheets and process timesheet-driven and freelance payroll.

- Prepare payroll outputs, bank/WPS files, and supporting schedules for review and authorization.

- Support retroactive corrections, payroll reconciliations, and GL-related documentation.

- Respond to routine employee payroll queries and escalate complex or sensitive matters.

- Maintain accurate payroll records, change logs, working papers, and audit documentation.

- Ensure strict confidentiality and compliance with payroll policies and retention requirements.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, Business Administration, or a related field.

- 3–5 years of payroll processing experience, within oil & gas, offshore, or related environments.

- Experience handling timesheet-based payroll, WPS, bank files, and payroll reconciliations.

- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and confidentiality.

- Good knowledge of payroll processes and MS Excel.

- Ability to work within strict payroll deadlines and manage high-volume processing.

Benefits

- Attractive Salary + Benefits

Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, Business Administration, or a related field. - 3–5 years of payroll processing experience, preferably within oil & gas, offshore, or other complex workforce environments. - Experience handling timesheet-based payroll, WPS, bank files, and payroll reconciliations. - Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and confidentiality. - Good knowledge of payroll processes and MS Excel. - Ability to work within strict payroll deadlines and manage high-volume processing.