Manager (Policy, Compensation & Benefits) Client of SKC Management Consultancy ( Pvt ) Limited

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic

• Develop and implement policies aligned with business objectives, ensuring they support the Company strategy and are aligned with legal requirements.
• Review and update the systems, including policies, processes, and tools, to align with organisational goals.
• Review and update the HC Manual to reflect current policies, procedures, and changes to the labour law provisions.
• Developing human resource policies, plans and programmes with respect to compensation & benefits by acting as a strong contributor to the development of new compensation strategies through creative input combined with data analysis and a deep understanding of the company s future challenges to ensure competitive market positioning.
• Reviewing new policies/procedures proposed by the Ministry of Labour (MoL) and overseeing the implementation of such policies.
• Develop compensation and benefit strategies and policies that support corporate business and human resource objectives, ensuring they are kept in line with market trends and are fair and consistent internally.
• Identify and analyse market compensation trends by conducting periodic compensation & benefits surveys to ensure the salary structure is competitive and complies with the labour laws and regulations.
• Develop a variable pay programme in line with industry best practice and monitor the same to ensure improvement in Individual, Unit/Departmental and Organisational performance.
• EVP: Ensure implementation and management of Employee Value Proposition programmes and monitoring and reviewing their effectiveness from time to time.
• Employee Engagement: Roll out, Manage, Monitor and Review the effectiveness of the Employee Engagement programmes.

Operational Increments / Promotions

• Review and manage the annual salary review process across levels and provide specific advice to ensure effective administration of the process
• Ensure that the proposals for increment/promotion/salary revision/salary rationalisation are dealt with and processed in time.
• Ensure timely payment of mandatory annual salary increases for Omani employees.
• Manage the process of issuance of increment/promotion letters in coordination with the Units
• Administer allowances and benefits.

Payroll

• Ensure the accuracy of time sheet data.
• Manage and supervise accurate and timely payroll processing for all units.
• Manage the Payroll team, assignment of tasks, monitoring and overseeing that the salaries are paid to employees as per the Oman Labour Law, other laws as applicable and the Company policies and procedures.
• Manage and develop a high-performing team across payroll, HRIS, and operations functions.
• Oversee Full & Final (F&F) settlement processing, ensuring zero backlogs and adherence to TAT.
• Ensure avoidance of penalties relating to the payroll matters.
• Ensure end-to-end statutory compliance, including PASI, etc.
• Address employee payroll queries in collaboration with HR Business Partners and ensure prompt resolution.
• Partner with F&T and Audit teams for periodic payroll reconciliations, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Issue of Assignment letters to the Banks as appropriate, ensuring due approvals.

HRMS

• Serve as the system owner for Xpedeon, ensuring implementation, enhancement, optimisation, and regular audits.
• Maintain integrity and accuracy of master employee data and process flows across the HRMS.

Unit Budget

• Manage and Monitor the Unit budget within the budgetary limits and ensure all compliance.

Policies

• Keep track of changes to the Oman Labour Law, Ministerial decisions, etc, and accordingly implement the changes in the Systems and the Company s policies & procedures.
• Educate and provide awareness sessions to the HRBPs and other focus groups on the key policies, changes to the labour law provisions as applicable to our industry.
• Standardise operational policies, templates, and processes across units.

Medical Relief/Insurance

• Provide specific inputs and support the Company in the administration of relief to the deceased employees based on the insurance decisions and payouts.

Skills

Special Skills & Knowledge: - Awareness of Oman Labour Law (OLL) and Omanisation policies - Knowledge of software applications, tools. - Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills.- Result Orientation - Decision-making skills - Strong High level of attention to detail and accuracy