Total Rewards Manager

Total Rewards Manager – Drive Strategic Compensation and Payroll Excellence

Join our dynamic organization as a **Total Rewards Manager**, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping our compensation and benefits strategy while ensuring seamless payroll operations. In this impactful position, you will lead the design, administration, and continuous enhancement of our total rewards programs, fostering a culture of fairness, compliance, and employee satisfaction. This is an opportunity to merge analytical precision with strategic vision, driving operational efficiency while aligning rewards with business objectives.

As the guardian of our payroll and total rewards ecosystem, you will partner across HR, Finance, Legal, and external vendors to deliver accurate, timely, and competitive employee compensation. Your expertise will ensure regulatory adherence, optimize cost structures, and elevate employee engagement through transparent and well-structured benefits. This role demands a meticulous, collaborative, and forward-thinking professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment where data-driven decisions shape organizational success.

Key Responsibilities

Your strategic influence will extend across multiple critical areas:

• Payroll Operations & Compliance: Oversee end-to-end payroll processing, including monthly inputs, reconciliations, statutory deductions, and settlements, while maintaining robust audit trails and compliance documentation. Ensure 100% accuracy and on-time payments, adhering to Saudi labor laws, GOSI requirements, and internal policies.
• Total Rewards Strategy: Collaborate with Finance to refine compensation structures, incentives, and benefits programs, ensuring alignment with market benchmarks and organizational goals. Lead the annual compensation review and benefits renewal cycles, leveraging data-driven insights to inform equitable and competitive rewards.
• Benefits Administration: Manage vendor relationships, employee eligibility, and issue resolution while optimizing benefits offerings. Streamline renewals and communications to enhance employee satisfaction and retention.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Analyze compensation, benefits, and payroll data to identify trends, cost drivers, and improvement opportunities. Prepare high-impact reports for leadership, enabling informed strategic decisions.
• Process Innovation: Drive operational excellence through automation, enhanced controls, and clearer employee communications. Continuously refine processes to reduce errors, improve efficiency, and mitigate risks.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the trusted advisor for employees, managers, and cross-functional teams, providing confidential and professional guidance on payroll, compensation, and benefits queries.
• Audit & Compliance Leadership: Support internal and external audits by ensuring accurate record-keeping and compliance with evolving labor, payroll, and benefits regulations.

Why This Role Matters

In this dynamic position, you will not only execute payroll and rewards operations with precision but also contribute to a broader organizational mission—one where employees feel valued, motivated, and supported. Your strategic insights will help attract and retain top talent while ensuring financial integrity and regulatory compliance. This is more than a job; it’s an opportunity to shape the future of employee rewards in a forward-thinking organization.

What You’ll Bring to the Table

We are seeking a seasoned professional with a proven track record in payroll and total rewards, coupled with a passion for continuous improvement. Your qualifications should include:

• Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. Professional certifications such as CCP, GRP, CIPD, or SHRM are highly valued.
• Proven Experience: Minimum of 6–8 years of progressive experience in payroll and total rewards, with at least 2 years in a managerial or team-lead capacity. Hands-on expertise in payroll processing, compensation structures, and benefits administration is essential.
• Technical Proficiency: Deep working knowledge of Saudi labor law, GOSI requirements, and statutory payroll obligations. Proficiency in HRIS and payroll systems, along with advanced analytical and Excel skills, is a must.
• Language Skills: Fluency in both English and Arabic is preferred, reflecting our commitment to serving a diverse workforce.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional discretion, strong communication, and collaboration skills to engage with employees, managers, and external partners effectively.

If you are a detail-oriented strategist with a passion for driving operational excellence and employee satisfaction, we invite you to be part of our team. Help us redefine the standards of total rewards and create a workplace where every employee feels their contributions are recognized and rewarded.