P&C Digital Solutions Senior Specialist

Our client is a leading global organisation, looking for a P&C Digital Solutions Senior Specialist to join their IMEA People & Culture team in Dubai. Role Overview: The role is responsible for managing complex/multi-currency payroll operations, supporting annual increment and bonus cycles, and delivering accurate and timely monthly and ad-hoc HR reports. The position also manages and maintains HR information systems, including SAP HCM, ZOHO People, Employee Central and the IMEA P&C Dashboard, while ensuring data accuracy, system effectiveness, and timely service delivery. Key Responsibilities: - Contributes to the development of a global/regional HR digital strategy, establishing an integrated in-premise and cloud-based HR platform to manage end-to-end HR processes, including Master Data, Organizational Management, Personal Administration, Payroll, Time & Attendance, and other core HR processes. - Very good understanding of HR processes and know-how about HR systems (SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM & EC) to challenge the status quo and seek continuous improvement. - Responsible for implementation of system changes in SAP HCM and Employee Central: define demands, UAT and change management, documentation and communication to stakeholders. - Support strategic HR projects (e.g., global implementation of SF Employee Central). - Responsible to manage and reconcile monthly payroll process (multi-currency) across MEA legal entities/locations and for India & Bangladesh legal entities by ensuring compliance to local country regulation of taxes and contributions with the support of local stakeholders. - Monitor, approve, and control the payroll processing with 4-eye principle. - Perform and lead regular and scheduled internal and external audits related to payroll and ensure all ICOFR / Audit legal compliance. - Responsible to manage all HR Digital Tools i.e. SAP HCM, Success Factor (SF), Employee Central, InSIGht, IMEA P&C Dashboard, TM1 system across IMEA region and resolve the issues timely, accurately and with an eye on efficiencies and gap improvements. - Functional system admin for SAP HCM and Employee Central to manage Masterdata, Payroll, Org. Management (OM) structure and Personal Admin. (PA) of approx. 1000+ employees across IMEA region with the support of local stakeholders. - Regularly review of HR digital and payroll systems, workflows, transactions, processes, and procedures and look for continuous improvement and digitization opportunities. Key Requirements: - 6–10 years of relevant experience, with a minimum of 6–8 years in a similar role. - Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Management, HRIS, IT/Digital, or a relevant field. - Strong hands-on experience with HRIS/ERP systems, particularly SAP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors and Employee Central. - Strong knowledge of end-to-end digital payroll processing, including multi-currency payroll. - Experience in HR Digital Transformation projects and HR systems implementation. - Experience with SAP Organizational Management and Personnel Administration. - Strong project management skills, including system changes, testing and implementation. - Advanced MS Excel and analytics skills, including Power BI. - Strong stakeholder management, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work across HR, C&B, Finance, IT and external SAP partners. - English proficiency required; Hindi/Urdu preferred.