MOHAMED ZAKARIYA, Payroll Unit Head

MOHAMED ZAKARIYA

Payroll Unit Head

Combined Group Contracting Company

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
20 years, 5 months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 5 months

Payroll Unit Head at Combined Group Contracting Company
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • My current job since December 2015

1- Auditing and reviewing the all actions updating in SAP sys by payroll team on daily basis.
2- Monitoring and controlling for the employees budget.
3- Preparing the Financial reports such as ( Staff Costs - Leave Provision- Indemnity Provision Annual Leave Quota- Sick leave Quota ).
4- Supervise payroll staff, including payroll supervisor and payroll specialists.
5- Critically review and analyze current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations.
6- Communicate actively with Operations, HR and Billing to review cross-departmental impacts and reconcile data sharing.
7- Ensure systems are set-up and updated to reflect our current employee base, including wages, benefits, sick and vacation time in.
8- Manage payroll workload to meet operational requirements.
9- Ensure payroll is processed in an accurate, compliant and timely manner.
10- Direct the preparation of payroll related documents.
11- Administer benefit plans .
12- Compile data from payroll sources.
13- Prepare relevant weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end reports.
14- Monitor the accurate processing of staff appointments, transfers, promotions and terminations.
15- Prepare and review payroll account reconciliations.
16- Review and improve payroll policies and procedures.
17- Ensure all payroll information and records are maintained in accordance with statutory requirements.
18- Support all internal and external audits related to payroll.
19- Interpret new legislation impacting payroll.
20- Releasing the Social Security payment list for Kuwaiti employees on time .
21- Releasing the Social Security payment list for GCC employees on time .
22- Preparing the Social Security calculation for Kuwaiti and GCC employees .
23- Preparing the presentation for administrators training
24- Following the labor law articles which related to Termination or Dismissal cases.

Payroll Manager at First kuwaiti trading & contracting company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since September 2014

1. Maintains payroll information by designing systems; directing the collection, calculation, and entering of data.
2. Updates payroll records by reviewing and approving changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job titles, and department/ division transfers.
3. Pays employees by directing the production and issuance of paychecks or electronic transfers to bank accounts.
4. Prepares reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages.
5. Determines payroll liabilities by approving the calculation of employee federal and state income and social security taxes, and employer's social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments.
6. Balances the payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies.
7. Provides payroll information by answering questions and requests.
8. Maintains payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
9. Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
10. Maintains employee confidence and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential.
11. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
12. Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
13. Maintains payroll staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
14. Maintains payroll staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
15. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
16. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
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Senior Payroll Officer at ABYAT Megastore
  • Kuwait
  • May 2011 to August 2014

• Experience in Financial Accounting System “Payroll”
• .Key role in handling co-ordination, negotiation, and follow-up of projects and its execution.
• Key Role in handling the Payroll System for employees using ERP - SAP and NON - SAP
• Keeping a close watch on customer requirement with added customer support to solve client complaints.
• Developed comprehensive account plan for designated key accounts that included account set up and on-going customer support and training on data, software and custom solution, resulting in the discovery of major up-sell opportunities.
• Increased revenue retention by enhancing and aggressively pursuing integrated customer relationships resulting in decreased customer cancellation requests.
• Supervised and analyzed account activity and delinquent reports at account level resulting in fewer billing and payment errors and shortened delinquent cycle.
• Reviewing and Auditing of Payroll for Kuwait and Dammam and release it on time

Payroll Controller & Hr Coordinator at Kuwait Gulf Link
  • Kuwait
  • August 2007 to April 2011

 • Prepare & Maintain stores Financial Record
• Maintained General Ledgers / P&F / Balance Sheet
• Responsible for Vendor Records / Payments
• Prepare the Payroll / EOSB / All HR Transactions
• Prepare intercompany billings for regional offices and reconcile to other company offices around the globe.
• Make recommendations aligning resources for a particular business area to the provided budget ensuring alignment is achieved, as cost effectively as possible
• Key role in handling co-ordination, negotiation, and follow-up of projects and its execution.

Payroll Accountant & HR Coordinator at Safari United Group Company
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • September 2004 to April 2007

•Daily oversight of assigned company account for compliance with guidelines, internal policies
•Use system to prepare payroll and end of service benefits on a monthly basis.
•Review all company accounts on a monthly and quarterly basis to ensure compliance.
•Recommend enhancements to the payroll systems.
•Advise on employment law and best practice.
•Provide monthly management report regarding compensation and benefits fundamentally.
Make recommendations aligning resources for a particular business area to the provided budget ensuring alignment is achieved as cost effectively as possible
•Deal with payroll, reporting EOS Calculation and group invoicing based off resource allocations

Accountant at Makkah Brick Factory
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2003 to May 2004

•• Prepare periodic financial reports in compliance with the IAS.
• Monitor Project accounts. Analyze, reconcile, balance, and maintain accounting records;
• Develop budgets and special financial reports; to prepare, review, and processes budget, revenue, expense, payroll, Fixed Assets.
• Bank related correspondence i.e. LC, LG etc. Input to the computerized system
• Maintain the company financial records.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation and distribution of monthly, quarterly & annual internal financial statements and reports to management
• Calculate EOSB for employees / Zakath
• Prepared monthly local depository bank reconciliations and maintained bank reconciliation.
• Directly liaison with companies Financial Auditor for preparing companies financial Reports

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Zaqaziq University
  • October 2002

•Financial statements and their elements •Various accounting standards with respect to the elements in the financial statements •Techniques to analyse the financial statements •Interpretation of financial statements for better decision-making

Specialties & Skills

Month End
Administration
Overtime
Planning and organizing.
Problem analysis and problem-solving skills
 Excellent communications skills; professional presentation skills; self-starter.
 Create articulate plans that targets and meet company objectives.
 Planning of cost cutting & reducing the expenses in order to achieve profit with good quality
 Consistently meet quotas, while cultivating lasting relationships with customers/employees.
 Outstanding record of achievement in revenue growth.

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Auditor
  • Accountant
  • January 2008