HR Liaision Officer
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months
• Management reporting on all HR and general business administration issues.
• Liaising with Central HR on all HR activities like recruitment, personnel relations, organizational management and training.
• Working with VP’s, Directors and Managers to do workforce planning, re-forecasting, career development and organizational planning.
• Working with HR and IT on SAP related issues and report management.
• Working as Acting Financial Specialist during the absence of financial person in the department doing annual budgeting, reforecast and profiling of budget of around USD 200 M.
• Developed and maintain financial modeling tools for SVP to project the growth of department in revenues, expenditure and headcount.
• Provide advice on personnel issues, training and career development and organizational management to managers and employees across ETD.
• Devising, running and evaluating selection processes including interviews, personality questionnaires and various group activities.
• Involved in the probationary evaluations of researchers and staff; developed policies and procedures for Graduate Development Program for the department.
• Keeping up to date with current employment legislation and KAUST policies and ensuring that line managers are effectively briefed on any relevant changes.
• Set up basic HR structure, including working rules, recruitment processes, compensation design and employer branding initiatives;
• Preparation of pre-qualifications documents and bidding documents for contracts; administration of contracts worth 50 M USD at any given point in time.
• Financial management of the division, budgeting and reforecast and reconciliation of accounts with central Finance.
• Workforce planning and forecasting for the entire organization.
• Managed and facilitated end-to-end recruitment of managerial, professional, skilled and administrative hires, working closely with business decision-makers on recruitment strategies and vendor management policy; Recruitment of Saudi Nationals were of high priority, training them on various skills, retaining employees, benefits administration, brand management.
• Took part in other project works, including HR policy reforms, training operations, payroll administration and HRIS implementation; project leader for the successful implementation of career website for the group along with e-recruitment solutions; also lead the ISO certification process of our division.
• Analyzes the manpower requirements of the clients and review the job specification.
• Communicate with overseas recruiting agents for the specific requirements at various times.
• Reviewing the curriculum vitae’s of candidates from various nationalities and match qualified CV’s with the specific requirements.
• Communicating with the clients about the employee’s compensation and benefits packages.
• Developing prominent incentive schemes for attracting qualified candidates from the domestic market.
• Works along with the top management in the development of strategies and preparation of budgets of the company.
• Actively involved in the administration of the organization as a whole.
• Developed a HRMS for the management of details of the employees that tot up to 450 in various contracts.
• Actively participated in the recruitment process of SAP consultants and other administrative employees in the organization.
• Took part in the payroll processing of the employees in the organization.
• Had hands-on experience in handling the employee welfare schemes like medical insurance, employee pension schemes, and other welfare schemes.
• Participated in the monthly preparation of tax forms for submitting to the income tax office.
• Also given ideas for the advertisement of vacancies in newspapers and other media’s to attract qualified professionals.
Compensation Strategies in Multinational Corporations, Cardiff Business School, July 2005 – September 2005 • Individual Project done for the partial fulfillment of my Masters Degree. Research done in a multinational company in Saudi Arabia with 450+ employees and millions of dollars turnover. • Research covered vast areas in the field of compensation in multinational corporations. • Immense reading on topics like Expatriates, Reward Management, Pay levels, Pay structure, Pay process, Benefits and Incentives, and also Human Resource Management in Developing Countries. • Studied the ways in which the compensation is designed in Saudi Arabia especially for the expatriates and the difference in pay levels of Local nationals and Expatriates. • Understood several topics from the personal experiences of a senior level manager of the company and various other employees in the organization. • In total, gained a vast knowledge in the compensation design and management for employees from different nationalities. Also, helped to understand the importance of knowing the topic given and analyze the ways to improve the current approach. Business Plan, Cardiff Business School, February 2005 – May 2005 • Worked in a group of seven to write a business plan for a new business idea. • Facilitated to utilize the theoretical knowledge about strategic management, human resource management, financial management and marketing management gained during the course of MBA. • Besides all this, it helped me to improve my interpersonal skills by interacting with people from various nationalities and culture, and also the dexterity needed to work in a team. This also helped me to pick up my leadership and communication skills which are essential in the current market.
Embedded Personal Recognizer, Jaya Engineering College, January 2004 – April 2004 • Group project completed in the partial fulfillment of my engineering degree. Done in a group of three. • Hands-on experience on computer software’s and hardware’s especially microcontrollers. • Applied various methods in databases and other software’s to achieve the desired result. • Altogether, it nourished my knowledge in the field of IT and communications. • Developed interpersonal and team working skills through effective discussions and interviews.