Senior Human Resoures & Admin Manager
Emirates Steel, Arkan PJSC, Abu Dhabi
Total years of experience :13 years, 5 Months
• Hand-selected to serve as an internal think-tank and provide high-level strategic business advice to establish a culture, prepare robust HR policies and procedures in conformance with organizational and core objectives.
• Deploying a legally sound and practically operational HR framework consistent with labor laws, core business strategy, and vision across various verticals.
• Proffering direction, leadership & oversight required to achieve all organizational goals, contributing to developing staff capabilities by providing training opportunities and empowering staff to perform to their peak.
• Playing a key role in instituting new grading systems, optimizing the organization structure, and standardizing the workforce plan to support management in achieving their business goals by sharing ideas and best practices between and amongst business units.
• Commanding the exciting transformation, expansion and modernization of the organization through the development of new systems that incorporate the trending ATS and AI tools in HR functions
• Identifying training and development needs by analyzing operational results, job requirements, operational problems, plans, forecasts, and current training programs. Satisfying training and development needs by researching, consulting with the subject matter experts, and aligning with the approved career framework.
• Achieving financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; and initiating corrective actions.
• Offering vital inputs during HR decision-making, increasing employee effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training; communicating job expectations, values, strategies, and objectives; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; fostering a climate conducive to offering information and opinions; and providing educational opportunities.
• Providing for talent management initiatives through effective use of human capital by ensuring integration of succession planning, performance management, career development, recruiting, and workforce diversity that assist the organization in achieving its business strategies.
• Serving as an employee advocate, balancing fair labor standards and organizational policies - contributing to resolving employee issues relating to works councils, trade unions, and employee committees.
• Strengthening relationships between industry and government, resolving all company's labor issues by liaising with government and labor authorities on employment-related matters.
• Owning end-to-end HR programs comprising recruitment, induction, performance management, employee relations, and welfare, disciplinary matters, termination, leaves, transfers, and promotions as well as counseling, grievance redressal, and disciplinary processes.
• Catalyst for building strong talent pools, and top-tier performance cultures, initiating structured annual performance cycle based on the mid-year review and end-of-year appraisals.
• Commanding the HR function, shaping game-changing solutions, designing and implementing strategies to achieve HR objectives, and optimising workforce productivity.
• Proffering thought leadership for strategic workforce planning/ talent management, team, and organisation effectiveness, and monthly reports on operational objectives and KPIs.
• Realigning benefits program to market conditions, implementing a performance-based pay scale conducted annual updates to the compensation program, and directing the adoption of a best-in-class compensation strategy.
• Delivering expertise in all areas of human resources, including workforce planning, budgeting and recruitment, employee-related, and succession planning for creating the next level of leaders for all critical positions.
• Enabling Emiratization programs by classifying candidates based on their skill sets and capabilities, upskilling nationals, and collaborating with VP HR and GMs to improve the performance of the UAE National Workforce.
• Ensuring timely processing of payroll for all Business Units, resolving all payroll concerns/queries and distributing salary slips to all employees adhering to confidentiality rules
• Co-working with the external auditor, accountants, and Finance Manager to develop robust budgets for salaries in conjunction with the Human Resources and Administration Manager.
• Maintaining employee files, including contracts, vacation/sick leaves, SAP updates & reporting for all Business Units.
• Offering data-driven decision support to the organization by analysing several key HR metrics, including Cost per hire, turnover, and performance and potential by utilised scientific tools while facilitating IT enablement
• Linking business strategy, people, and performance to current and future business objectives and deploying a robust Talent Acquisition strategy for talent benchmarking, assessment, and interviewing.
• Partnering with business heads to analyse future workforce requirements, strategies for filling open positions, and acquiring requisite skills and competencies to meet workforce needs and ensure hiring the best talent.
• Developing, refining, and effectively fine-tuning methods for selecting candidates, providing detailed information on corporate benefits, salary, and corporate environment, and supporting them with joining formalities/paperwork.
• Represent the organisation in various events, like career fairs or on-campus recruiting events, to ensure hiring designated openings with top-quality candidates on time.
• Keeping current with the job market, new methods in talent acquisition activities(E-Recruitment), and ensuring the right people with the desired level of competence are brought into the organisation or are promoted.
• Overseeing personnel management-related matters spanning employee joining, induction, visa approvals, medical and leave records administration, etc.
• Handling SAP HR modules for reporting HR metrics and analytics- promotion, resignation & termination formalities for efficient management of the existing workforce.
• Maintaining employee pay records through the SAP module for National Holding employees, processing and overseeing the complete payroll cycle, including regular pay, bonuses, commissions, and garnishments for approx. 250 employees.
• Setting up employee files in SAP, maintaining payroll information, and updating information for new employees, employee changes, and employee terminations into the computerised accounting system.
• Updating changes in pay rates, departments, titles, employees, deductions, and other salary advances and calculating employee salaries, beliefs, and contributions while complying with internal controls and regulatory laws.
• Preparing various reports as requested by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, and accrual balances as well as filed payroll summaries. I am preparing CSV and SIF files for payroll uploads.
• Collecting and reviewing timesheets for accuracy, reconciling processes, payroll adjustments, expenditure transfers, retro pay, and leave pay-outs.
• Assisting the Group Payroll Manager/Head of Shared Services in carrying out professional responsibilities by the organisation’s policies and applicable laws.
• Serving as the primary contact for employees to discuss workplace concerns and address all employee issues consistent with policies and procedures.
• Empowering success at every stage of the organisational lifecycle, driving operational effectiveness, complying with legal requirements and securing all employees’ passports/work permits based on established policies.
• Demonstrating strong working knowledge of applicable laws, completing e-services formalities, and successfully acquiring or renewing requisite licenses, visas, permits, approvals, or certificates from various authorities.
• Equipping management to promote the appropriate resolution of employee relations to ensure effectiveness, compliance, and equity within organisational policies.
• Providing inputs in developing HR budgets for training & development, safety security, and sports, and recommending procedures for time recording, reducing OT, absenteeism, and turnover.
• Negotiating with outside suppliers to provide all employee services, including canteen, transportation, and issuing LPOs for tickets and hotel bookings as per company policy.
• Supporting HR welfare schemes and managing medical and life insurance renewals, employee Pension, and effectively maintaining all records in SAP.
• Collaborating with SAP developers to support employee correspondence relating to employee probation, expiration and probation review forms; employee confirmation letter; employee salary change and bonus letter; and general filing.
• Providing Advocacy to management and staff on Labor relations issues and ensuring awareness of LRA, Basic Conditions of Employment Act, and other labour legislation.
courses: : Advanced Certificate in Business Skills, UAE University.