Senior Manager Payroll

Who we are:GMG is a global well‑being company retailing distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home‑grown brands across sport everyday goods health and beauty properties and logistics sectors. Under the ownership and management of the Baker family for over 45 years GMG is a valued partner of choice for the worlds most successful and respected brands in the well‑being sector. Working across the Middle East North Africa and Asia GMG has introduced more than 120 brands across 12 countries. These include notable home‑grown brands such as Sun & Sand Sports Dropkick Supercare Pharmacy Farm Fresh Klassic and international brands like Nike Columbia Converse Timberland Vans Mama Sitas and McCain.What you'll be doing:You will lead the end‑to‑end oversight of payroll operations and employee services ensuring the timely accurate and compliant execution of payroll processing across all business units. This role is critical in managing payroll governance statutory compliance payroll tax reconciliation employee benefits processing and audit readiness while upholding the highest standards of data confidentiality and accuracy. This position requires deep functional expertise in payroll systems and operations with a strong command of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll and SAP HCM. The incumbent will oversee monthly and off‑cycle payroll runs ensuring seamless integration with time and attendance systems benefits platforms and financial accounting modules. They will be responsible for managing payroll inputs and validations reconciliations general ledger postings and end‑of‑service benefit calculations.Job Description:Accuracy and Integrity of Payroll Data- Proactive validation of payroll inputs outputs and systems data to ensure 100% accuracy in salary disbursements.Detect and rectify discrepancies between attendance leave and payroll systems.Regulatory and Policy Compliance- Ensure end‑to‑end payroll activities are fully aligned with internal policies and external regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions.Maintain audit‑ready documentation and ensure traceability for all payroll‑related changes.Efficient Process Governance- Enforce a standardized payroll compliance checklist and calendar to ensure timely reviews and signoffs.Lead improvements to automate manual tasks and reduce errors.Data Consistency and Record Accuracy- Ensure real‑time accurate updates to employee records with valid documentation.Maintain secure and reliable record management practices including historic data consolidation and system migration accuracy.Operational Risk Management- Identify risks in payroll processing (e.g. unexplained variations system mismatches) and resolve proactively.Monitor and address issues related to WPS compliance disbursements and payroll variances.Accountabilities and Responsibilities:Payroll Compliance MonitoringReview and validate all payroll components including headcounts new joiners leavers and variances in attendance vs payroll data. Ensure correct classification and processing of leave types as per policy. Verify supporting documentation for all payroll additions and deductions. Validate incentive and bonus computations against predefined metrics.1. Review Payroll data components for all regions- Attendance records matching with actual head counts and detect variations- Review and validate leave types applied in systems verify against attendance records and the policy to ensure the leaves are considered while computing the salaries- Review and validate active head counts leavers and new joiners- Review and validate all types of additions and deductions with supporting- Ensure the DATA accuracy in systems vs physical- Review and validate Incentive calculations2. Record Management- Review and validate to ensure all types of modifications to employee payroll data updated in payroll system prior beginning of the payroll cycle with valid supporting- Ensure all transactional changes are reviewed and verified before updating in the system3. Payroll Review- Keep the payroll compliance check list up to date during the payroll cycle to ensure the process is followed as per the define criteria- Review the draft data files prepared/consolidated/composed by payroll team for each legal entity- Perform analysis on trending reports to detect any unusual trend review supporting for any type of variations- Review and validate wps file for each legal entity- Review and validate the bank upload files values disbursement matching with accurate figures- Reconciliations4. Payroll Projects- Ensure All systems are maintained with accurate employee records and the cleansing should take place in regular intervals- Legacy data records to be migrated to latest systems to ensure smooth processing- Policy compliance to be established- Minimize the manual data preparation by using available systems and features within GMGFunctional/Technical Competencies:The role demands a robust blend of technical and