Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, International Business, or a related field (with equivalency by the Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education).
• Minimum of 10 years of experience within the same or related field.
• Proficient in English and Arabic.

Key Accountabilities:

Performance Management, Promotions & Rewards & Incentives

• Engage with employees to ensure a seamless and effective execution of the performance management appraisal process, fostering open communication and collaboration to promote continuous improvement.
• Collaborate on the development and implementation of performance management systems and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and workplan to enhance employee evaluation.
• Update employee records with performance management results and contribute to result analysis for development and training needs identification where required.
• Support in the development of the competency framework and ensure it is in line with the business requirements.
• Recommend rewards and recognition programs to support in enhancing the employee’s motivation and engagement.
• Adhere to the performance grievance process, maintaining its integrity and fairness.
• Collect and assess performance grievances and escalate the grievances to the relevant authority for resolution and/or recommendations.

Compensation Management

• Ensure the accuracy of employee data in compensation benchmarking studies and provide support, whether conducted internally or by a third party, to assess KFAS's competitiveness in salaries and rewards compared to peer organizations, contributing to talent attraction and retention efforts.
• Propose adjustments in response to market trends and to maintain internal equity standards.
• Compile Promotion and Increment Lists for Unit Head - Total Rewards & Performance Review.
• Provide coaching and guidance to Officers in tasks and activities to ensure that the quality of work meets the expected standard.

Payroll

• Collect and maintain the required information (contracts, bonuses, merit increases, annual leave, etc.) to ensure availability of all information for the payroll transactions.
• Process employee compensation and benefits disbursements (payroll, allowances deductions, bonus, end-of-service benefits) in line the contract and remuneration package in a timely and accurate manner.
• Maintain and file payroll records with relevant supporting documents in an adequate manner for easy retrieval, reference, and audit to ensure compliance to Kuwait Labour Law.
• Perform payroll entries for new joiners and liaise with the insurance company to add them to the health insurance scheme.
• Extract the data and information with regards to the leaves, vacations, and attendance to update the HR systems and employees’ records and perform deductions where required.
• Calculate leave entitlements and end-of-service benefits as per the terms and conditions of the Kuwaiti Labour Law and in accordance with the policies and procedures of KFAS.
• Communicate with the respective directorate and/or section regularly to ensure the accuracy of amounts disbursed.
• Conduct reconciliation exercises and calculations to ensure that accuracy of amounts disbursed.