Payroll Officer (2427-POF)

Our client provides manning services, recruitment and placement of qualified and certified seafarers on behalf of Ship owners and to provide professional onshore HR support services is seeking to recruit for the post of Payroll Officer.

The incumbent will be generating the seafarers and shore-based employees’ payroll (administration & payroll officer) and contribute to monthly salary review and to related administrative declarations.

Responsibilities:

• Record and control inputs in our payroll system.
• Record/import all necessary pay elements such as travel expenses, medical expenses, loan, training, deduction and applicable bonus.
• Calculate performance and area bonus, allotments if necessary.
• Conduct monthly checks of negative balances and report as required.
• Liaise with the crew department for any discrepancy and/or any clarification is needed.
• Prepare salary instructions files to send to bank.
• Ensure prompt reply to seafarers to any question concerning wages (client satisfaction).
• Ensure salary has been well executed and provide payment confirmation upon request.
• Support through the provision of accurate information for invoices to be set out.
• Perform any other cognate duties as may be assigned by Management.

Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree, ideally in Business Administration, Human Resource, or Accounting/payroll.
• Have minimum 3 years of relevant experience as a Payroll Officer performing operations linked with foreign currencies transactions.
• Knowledge of Marine Industry and/ or oil and gas industry will be a plus.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of all related payroll topics.
• Handle sensitive data with integrity, confidentiality, and the utmost discretion.
• Have an excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office/ Excel skills.
• Proactive, dynamic and versatile.
• Have good listening and communication skills.
• Attention to detail and be rigorous.
• Able to prioritize matters and meet deadlines in a timely manner.
• Ability to work independently and be comfortable working in a multi-cultural environment.
• A perfect command of French and English is mandatory.