Assistant Manager Payroll & HR Ops

Zameen.com, Pakistan’s largest online real estate portal, connects buyers and sellers both locally and internationally. Backed by significant investments from leading venture capital firms, the company has established itself as a market leader in the real estate sector. We are seeking a detail-oriented professional to oversee the accuracy and integrity of employee data, payroll, and benefits throughout the entire employee lifecycle—from onboarding to final settlement. This role is critical in ensuring compliance, audit readiness, and effective workforce data governance across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Onboarding & Employee Records:
Verify all employee master data, including CNIC, salary details, designation, reporting lines, bank information, dependents, and emergency contacts before activation. Manage employee setup across HRMS, payroll, medical insurance, provident fund, EOBI, and other benefits platforms. Ensure that contracts, policy acknowledgments, and statutory documents are signed, properly filed, and audit-ready from day one.

Payroll & Benefits Administration:
Execute monthly payroll processing in PKR, covering salaries, commissions, deductions, taxes, and adjustments. Validate commission submissions against approved business logic. Process salary revisions, promotions, transfers, and increments as per authorized recommendations. Administer Provident Fund, EOBI, insurance, OPD, fuel, and other benefit programs, handling eligibility, enrollment, claims, utilization, and annual limits. Conduct monthly audits of benefits data to identify inactive employees, duplicate enrollments, or coverage gaps, and reconcile vendor invoices to ensure billing accuracy.

Compliance & Workforce Insights:
Maintain audit readiness for both internal and external audits and due diligence processes. Ensure strict compliance with labor laws, taxation, EOBI, and company policies by implementing controls that minimize payroll and documentation errors. Manage vendor contracts, renewals, and payment validations. Track workforce metrics such as attrition, headcount, compensation trends, and payroll fluctuations to support pay structure development and workforce planning.

Offboarding & Final Settlement:
Oversee the complete offboarding process in accordance with company policy and legal requirements, maintaining comprehensive exit documentation including approvals, warnings, performance improvement plans, and disciplinary records. Process final settlements covering commissions, recoveries, leave encashment, notice period adjustments, and statutory dues. Ensure timely removal of employees from payroll, insurance, provident fund, EOBI, and other systems while maintaining a clean audit trail.

Required Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is essential. Candidates should have 3-4 years of experience in payroll processing and HR operations, preferably within mid-to-large sized organizations. Proficiency with HRMS platforms and payroll systems is required. A strong understanding of Pakistan labor laws, EOBI regulations, provident fund administration, and statutory compliance is necessary. Experience in managing benefits administration, including health insurance, OPD, life insurance, and fuel benefits, is expected. Advanced Excel skills for data reconciliation, audits, and reporting are critical. The role demands high attention to detail due to the sensitive nature of employee and financial data. Candidates must be capable of managing multiple deadlines, such as monthly payroll cycles, audits, and vendor reconciliations, with minimal errors. Excellent communication skills are required to coordinate effectively across HR, Finance, and third-party vendors. Discretion in handling confidential employee and compensation information is mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

This position offers the chance to work with a highly professional and dynamic team, providing unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional growth. Employees gain local and international exposure through partnerships with global ventures. The company provides a competitive salary and benefits package, along with recognition and rewards for outstanding performance.