Are you an experienced HR professional with expertise in compliance, audits, and UAE labor regulations? A leading organization in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is hiring an HR Compliance & Audit Specialist to ensure HR operations comply with UAE Labour Law, Free Zone regulations, and internal company policies.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!In this role, you will be responsible for conducting HR audits, reviewing employee records, verifying payroll inputs, ensuring statutory compliance, identifying compliance risks, and recommending corrective actions to strengthen HR governance and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct HR compliance audits to ensure adherence to company policies and UAE employment laws.
- Review HR transactions for accuracy, completeness, and policy compliance before final approval.
- Verify employee master data, personnel files, onboarding documents, attendance, leave records, payroll inputs, and employee movement records.
- Audit HR-related invoices, reimbursements, salary increment proposals, refunds, and supporting documentation.
- Ensure compliance with visa processing, labour cards, Emirates ID, medical insurance, employee insurance, and government portal requirements.
- Perform regular reconciliations between HR records, payroll systems, insurance databases, and government portals to identify discrepancies.
- Identify HR compliance risks and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations and compliance improvements.
- Ensure HR policies and procedures comply with UAE Labour Law, Free Zone regulations, and company standards.
- Prepare detailed HR audit reports, compliance findings, and recommendations for senior management.
- Support continuous process improvements to enhance HR governance, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field.
- Proven experience in HR compliance, HR auditing, payroll verification, or HR operations.
- Strong knowledge of UAE Labour Law, Free Zone regulations, and statutory HR compliance requirements.
- Experience auditing HR records, payroll processes, employee documentation, and government transactions.
- Excellent analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in HRIS, Microsoft Excel, and HR reporting tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Maintain HR transaction accuracy of 99% or higher.
- Complete scheduled HR compliance audits on time.
- Reduce repeat compliance issues through effective corrective actions.
- Ensure accuracy of employee records and payroll documentation.
- Improve response time to regulatory and government compliance requirements.
- Deliver high-quality HR audit reports with actionable recommendations.
Why Join This Opportunity?
- Work with a leading organization in Dubai.
- Competitive salary and employee benefits.
- Professional growth in HR compliance and governance.
- Opportunity to work with experienced HR and business leaders.
- Supportive, collaborative, and compliance-focused work environment.