Payroll and Benefits Management

About Payroll and Benefits Management

The Payroll and Entitlements Department is responsible for managing and processing financial procedures related to the salaries and entitlements of University employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to approved regulations and policies. Its responsibilities include preparing and reviewing payrolls, allowances, rewards, deductions, compensation, end-of-service benefits, and other financial entitlements, as well as coordinating with relevant entities to complete payment procedures.

The Department also reviews and verifies decisions with financial implications, ensures the accuracy and eligibility of payments, and addresses any incorrect or undue payments. In addition, it works to enhance payroll and entitlement systems and procedures, contributing to greater accuracy and operational efficiency and improving the quality of services provided to University employees.

Department Tasks

Preparing and approving payrolls for all university staff and related financial entitlements.
Issuing disbursement orders and monthly payrolls to the Finance Department.
Preparing individual and joint payrolls.
Reviewing and auditing allowance decisions, preparing payrolls, and submitting them.
Ensuring the suspension of salaries for employees whose employment has been terminated.
Ensuring that deductions are applied in accordance with regulations.
Reviewing and auditing transfer, assignment, secondment, and leave decisions, and reviewing the resulting financial entitlements for all university staff.
Reviewing and auditing end-of-service bonus requests.
Reviewing and auditing decisions regarding internal and external assignments and related documentation, preparing payrolls, and submitting them.
Reviewing and auditing decisions regarding compensation and bonuses for external consultants and collaborators.
Reviewing and auditing decisions regarding overtime pay and related documentation, preparing payrolls, and submitting them.
Reviewing and verifyingapplications for housing allowance, furniture allowance, travel allowance, and education allowance for non-Saudi children, and disbursing these payments to eligible recipients.
Reviewing and verifyingapplications for leadership position bonuses (lump-sum bonuses), preparing payrolls, and submitting them.
Reviewing and verifyingapplications for bonuses for members of the university's standing committees, preparing payrolls, and submitting them.
Disbursingconference or seminar attendance allowances, preparing related payrolls, and submitting them.
Reviewing and verifyingdecisions regarding compensation for faculty members and those in similar positions who have interrupted their leave, and preparing related payrolls.
Preparing letters for the recovery of undue or erroneously disbursed amounts.

Vision, Mission and Goals

Vision

Excellence in managing salaries and financial entitlements for university staff in accordance with best practices.

Mission

Managing the financial operations of university staff by working on all the standard procedures for salaries and financial entitlements, and completing financial transactions efficiently and effectively in accordance with the applicable regulations and bylaws.