Senior Payroll Specialist
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Posted on Aug 10, 2026
About this Position The position is part of the Global Business Solution in Cairo (GBS+ Cairo), within the HRDirect Process specifically supporting Payroll Systems & Dayforce Functional activities.
What You´ll Do
What You´ll Do
- Own end-to-end PA to Payroll functional integrity.
- Design and maintain payroll system logic and Dayforce configuration.
- Ensure data transactions result in correct payroll outcomes.
- Evaluate impacts of changes on payroll and HR administration processes.
- Provide functional go/no-go recommendations for system changes and releases.
- Manage payroll data flow design and integrity.
- Understand how Dayforce calculates payroll results and identify issues affecting outcomes.
- Perform root cause analysis for payroll errors and system defects
- Serve as the functional bridge between Payroll Providers, HR Operations, and GBS teams.
- Act as an advisor for payroll-related system discussions.
- Support automation and process improvement initiatives with deep payroll expertise.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or any relevant study
- Minimum 4 years of payroll experience with strong payroll operations and systems exposure.
- Experience with Dayforce (Ceridian Dayforce) configuration, implementation, support, or payroll operations.
- Strong understanding of payroll processes, payroll calculations, and payroll data structures.
- Experience analyzing payroll issues and conducting root cause investigations.
- Experience working with HR and Payroll integrations.
- Payroll system configuration.
- Root cause analysis and problem-solving.
- Functional design and impact assessment.
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Comprehensive Health Insurance for employee + dependents
- Employee Assistance Programme provides a wide range of mental health and wellbeing benefits
