Certified Payroll Professional

Program Overview

Payroll errors damage employee trust immediately and can expose the organisation to regulatory penalties and fraud. This programme builds end-to-end payroll competence: payroll policy and calendar, gross-to-net calculation, fixed and variable allowances, overtime, deductions and loans, leave salary and end-of-service gratuity, and social insurance contributions under schemes such as GOSI in Saudi Arabia. It covers wage protection systems used in Gulf states, payroll accounting entries and reconciliations, payroll controls and segregation of duties, handling joiners, leavers and retroactive changes, and payroll reporting and audit readiness.

Learning Outcomes

• ✓Calculate gross-to-net pay including allowances, overtime, deductions and loan recoveries.
• ✓Compute leave salary and end-of-service gratuity for sample cases under local labour rules.
• ✓Apply social insurance contribution rules and prepare monthly contribution reports.
• ✓Prepare payroll files compliant with wage protection system requirements.
• ✓Reconcile payroll to the general ledger and bank payments and investigate differences.
• ✓Design payroll controls covering master data changes, approvals and segregation of duties.

Target Audience

• Payroll officers, accountants and supervisors
• HR operations and compensation staff
• Finance staff responsible for payroll accounting
• Internal auditors reviewing payroll

Detailed Program Modules

Training Methodology

Applied Project & Assessment