About the company

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The KBR team delivers future-forward science, technology, and engineering solutions, as well as mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives while also helping them achieve their sustainability goals.

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic, value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Job purpose

Support the payroll and accounting function for the Majnoon workforce by preparing accurate payroll inputs, reconciliations, and accounting records. Help ensure employees are paid correctly and on time, and that payroll records comply with Iraqi law and KBR finance procedures.

Job responsibilities

• Collect and check monthly payroll inputs, such as timesheets, attendance, allowances, overtime, and deductions.
• Prepare salary calculations and payroll reports for review by the payroll or finance lead.
• Help prepare income tax and social security data and schedules in line with Iraqi requirements.
• Reconcile payroll records against timesheets, HR data, and bank payment files, and follow up on discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate employee payroll records and files.
• Help answer employee payroll queries and refer complex issues to the payroll lead.
• Support month-end activities, including journal entries, accruals, and payroll cost allocation.
• Prepare Excel reports and summaries for management and audit requests.
• Keep supporting documents organized for internal and external audits.
• Handle salary and personal data in strict confidence.

Technical qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from a recognized university.
• One to three years of experience in payroll or general accounting.
• Basic knowledge of Iraqi income tax and employee social security rules.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, and pivot tables, and good MS Office skills.
• Experience with a payroll or accounting system is an advantage.
• Good spoken and written English; fluent Arabic.

Soft skills

• Accurate and careful with numbers.
• Able to meet deadlines in a monthly processing cycle.
• Discreet and trustworthy when handling confidential salary data.
• Polite and clear when responding to employee queries.
• Able to work in a remote field environment on a rotational schedule.

About the Company

We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission critical roles in 34 countries.

KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.