How payroll works

Payroll that comes out right, and on time.

Everything your entity needs to pay and file, handed back each month.

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Every date agreed before the month starts.

Inputs arrive by an agreed cut-off, they are checked, we calculate, you approve, and the outputs are delivered.

Step 1

Inputs arrive by an agreed cut-off.

The month's inputs reach us by the cut-off.

Cut-off
Agreed before the month starts.
How
As files, or in the platform.
A leadership team in a Gulf office around a boardroom table, working through papers and laptops.

Payroll input

September 2026

  • United Arab EmiratesCut-off 20 SeptemberSubmitted 15 Sep
  • Saudi ArabiaCut-off 22 SeptemberSubmitted 16 Sep

Two ways to work

Send us files

Nobody needs to log in.

For
Teams keeping the systems they already run.
Not for
Teams that want their employees to self-serve.
How integration works

Work in the platform

Your people log in and self-serve.

For
Teams that want their employees to self-serve.
Not for
Teams that want nobody to log in.
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Seven countries, each on our own engine.

The six Gulf countries and Egypt.

Payroll countries

Rule changes, absorbed before your next run.

  • Absorbed before the next run.

    We build and maintain the engines, so a rule change is in them before your next payroll runs.

  • Told what it means.

    You are told what changed, and what it does to your figures.

  • One named person.

    The person you deal with knows your payroll.

Which parts of Gulf payroll can be outsourced, and which stay with my own entity?

With Global Kinect, the calculation and the paperwork are outsourced. We run the gross-to-net calculation and produce the bank file, the government file, the payslips and the ledger journal. Your own entity submits the files and pays your people. The relationship with the authorities stays with your entity. Your money never passes through us. You approve each month's outputs before they are delivered.

Two months side by side, before anything depends on us.

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Common questions

Who files?
Your own entity does. We produce the government file and the bank file each month. Your entity submits them and pays your people. The relationship with the authorities stays your own, and your money never passes through us.
What if the numbers differ during the parallel run?
We explain every difference. For two months we run alongside your current provider, and you compare both outputs line by line. Nothing depends on us until the numbers match.
Can we keep our HR system?
Yes. We come into the systems you already run, and we do the build. You do not need to use our front end at all. Your data comes in by file, and the outputs are delivered to a folder share we set up for you.
What happens when a rule changes mid-cycle?
Our engines absorb it before your next run. We build and maintain the engines ourselves. You are told what changed, and what it does to your figures.

Bring your last cycle. We will run it.

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