Solvait HCM Goes Live Across Almutlaq Group

Solvait HCM Goes Live Across the Almutlaq Group

Solvait HCM is now live at Almutlaq Real Estate Investment Company (AREIC), part of the Almutlaq Group, along with Qantara Development, Almutlaq Furniture, and several other companies in the group. The go live moved HR for these businesses off separate systems and onto one platform built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, bringing core HR, payroll, and self service together in a single place. This is a customer story, and the story of a partnership that reached its launch day.

A human capital management system is a platform that brings every HR process for an organization, from the employee record to payroll and compliance, into one unified system instead of scattered tools. That is exactly what a group the size of Almutlaq needed: companies operating in completely different sectors, sharing one requirement to run their people the same way.

A group across sectors, one shared need

Almutlaq isn't a single company. It's a long established Saudi group with more than sixty years of history across real estate, manufacturing, infrastructure, and retail. Each of its companies is a story in its own right.

Almutlaq Real Estate Investment Company (AREIC) was founded in 2006 as a master developer and long term owner of high quality property portfolios across the Kingdom, with projects including the Galleria Mall in Jubail. Qantara Development, established in 2020 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the group, develops critical infrastructure assets through public private partnership models and contributes directly to Vision 2030 goals. Almutlaq Furniture traces its legacy to 1954, one of the earliest names in furniture manufacturing, retail, and integrated furnishing solutions in Saudi Arabia.

Three companies, three sectors, three working cultures. Behind that variety, HR faced the same challenge in each one: how do you run the employee journey the same way across entities that share almost nothing else?

What changed at go live

Before the project, each company ran its people on its own tools. Separate records, payroll prepared by hand, and reports pulled from more than one source before they reached management. That pattern works, but it eats time, leaves room for error, and makes it hard for group leadership to see the full picture.

After Solvait went live, these companies run HR on one platform. The record is unified, payroll is automated and ready for WPS and GOSI compliance, and self service is available to employees directly.

The table below sums up the difference:

Area	Before Solvait	After Solvait
Systems	Separate system per company	One platform across the group
Payroll	Manual and fragmented	Automated, WPS ready
Employee data	Scattered across sources	Unified, real time record
Reporting	Compiled by hand	Instant analytics for leadership
Self service	Limited	Full employee self service

The real point isn't that each line improved on its own. It's that all three companies now speak the same language when they manage their people, which is what makes expanding later to the rest of the group far easier.

What is the importance of this step in the Saudi market?

The shift Almutlaq chose lands at a moment when HR automation in the Kingdom is accelerating. According to PwC's Middle East Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2025, 75% of employees in the region used AI tools in their work over the past year, against 69% globally. Saudi Arabia tracks with that upward trend.

Leadership is ready too. A KPMG report from November 2025 found that 84% of CEOs in Saudi Arabia are prepared to adopt AI responsibly, above the global benchmark of 76%. And on the Global AI Index, Saudi Arabia ranked fifth worldwide and first in the Arab region for growth in the sector.

But numbers don't tell the whole story. The other side is that nearly half of employees in the region, 49% in the same survey, expect technological change to reshape their jobs significantly within three years. That's why it matters for a transformation to arrive with tools that help employees rather than unsettle them. Solvait builds its products on that principle: AI for people, not a replacement for them.

What stands behind this launch

Solvait is a Saudi company specializing in human capital management and payroll solutions, with more than a decade of work in the region. The technical foundation is Solvait HCM, built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, covering core HR, WPS and GOSI ready payroll, and self service.

So what made this project work across three different companies?

First : one platform that adapts to different sectors instead of forcing a rigid model. A real estate firm and a furniture business aren't run the same way, and the system absorbed that difference.

Second : payroll built for Saudi requirements from the start, so compliance is part of the design rather than a bolt on.

Third : a team that knows the reality of HR in the region, from Iqama renewals to end of service benefits to Saudization requirements.

Our thanks go to the Almutlaq Group teams for their trust and for the partnership that made this day possible. Go live isn't the end of the project. It's the start of a shared growth journey. And if you run HR across more than one entity and you're thinking about unifying it, you can request a Solvait demo to see what that looks like in practice.

FAQ

What does it mean for an HCM system to go live?

Go live means the system has moved from setup and testing into real daily operation. At that point the company actually starts running its people and payroll on the new platform and stops relying on its previous systems.

Which Almutlaq Group companies were included in the launch?

The launch covered Almutlaq Real Estate Investment Company (AREIC), Qantara Development, and Almutlaq Furniture, along with several other companies in the group, with a plan to expand to the remaining entities.

Is Solvait compliant with Saudi payroll requirements?

Yes. Solvait HCM is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and processes payroll in line with the Wage Protection System (WPS) and GOSI, including end of service benefits calculation and Saudi labor law requirements.

How does unifying the platform help a group operating across sectors?

When every company runs its people on one platform, the record becomes unified, reporting is instant, and compliance is consistent. That cuts manual work, gives group leadership full visibility across entities, and makes onboarding new companies easier later.