Global Payroll & Time & Attendance Specialist

Maersk; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk in Cape Town seeks a Payroll, Time and Attendance Specialist with 5-8 years of experience in payroll processes within international settings. You will manage on-cycle and off-cycle payrolls, ensure statutory payments, and support time and attendance initiatives.

The role requires strong knowledge of South Africa's payroll regulations, tax, and benefits, with a proactive, collaborative approach to engage HR stakeholders and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Solid experience (5-8 years) in Payroll, Time & Attendance processes within a complex international organization.
• Experience with Wage environments and Bargaining Councils.
• Strong knowledge of compliance and legal regulations for payroll & benefits in South Africa.
• In-depth tax knowledge and retirement savings knowledge in South Africa.

Responsibilities

• Manage pre-payroll, on-cycle payroll, off-cycle payroll processes for weekly and monthly paid employees.
• Validate payroll results & provide reconciliations based on control reports.
• Ensure timely Statutory and Third Party Payments and Reporting.
• Adjust basic time configuration of systems after initial implementation, as approved/required.
• Track payroll deliverables through defined payroll metrics.
• Be risk aware and help identify, report, mitigate and track risks in the payroll delivery process.
• Support the Payroll Team Lead in providing necessary data and clarifications to queries raised by audit – internal and external.
• Participate in Time and Attendance initiatives including system upgrades, communication of changes to People Partners, testing and documenting all changes for historical and record retention policies, project support as needed.
• Interface with People Partners to support employee/ leader queries.
• Identify improvement opportunities in regional processes and raise them to global process Leader(s).

Skills

Payroll

Time & Attendance

Wage environment

Bargaining Councils

Compliance

Legal regulations

Tax knowledge

Social security

Retirement savings

Accounting basics

Stakeholder engagement

Proactive attitude

Flexibility

Adaptability

Resilience

Team collaboration

Analytical skills

Structured work

Job description

Maersk in Cape Town seeks a Payroll, Time and Attendance Specialist with 5-8 years of experience in payroll processes within international settings. You will manage on-cycle and off-cycle payrolls, ensure statutory payments, and support time and attendance initiatives.

The role requires strong knowledge of South Africa's payroll regulations, tax, and benefits, with a proactive, collaborative approach to engage HR stakeholders and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.