HR Administration Specialist, Compensation and Benefits for Sub Saharan Africa

Recruitment Matters; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company within the C&B sector seeks a C&B Administration Support professional to streamline payroll and benefits processes across 40+ countries in SSA. The role requires strong administrative skills, knowledge of payroll systems, and experience in employee benefits management. You will be responsible for maintaining records, processing payroll, and supporting global mobility initiatives. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree, C&B administration experience, and advanced knowledge of SAP and payroll systems.

Qualifications

• More than 3 years in payroll administration across multiple SSA countries.
• Minimum one year as C&B Specialist administrator.
• More than one year in immigration support.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for C&B tasks and processes.
• Process payroll input and assist with payroll queries.
• Manage employee benefit fund queries and records.

Skills

Salary

Payroll

Employee Benefits

Benefits Administration

HRIS

Reward Administration

Data Analysis

Reporting

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor's Degree

GRP certification

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Advanced Pay Space

Job description

Compensation & Benefit (C&B) Administration Support for the SSA C&B Team (40+ countries) :

• Provide day-to-day administrative support, focus on addressing immediate C&B tasks / interactions / issues to set standards and instructions
• Understand and work to key C&B concepts, processes, methods and tools including metrics, standards and policies
• Recognize recurring issues and trends related to C&B programs and address the same as per guidelines, else escalate for resolution
• Gather and enter relevant data to provide effective administrative support
• Undertake defined tasks and activities to implement C&B programs and policies for among other : job grading and job architecture, increase and bonus processes, LTI processes, annual pay band data, ad hoc analysis, C&B dashboard, C&B projects, C&B communication, salary survey participation, benefit and wellness administration.
• Maintaining process documents for C&B processes
• Maintain SAP records for all SSA employees in grades H & above
• Quarterly B-H employee detail reports

SSA Regional office payrolls :

• Receive payroll input from HR ops, employees, third parties etc.
• Process input on EDA (e.HR / Oracle) and Payspace for the Payroll Manager to review.
• Assist with payroll queries
• Reports as required for HR functions : joiners, leavers, employee listing etc.
• Payroll filing. Maintaining of all employee C&B related records e.g. increase letters, grading letters etc.
• Support the payroll manager with annual reporting e.g. Employment Equity, UIF, COIDA, Director’s Emoluments
• Support employees with benefit fund queries e.g. leavers and joiners, required forms and declarations etc.
• Payspace payroll reporting support to all countries across SSA (not only limited to the Regional Office)

Global Mobility :

• Immigration : working with third party providers, manage the immigration applications and processes across SSA and maintain related employee records.
• Relocation : support employees with the relocation of goods as per global relocation policy. Work with group global insurance supporting the employee with relocation insurance.
• Support C&B with mobility letters e.g., assignment letters
• Maintain the expat / assignee database

Internal Audit :

• Collect samples and upload C&B audit samples for the SSA region, as required
• Support the Payroll Manager with collating and uploading SSA regional office payroll audit samples, as required
• Quarterly B-H employee detail reports

Skills :

Salary, Payroll, Employee Benefits, Benefits Administration, HRIS, Reward Administration Salary Surveys, Data Analysis, Reporting, Detail orientated Qualification :

• Bachelor's Degree
• GRP certification advantageous
• Payroll and taxation knowledge and experience
• Advanced Pay Space, SAP, Oracle (or other HR system) knowledge
• Remchannel salary survey
• Payroll administration, more than 3 years and across multiple SSA countries
• C&B Specialist administrator, more than one year
• Immigration support, more than one year

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