HR Data and Payroll Analyst

Montego Pet Nutrition; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 550 000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent pet food manufacturer in South Africa is seeking an experienced HR Data & Payroll Analyst. In this role, you'll maintain HR and payroll data integrity, develop insightful reports, and support payroll functions. You'll collaborate across departments to ensure compliance and increase efficiency through data analysis and dashboard reporting. If you're detail-oriented with a strong analytical background and expert in Excel and Power BI, this position could be perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to interpret data and generate insights.
• Experience with HR data management and compliance.
• Ability to use software for payroll processing and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate HR and payroll data.
• Build interactive dashboards and automate reports.
• Ensure compliance with BCEA, LRA, and tax standards.

Skills

Data analysis

Payroll management

Data integrity

Excel

Power BI

Collaboration

Tools

Sage People 300

Jarrison

Job description

We’re looking for an HR Data & Payroll Analyst who can turn raw data into meaningful insight — and ensure that every line, column, and decimal contributes to strategic, people-focused decision-making. This role is part detective, part data artist, and part payroll pro — ideal for someone who can balance analytical rigour with a good sense of humour (and maybe a strong coffee).

What You’ll Do (and Do Brilliantly)

HR Data Management & Integrity

• Keep our HR and payroll data squeaky clean, accurate, and compliant.
• Reconcile data across systems monthly and ensure everyone plays by the data-quality rulebook.
• Validate employee master data and benefits — because precision is power.

Data Analysis, Reporting & BI Dashboards

• Build and maintain interactive HR dashboards in Excel and Power BI that make managers say, “Wow!”
• Deliver crisp reports on headcount, overtime, leave, and cost trends — then automate it all.
• Turn data into stories that help shape smarter HR strategies.

Payroll Support & Stand-In Duties

• Validate imports, perform reconciliations, and keep payroll humming in harmony.
• Stand in for the Payroll Officer when needed — because data waits for no one.
• Conduct variance analysis to keep everything perfectly in sync.

System Maintenance & Integration

• Maintain and update configurations in HR systems (Sage People 300, Jarrison, and friends).
• Work with IT and HR to improve interfaces and automate reporting magic.
• Test and document changes like a pro.

Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure every report meets BCEA, LRA, and tax standards.
• Keep sensitive HR data under lock and key — POPIA says thank you.
• Support Employment Equity and statutory reporting.

People Support & Collaboration

• Partner with HR, Finance, and Management to deliver data-driven insight.
• Guide colleagues on how to make the most of HR systems and reporting tools.
• Help shape conversations and decisions with your data-savvy brilliance.

About Montego

Montego Pet Nutrition, a family business established in 2000 in the Karoo, is the leading independent pet food manufacturer in the African Market. As a pioneer in pet care, we have always been passionate about bettering pets, people and the planet. For 25 years, our genuine love of pets has been at the heart of our business and supports our brand promise of “Better Every Day”. Today, pet owners in more than 20 countries across five continents trust us to produce world-class products with the health and wellbeing of pets in mind.