Payroll Accountant - Global Law Firm - Sandton

Agc Recruitment Pty Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 480 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm in Sandton is seeking a Payroll Accountant to manage the payroll department. This role involves overseeing payroll processes, ensuring compliance, and leading a team to deliver superior customer service. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of payroll experience and sound knowledge of accounting systems. If you are ready to take on a leadership role, we encourage you to apply online.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of payroll and accounting experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing a payroll team.
• Sound knowledge of financial compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage the payroll department and oversee payroll processing.
• Compile the annual manpower salaries and headcount budget.
• Ensure best practices are implemented in payroll procedures.

Skills

Payroll management

Leadership

Compliance knowledge

Data analysis

Customer service

Tools

MS Office

Accounting systems

Job description

About the job

Payroll Accountant - Global Law Firm - Sandton

Our client, a global law firm, has an opportunity for a Payroll Accountant.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of cross-border secondments, transfers, or hires related to payroll processing.

This role involves the overall management of the payroll department, providing guidance, mentoring, and coaching as needed.

Additionally, you will ensure that the payroll team consistently delivers superior customer service to both internal and external clients.

Key Performance Areas

• Compile the annual manpower salaries and headcount budget in conjunction with the Human Resources department.
• Manage projects as and when required.
• Assist in developing & maintaining payroll reporting processes, procedures and internal control for the purpose of maintaining an efficient payroll function.
• Oversee the reconciliation of data between the payroll system and general ledger system.
• Monitor & manage manpower budget against actual spend on a monthly basis and report on variances.
• Critically review and analyse current payroll procedures to recommend and implement changes leading to best practice as and when required.
• Ensure extraction of all monthly management reports (ie headcount data & employee costs).

Payroll Audit Activities

Oversee the payroll audit activities in respect of external and internal audits (ie journal entries, adjustment of entries and accruals, financial reports and statements).

Compliance and Leadership

Monitor payroll activities and ensure that all processes are compliant in accordance with established financial, legal and / or administrative requirements.

Recommend policies, procedure and action on issues that relate to financial operations in order to provide direction and to assist with decision making.

Demonstrate in depth experience in managing, motivating, developing and building effective relationships within the payroll team and ensure overall supervision of payroll staff.

Required Experience and Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years suitable payroll & accounting experience.

Sound knowledge of MS Office (i.e MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint).

Sound knowledge of accounting systems.

Countries : South Africa and Tanzania.

If you have experience in payroll management and are ready to take on a leadership role in a global law firm, we encourage you to apply online.