Payroll Administrator

Objective Personnel; Springs; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payroll management team in Gauteng is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager with a minimum of 8 years of experience in payroll processing for a large headcount. This role involves providing leadership to Payroll Clerks, ensuring compliance with payroll legislation, and implementing effective payroll processes. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional Excel skills and experience with payroll systems such as JDE and Educos. Join a dynamic team and drive payroll efficiency in a challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum eight (8) years working experience in Payroll.
• Knowledge of BCEA, UIF, SDL and PAYE.
• Strong understanding of payroll legislation and processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to Payroll Clerks regarding payroll processes.
• Validate dismissals/resignations and verify final pay-outs.
• Compile and distribute comprehensive month-end reports.

Skills

Payroll processing experience

Excellent Excel Skills

Customer service knowledge

Education

Matric Certificate with Maths and Accounting

Payroll or Finance qualification

Tools

JDE Payroll System

Educos Payroll System

Job description

Qualifications

• Matric Certificate with Maths and Accounting (Maths Literacy is not sufficient)
• Payroll or Finance qualification will be advantageous.

Requirements

• Minimum eight (8) years working experience in Payroll
• Payroll processing experience on payrolls with a minimum headcount of one thousand five hundred
• (1500) employees
• Human Resource and Personal Administration knowledge advantageous
• JDE and Educos Payroll System experience
• Excellent Excel Skills a must have
• Payroll Knowledge of principles and procedures for payroll
• Clerical Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as work processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology
• Customer and Personal Service Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
• Understand payroll legislation and processes i.e. tax; and
• Sound knowledge of BCEA, UIF, SDL and PAYE.

Duties

• Provide direction to Payroll Clerks and business units of the implementation of new payroll forms and payroll processes
• Validate dismissals/resignations and verify the final pay-outs
• Resolve second line enquiries timeously and effectively within service level agreement (SLA)
• Review and sign off all interim payments
• Oversee payroll filing
• Print and distribution of payslips on a weekly/monthly basis
• Plan, organise and implement payroll processes that meet the requirements to ensure a successful payroll run on a daily basis. This includes but is not limited to the daily checking of input and variance report sign-offs
• Reconciles payroll data to third party vendors
• Clears reconciling items via the payroll within 30 days
• Compile and distribute comprehensive month end reports to business unitsResponsible for month-end processes, preparation and reconciliations
• Recommend changes or implement new processes around the payroll system to meet business unit requirements
• Testing of any cost component and legislative changes
• Report all system problems to the responsible ICT department and follow through to resolution
• Participate and/or manage any project that is initiated in SSC whether team or individual input is required
• Provide information as and when required by management, customers, colleagues, or any other third party
• Liaise with all customers when required
• Ensure compliance as per company delegation of authority and statutory legislation is adhered to
• Perform ad hoc duties as and when required within reasonable job scope.
• Administer large volume payroll information;
• Check all payroll and leave input captured;
• Compile and check variances and other relevant payroll controls before payroll final