Payroll Analyst: Data-Driven Insights & Dashboards

CA Financial Appointments; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 335,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a large diversified investment holding company operating through a shared services model, is looking for a Payroll Analyst to join their People team in Stellenbosch. You’ll take ownership of end-to-end processing for selected monthly payrolls of 400+ employees across multiple entities, working closely with the Payroll & Benefits Officer as backup and quality check.

Beyond processing, you’ll dig into payroll and reward data, build reports and dashboards, and turn numbers into insights

Qualifications

• Own end-to-end payroll processing for monthly payrolls of 400+ employees across multiple entities.
• Build and interpret payroll/reward reporting and dashboards from payroll data.

Responsibilities

• Process assigned payrolls on Sage 300 People with accuracy and deadlines.
• Conduct reconciliations and resolve discrepancies at root cause.
• Build and interpret payroll/reward reporting and dashboards.
• Support bonus, benchmarking and share vesting cycles with data prep.
• Assist with User Acceptance Testing for system changes.
• Ensure compliance with PAYE, UIF, SDL and COID requirements.

Skills

Payroll processing

Sage 300 People

Data analysis

Reporting

Job description

Our client, a large diversified investment holding company operating through a shared services model, is looking for a Payroll Analyst to join their People team in Stellenbosch. You’ll take ownership of end-to-end processing for selected monthly payrolls of 400+ employees across multiple entities, working closely with the Payroll & Benefits Officer as backup and quality check.

Beyond processing, you’ll dig into payroll and reward data, build reports and dashboards, and turn numbers into insights