Payroll Manager

Ericsson; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company is seeking a Payroll Manager to oversee payroll operations across Sub-Saharan Africa. Responsibilities include managing the payroll team, coordinating with vendors for compliance, and preparing payroll-related reports. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with payroll processes and is sensitive to confidentiality. This position is based in Johannesburg and offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of end-to-end payroll processing experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Strong knowledge of statutory submissions.
• Understanding of local labor laws.

Responsibilities

• Manage the payroll team and ensure accurate payroll processing.
• Coordinate with payroll vendors and ensure compliance.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports.

Skills

Payroll processing

Analytical skills

Excel skills

Communication skills

Confidentiality sensitivity

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

What you will bring

The Payroll Manager is responsible for the following tasks.

• Managing the team to ensure end to end payroll of employees (Sub-Saharan Africa-all entities), collection of input from different platforms and manage the team to prepare the payroll input for submission to payroll vendor. Validate that the team reconcile the payroll received from payroll vendor with the input submitted. Review the bank file checking and review approval from respective People Business Partner and ensure it is submitted to the finance team for budgeting and payment processing. Coordinate with payroll vendor in delivering timely payslip and other statutory reports. Ensure that the reconciliation of the social security, tax reports, pension are completed by the team and coordinate with the auditors for monthly/quarterly/annual submission. Ensure the submission of the JVs and other reports to finance by the team are on time. Ensure the filling of the SOX and ABC controls are completed on monthly basis. Ensuring the team updates payroll archives and that they are kept up to date with all the payroll related information. Ensuring the team completes reconciliation of monthly payroll in detail and highlight the differences and confirms reason for differences. Ensures the team prepare monthly/quarterly/annual reports. Ensures the team completes a reconciliation of monthly GL reports with the payroll JV reports. Ensures the preparation of End of service settlement and support exit management. Support different audit and ensure the team submits the audit related data on time.
• Support People Business Partner and Total Reward in preparing different People and payroll related activities/projects. PAYEE, restructuring, provisions etc.
• Participate in different projects related to payroll.
• Coordinate with payroll vendors on monthly payroll operations and make sure all the information submission is on time and vendor adhering the deadlines.
• Update payroll work instructions.
• Support all payroll team members and plan their competence related to payroll.
• Ensure ongoing accuracy of the Sub-Saharan Africa all entities, payroll and benefits utilizing external suppliers.
• Ensure the team and payroll vendor maintain compliance with local legislation and regulations as well as support internal People policies.

You will bring

Competence Requirements

• Excellent understanding of Sub-Saharan Africa (all entities) payroll processes, JVS, Social security, pension and tax submission process of Sub-Saharan Africa countries.
• Good knowledge of working with finance on payroll related accounting and GL booking.
• Good Excel and Analytical skills.
• Sensitive to high level confidential information
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of using SAP SuccessFactors is a plus.
• Fluency in French language is a plus.

Experience

• 5-7 years of end-to-end Sub-Saharan Africa (all entities), payroll processing experience.
• Strong knowledge of Statutory submission of social security, pension and tax.
• Understanding of basic accounting principles.
• Knowledge of local labor laws of in-scope countries.
• Experience working in a matrix organization.

Ericsson South Africa recruits in line with its Employment Equity plan and will therefore give preference to suitably qualified candidates who are members of designated groups.

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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Primary country and city: Kenya (KE) || Nairobi

Job details: HR Delivery Specialist