Payroll Manager Sage 300 Sandton R60 000 To R80 000

Swift Recruitment (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in South Africa is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee payroll activities. This role involves ensuring compliance with legal requirements and managing a payroll team for accurate and timely payments. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of payroll management experience and comprehensive knowledge of Sage People and SARS returns. The position offers a competitive salary based on experience. Applicants should have a Matric and/or payroll diploma.

Qualifications

• 10+ years payroll management experience in a medium sized organisation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of MIBCO agreement and SARS returns.
• Experience with multiple payrolls, both monthly and weekly.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll activities and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Support and manage the payroll team for timely payroll processing.
• Train payroll staff and maintain updated training manuals.

Skills

Payroll management

SARS compliance

Sage People

Financial knowledge

Team management

Education

Matric and/or payroll diploma

Tools

Sage VIP Payroll

Microsoft Office

Online banking systems

Job description

Overview

Purpose of the job : Manage the activities of the payroll department to ensure accurate and timeous payment of salaries and wages. Ensure that all legal and legislative requirements relating to payroll are adhered to. All death / disability / termination claims processed.

Key Relationships

Internal – HR, Finance, Management, all staff. External – SARS, Sage / VIP, RMA, WCA, UIF, Medical Aid SP, Provident Fund(s) SP, ERS, ad hoc contractors / service providers, MIBCO.

Responsibilities

• Completion and submission of all statutory and legislated requirements: Monthly EMP Annual WCA return of earnings. Bi-annual SARS submissions.
• Support the payroll supervisor in Management of the payroll team: Ensure activities in the payroll department are timeously and accurately carried out: Loading new employees, correct rates of pay applied, provident funds and RFI linking, correct company vehicles and petrol tax, correct leave methods linked, relevant employees linked to ESS, memo screen on payroll used, correct termination payments, monthly payment recons to payroll, monthly payroll deduction recons to actual payments, bank payments loaded, salary costs loaded on Salesforce for approval prior to payments.
• Optimal utilisation of payroll related systems: Linking of employees to the clocking system, optimal utilisation of the online system, journals posted on ACUMATICA, updates on earning lines and methods of calculation done, successful addition and set up of new companies on the payroll system, successful registration of new companies for all legislative requirements, sign off relevant payroll data from the payroll reporting facilities.
• Provide information to relevant parties: Statistical reports to HR and Government (UIF etc.), weekly & monthly payroll expenditure, leave, absence statistics, new and ad hoc reports requested.
• Training of payroll staff: Provide a training manual for new employees, keep manual updated, ongoing training of new and developing team members.
• Performance management of payroll staff in conjunction with Payroll Supervisor: Discipline and corrective action according to Company procedures, ensure all leave forms approved, ensure ESS used by management for leave records, update time and attendance report daily to correspond with leave days taken, conduct quarterly performance discussions.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Critical experience: 10+ years payroll management experience in a medium sized organisation, working on multiple payrolls, both monthly and weekly. SARS returns, comprehensive knowledge of MIBCO agreement, comprehensive knowledge of Sage People, clocking system (ERS Biometrics) knowledge, intermediate financial knowledge.
• Minimum Education: Matric and/or payroll diploma or accounting.
• Technical (systems) knowledge required: Sage VIP Payroll (People) System, Microsoft (all suites) – Advanced, relevant payroll system, SARS online systems, online banking systems, ESS, WCA / RMA online.
• Package & Remuneration: R to R depending on experience.