Payroll Supervisor: Lead Pay & Compliance (SA)

Betway Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 540,000 - 760,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Aid

Provident fund

Group life

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Super Group Africa, a leading digital gaming group, is seeking a SA Payroll Supervisor to lead day-to-day payroll delivery across South African entities. You will ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for compensation, benefits, tax and reporting while partnering with HR and Finance.

The role demands hands-on PaySpace and Workday skills, multi-entity experience, and a proactive approach to audits, controls, and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Relevant payroll qualification, diploma or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ hands-on payroll experience, including at least 2 years in a supervisory capacity.
• Strong hands-on PaySpace experience, including processing, validation, reporting and issue resolution.
• Practical Workday knowledge sufficient to validate employee master data and manage HR-to payroll data dependencies.
• Experience processing and reviewing multiple payrolls in a multi-entity environment.
• Strong knowledge of South African payroll tax, statutory reporting and payroll-related labour requirements.
• Experience with payroll controls, reconciliations, audit evidence and confidential employee data.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency in Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end monthly payroll timetable, allocate work and ensure all activities are completed accurately and by agreed deadlines
• Validate payroll inputs and authorised employee changes against Workday and approved supporting documentation before processing and sign-off
• Perform the first-level review of PaySpace payroll registers with all relevant database input and variables, change reports, variance reports, exception reports, net pay listings and statutory outputs before final approval by the Payroll Manager
• Investigate unusual movements, errors and data exceptions, document resolutions and elevate significant matters promptly
• Oversee monthly payroll-to-general-ledger, salary control, benefits, tax and payment reconciliations, with reconciling items cleared within agreed timelines
• Coordinate accurate and timely statutory submissions and payments, including monthly and periodic employee tax obligations, and maintain supporting evidence
• Ensure complete, accurate and audit-ready payroll records are retained in accordance with company requirements and applicable legislation
• Support internal and external audits, payroll control testing, access reviews and remediation of identified issues
• Coordinate PaySpace tax-year and statutory updates, configuration testing and controlled system changes, with appropriate approvals and evidence
• Partner with HR and Finance on new hires, terminations, remuneration changes
• Supervise, coach and develop payroll team members, monitor quality and deadlines, and promote clear accountability and knowledge sharing
• Identify opportunities to standardise, simplify and automate payroll processes while maintaining appropriate controls and segregation of duties
• Protect confidential payroll and remuneration data and and comply with applicabledata protection and information-security requirements
• Ensure accurate administration and reconciliation of payroll-related third‑party payments, including retirement funding, medical aid, garnishee orders and other authorised deductions

Skills

PaySpace experience

Workday knowledge

Payroll management

Excel skills

Analytical skills

Supervisory leadership

Multi-entity payroll

Education

Payroll qualification/diploma

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

Super Group Africa, a leading digital gaming group, is seeking a SA Payroll Supervisor to lead day-to-day payroll delivery across South African entities. You will ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for compensation, benefits, tax and reporting while partnering with HR and Finance.

The role demands hands-on PaySpace and Workday skills, multi-entity experience, and a proactive approach to audits, controls, and process improvements.