Senior Divisional Payroll Administrator | Compliance & Reporting

PTY; Durban; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Ember Recruitment (PTY) Ltd in Durban, South Africa, seeks a Divisional Payroll Administrator to support payroll processing, wage journals, and divisional cost reporting. The role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and timely wage payments within a busy payroll function.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of payroll administration experience, a related diploma, SAPA certification is advantageous, and a valid code 08 license.

Qualifications

• Payroll Diploma or Diploma/Degree in Finance (advantageous)
• SAPA membership or certification advantageous
• Grade 12 (Matric) – Mathematics or Accounting advantageous
• Code 08 (driver's license)
• Minimum 3-5 years payroll administration experience, with exposure to payroll processing, basic reconciliations, UIF, PAYE, ETI, and payroll compliance
• Basic understanding of BCEA, LRA, UIF, COIDA, SARS PAYE, ETI, and 4th Schedule to the Income Tax Act

Responsibilities

• Assist accurate payment of employees by processing permanent and temporary wage payrolls within the division.
• Support verification of employee costs to ensure accurate and compliant payroll.
• Apply prescribed procedures to ensure payroll accuracy.
• Assist with preparation of monthly Wage journals for review by the Divisional Payroll Manager.
• Assist in compiling basic payroll reports for the Divisional Payroll Manager.
• Support preparation of Divisional Wage Cost reports (MOM, QTQ, YOY variances).
• Assist with ETI tracking and measurement data.
• Support the preparation of data for Payroll Flash reports.
• Assist in ensuring payroll processes comply with policies, procedures, and legislation.
• Support internal and external payroll audit preparations.
• Assist with archiving Wage documents and paperwork.
• Flag any non-compliance or anomalies to the Divisional Payroll Manager.
• Assist with Time & Attendance data verification for Contractual Temps.
• Support leave balance tracking and distribution to relevant stakeholders.
• Assist with monitoring of leave costs, leave credits, and leave replacements.
• Flag exceptions including TEMPs longer than 3 months, late terminations, and excessive overtime.
• Assist with verification of allowances, rate of pay comparisons, and foreign national work permit accuracy.
• Support TEMP onboarding accuracy checks.
• Assist with headcount and staff movement reporting (new hires, terminations, promotions, transfers).
• Participate in weekly Wage Administrator training sessions.

Skills

Payroll management

Education

Payroll Diploma or Diploma/Degree in Finance

Grade 12 (Matric) – Math or Accounting

Job description

Red Ember Recruitment (PTY) Ltd in Durban, South Africa, seeks a Divisional Payroll Administrator to support payroll processing, wage journals, and divisional cost reporting. The role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and timely wage payments within a busy payroll function.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of payroll administration experience, a related diploma, SAPA certification is advantageous, and a valid code 08 license.