Senior Payroll Analyst

The Estée Lauder Companies; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support end‑to‑end payroll for multiple markets. You will input data, validate accuracy, and reconcile outputs to ensure compliant, timely payrolls across regions.

Collaborating with payroll vendors and internal HR/Finance teams, you will resolve escalated inquiries and contribute to improving payroll processes and service delivery. Fluent English is required.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of payroll experience.
• Experience with payroll systems and data flow.
• Experience with regional multi-language operations and regulatory environments preferred.
• Strong MS Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with payroll vendors to deliver accurate payroll across assigned markets.
• Perform data inputs and validate inputs prior to payroll processing.
• Reconcile payroll outputs with GL and tax remittance.
• Support Tier 2 inquiries and escalate to vendors as needed.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations across markets.
• Assist with year-end filings and period adjustments.
• Partner with HR and Finance to improve payroll processes.

Skills

Payroll processing

Excel

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Tools

Payroll software

Job description

DescriptionThis role will partner with payroll vendors to facilitate end⁃to⁃end payroll processing for a specific group of countries in the region. The individual will work on a team focused on executing global payroll operations within the region. This role will be responsible for conducting payroll data inputs, reviewing data inputs prior to the processing of payroll and reconciling payroll outputs to ensure accurate and compliant payrolls across the assigned markets.In addition to collaborating with payroll vendors to deliver accurate and timely payroll for the assigned markets, the individual will collaborate with the OneSource HR Services delivery teams to resolve escalated employee payroll inquiries. As a part of this responsibility, the individual will also be expected to meet defined standards of service and performance metrics to help Estée Lauder deliver a seamless employee payroll experience. Finally, this position will be responsible for serving as an agent of change to transform current payroll operations to achieve the target service delivery model.Collaborate with HR Service Delivery team, OneSource HR, to resolve Tier 2 employee payroll inquiries and escalate Tier 3 inquiries to Payroll Vendor as necessaryPartner cross⁃functionality to provide special handling of pay⁃impacting transactions including equity, global mobility and benefitsAdhere to policies, procedures and standards across assigned markets and within the local regulatory contextSupport delivery of core payroll activities such as executing prior period adjustments, evaluating wage attachments, reviewing year⁃end filings, and reconciling payroll dataConduct manual data inputs to the payroll system and validate consolidated inputs including those entered manually or received automatically via integration prior to payroll processing for regular and off⁃cycle payrollsLiaise with payroll vendors to process payroll accurately and timely across multi⁃national operations Partner with regional representatives from other functions (e.g., HR, Finance, Treasury, IT) to validate accuracy of inputs and outputs to/from payrollFacilitate issue resolution of inbound/outbound integration files between the payroll system and third partiesReview payroll output reports and distribute to key stakeholders as necessary (e.g., bank file, GL file, tax remittance)Conduct reconciliation of general ledger balances and resolution of any required adjustmentsPerform regular controls evaluations to monitor risks across all assigned marketsMonitor payroll compliance within local regulations and requirements across assigned marketsDeliver payroll services in accordance with internal service standards for assigned markets to enable operational excellencePartner with other members of the Pay Services Team to identify operational payroll improvements opportunitiesWork with Government authorities on audits and requestsQualifications1⁃3 years of experience with payroll, multiple countries a plusTechnical experience with and knowledge of payroll processingKnowledge and experience with payroll systems and data flowExperience with regional multi⁃language operations and regulatory environments preferredAbility to think analytically and perform detail⁃oriented tasksExperience supporting shared services teams preferredExperience working with case management and/or other service management tools preferredStrong time management and organization skillsStrong collaboration and communication skillsStrong MS Office Excel skillsFluent English