Senior Payroll Manager - Multi-Unit Hospitality

Career Custodians; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Payroll system improvements

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Village n Life in Camps Bay, Cape Town, seeks a seasoned Payroll Manager to oversee the payroll function across its hotels and hospitality businesses. You will lead a payroll team, ensure accurate processing, and maintain controls in a seven-day hospitality context.

The role requires strong technical payroll expertise, experience across multiple entities, and collaboration with HR and Finance to drive compliant payroll practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ payroll experience, including at least 3 years in a payroll management role.
• Proven experience managing payroll across multiple companies or business units - essential.
• Proven experience working closely with HR teams on remuneration, employee benefits, leave administration and payroll-related compliance - essential.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Payroll, Finance, Accounting or a related field will be advantageous.
• Experience managing payroll in the hospitality industry or another complex, shift-based environment will be advantageous.
• Strong working knowledge of South African payroll legislation, PAYE, UIF, SDL and COIDA.
• Proven experience with SARS submissions, payroll tax reconciliations and statutory reporting.
• Sound understanding of payroll accounting, general ledger reconciliations and employee cost reporting.
• Experience administering remuneration structures, employee benefits and incentive schemes.
• Strong payroll systems expertise, including employee self-service, management self-service and payroll interfaces.
• Experience with LabourNet payroll systems will be advantageous.
• Proven ability to lead a payroll team and maintain effective internal controls.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to meet demanding payroll deadlines.
• High levels of integrity, confidentiality and sound financial judgement.

Responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for payroll processing across all Village n Life companies
• Lead and develop the payroll team, ensuring accuracy, accountability and adherence to deadlines
• Review and approve payroll calculations, earnings, deductions and reconciliations
• Ensure compliance with South African payroll legislation, SARS requirements and statutory submissions
• Oversee EMP201, EMP501, IRP5, UIF and COIDA submissions and reconciliations
• Manage payroll accounting, general ledger reconciliations, employee cost reporting and payroll-related audits
• Administer remuneration structures, annual salary increases, bonuses and incentive calculations
• Oversee employee benefits, including provident funds, medical aid and group risk benefits
• Manage leave accruals, provisions and employee cost liabilities
• Maintain payroll system integrity, access controls and accurate employee records
• Lead payroll system improvements and strengthen payroll policies, procedures and internal controls
• Provide payroll reporting and technical guidance to Finance, Human Resources and senior leadership

Skills

Payroll management

Multi-company payroll

Team leadership

HR collaboration

Payroll compliance

Payroll reporting

Payroll systems

Education

Payroll/Finance degree

Tools

LabourNet payroll

Job description

Village n Life in Camps Bay, Cape Town, seeks a seasoned Payroll Manager to oversee the payroll function across its hotels and hospitality businesses. You will lead a payroll team, ensure accurate processing, and maintain controls in a seven-day hospitality context.

The role requires strong technical payroll expertise, experience across multiple entities, and collaboration with HR and Finance to drive compliant payroll practices.