Senior Payroll Manager

6 months ago

Midrand, South Africa Talent Evolution Full time

Responsible for overseeing and directing payroll procedures, the day-to-day functions of payroll, ensuring compliance with laws and tax obligations, supervising the payroll team, and maintaining accurate payroll records.
The incumbent will also manage the implementation and adoption of a strategic approach to payroll for the company’s different business units, whilst building and maintaining relationships with all internal stakeholders and external providers

**Responsibilities**:

- Administer and maintain payroll and the relevant payroll system to ensure that payroll delivers a value-added service.
- Effectively manage the group payroll function to ensure accurate and efficient service delivery to the multiple business units, both nationally and internationally.
- Day to day administration of the payroll, including month end activities, interface with finance, calculation, and payment of payroll Tax, plus coordination of the superannuation contributions.
- Responsible for the general ledger (GL) integrations and trouble shooting.
- Investigate and report on payroll queries and act on findings/recommendations as and when required.
- Resolve all escalated and directed stakeholder queries and complaints.
- Responsible for 3rd party and statutory reports, reconciliations, and payments.

Processing of the remuneration reviews and bonus payments.
- Responsible for the payroll cash forecast, payment releases and monthly payroll roll-overs.
- Responsible for the annual IRP5 reconciliations.
- To provide the annual reports to the tax department and provide the human capital (HC) teams with guidance on tax matters as related to payroll, compensation, or benefits as needed.
- Ensure compliance and manage the leave accrual, allocation, and payment upon termination as per policies and procedures and within the relevant legislative requirements.
- Partner with Leadership and the teams to identify payroll needs and ensure customer satisfaction.
- Provide strategic direction and thought leadership on payroll management to the payroll team
- Define appropriate metrics to measure, analyse, and report on the overall payroll activities and performance.

Responsible for payroll reports to various stakeholders as required.
- Advise and drive the necessary actions for the payroll platforms and related systems to enable the optimisation of the payroll function.
- Review and monitor initiatives across the group, related to all payroll activities; encourage alignment and ensure compliance to legislation and other relevant standards.
- Enable a learning culture through effectively utilising available technology and platforms to ensure maximum automation of payroll activities across the group.
- Ensure up-to-date relevant policies and procedures that are aligned to best practice and ensure conformity with policy requirements related to payroll aspects.
- Ensure that payroll complies with statutory requirements, regulations, standards, policies and procedures as well as corporate governance principles. Actively and timeously resolve any potential issues or any findings related to an audit. Manage and participate in audits as required and ensure compliance within all payroll activities.
- Attend meetings and follow through on any actions, related to payroll activities, with external and internal stakeholders.
- Managing of any service level agreement contract/s for payroll with internal or external parties.
- Develop strategic relationships with relevant partners and service providers.

Staff Leadership

Governance and Risk Management

External parties and relationship management

**Requirements**:
**Educational Qualifications**:

- BCom degree (Accounting) or equivalent
- Payroll Certifications
- HR Information System and/or Payroll System certifications (**Workday and/or PaySpace** will be advantageous)

**Years of Experience**
- 8 years of progressive, professional experience in payroll within a multinational listed company
- 5 years of progressive experience in a payroll management
- **International experience with Payroll management and administration**:

- Experience with the management of multiple business unit payroll administration
- Experience in Payroll Bureau service management
- Workday and PaySpace exposure will be advantageous

**Professional Membership**
Professional membership in South African Payroll Association (SAPA) or related professional institutes.

**Other requirements**
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
- Deep knowledge and experience with HR Information Systems and/or Payroll systems (example Workday, Payspace) managing vendors and service providers.
- Experience in operating at a strategic and tactical operational level.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of tax as related to Remuneration and Benefits
- Expert knowledge of relevant legislation i.e., Tax, BCEA, LRA, COIDA and UIF
- For more information please contact:
**Elsabe Olckers

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