Senior Payroll Manager

3 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full time

**Minimum requirements**:

- 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 planning, organizing and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail abilities.
- A strong understanding and appreciation of the cultural norms, ways of working and ability to adapt programmes accordingly.
- People focused with an ability to strongly lead a team through any circumstance.
- Ability to influence and build strong relationships at all levels and throughout the organization.
- Demonstrated success in managing multiple projects to deliver results under tight deadlines.
- High level of resilience and emotional intelligence to engage with different stakeholders.
- Strong passion for technology
- Strong presentation skills
- Strong financial and business acumen
- Excellent numerical skills and advanced accounting skills
- Expert knowledge of business and industry standards and best practices in the payroll principles and process, remuneration and employee benefits field.
- 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
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong time management skills,
- Self-driven and independent
- Strong Computer proficiency (MS Office with specific knowledge and skills in PowerPoint, Word, Outlook & Excel)

**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 company policies and procedures and within the relevant legislative requirements.
- Partner with HC Leadership and the HC teams to identify payroll needs and ensure customer satisfaction.
- Utilise trends within company and related organisations to develop best practice initiatives for the company.
- Provide strategic direction and thought leadership on payroll management to the payroll team and across the company.
- 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.
- Administer and maintain payroll and the relevant payroll



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