Senior Payroll Analyst

**Senior Payroll Analyst - Marsh McLennan - Johannesburg, South Africa**

**What can you expect?**

**What’s in it for you?**
- Good work life balance with a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits programs, and flexible working
- An international well-established company with a strong brand and strong results to match

**We will count on you to**:

- Responsible for the administration and reviewing of monthly payrolls for over 200 employees across 6 payrolls; ensure accuracy of approved input sheets; track and monitor all payroll/remuneration/benefits/statutory contributions from regions
- Administer employee records; ensure that employee changes are entered correctly and made on a timely basis; review changes for proper authorization and adherence to local country policy including compliance with regulators
- Administer the submission of approved bank transfers for all payment types, including salaries and 3rd Party Payments
- Administer the reconciliation of all countries benefits and statutory contributions and deductions including statutory filings (Country Specific)
- Responsible for the coordination efforts between HR Payroll and other streams to ensure proper flow and maintenance of employee master data
- Administer and performing accuracy tests on Onboarding, Employee Life Cycle and Off Boarding Processes, including master and financial data, and comparing data from Sage and Workday and remediating changes
- Responsible to administer pre-populated
- as well as ad hoc custom reporting requirements and perform data integrity checks
- Administer Payroll Accounting Process including cashbook, GL and clearing control accounts
- Identify process improvement initiatives and define processes for new standards
- Administer Reviewing of Absence management
- Stand in for team members in back-up role for vacation and /or high-volume work efforts
- Administer Change Management in system changes (Configuration and Release updates) - must be familiar with UAT and Production requirements and ability to analyse and test Release updates
- Administer daily audit trails
- Prepare monthly Audit readiness reports
- Administer the Submission and reconciling of all statutory filings for all Countries
- Administration of Share Programs
- Administration of Foreign Income remuneration
- Creation of monthly variance reports for internal costing portals
- Administer back dated salary adjustments within Tax years and across tax years

**What you need to have**:

- Three plus years in a payroll environment performing end to end payroll functions for Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Nigeria
- Sound knowledge, understanding of in country Payroll Taxes and Statutory filing legislation; reconciliations and submissions
- Excellent numeric skills using Excel; Advanced User in Sage 300
- Understanding Remuneration Structures, CTC TCTC, Basic plus Benefits
- Strong payroll accounting skills and understanding the flow of transactions in the accounting system
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere data privacy
- Excellent problem solving/judgment skills and high level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong data analytical skills using high volumes of data from different sources
- Ability to communicate at all levels with discretion; maintain client service excellence
- Strong organizational skills, attention to d and independently follow through on outstanding or escalated items
- Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks and meet all deadlines under pressure
- Adaptation to operate in a changing environment and support multiple clients

**What makes you stand out**:

- Extensive experience within the payroll function across South Africa and primarily African regions (Namibia, Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, Nigeria, and Uganda) and knowledge of the different taxation, benefits and regulations within each country.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.