Manager: Compensation and Benefits

**Overall Purpose of the Job**

To manage remuneration and benefits with the aim of attracting and retaining talented employees including payroll. This includes developing and implementing reward and benefits programs whilst ensuring maximum benefits realization for the organisation.

**Human Resources Policies and Procedures**
- Review, develop and manage effective HR policies and procedures pertaining to payroll, remuneration and benefits.

**Human Resources Systems and Processes**
- Review, develop and manage effective HR systems and processes pertaining to payroll, remuneration and benefits.
- Ensure alignment of the HR systems with prevailing policies.

**Payroll Administration**
- Manage the payroll administration of the SACAA to ensure compliance with statutory legislation.
- Ensure integrity of payroll system.
- Maintain an HR information system to inform data intelligence services needed to facilitate decision making.
- Develop metrics for analysing data for purposes of producing statistical reports.
- Conduct monthly data quality assurance on payroll system such as recording leave captured in the system, updating organisational structure information etc and audits against Corporate HR reports.
- Ensure that an accurate statistical database of employees is maintained and available at all times.

**Remuneration and Benefits**
- Develop, implement and manage legal compliance, remuneration and benefits processes, systems, procedures and practices of the SACAA.
- Accountable for policy and benefit management and related education across the organisation.
- Undertaking benchmarking exercises and assignments in remuneration and benefits management practices, job evaluation and salary reviews.
- Develop and evolve the organisation’s pay scale and structure.
- Conduct benchmarks of Pay Scales in the market when necessary and make recommendations to the Executive HR.
- Ensure that the organisation’s pay scale complies with relevant laws and regulations.
- Oversee the distribution of pay to employees.
- Ensure employees are paid in line with the SACAA policies.

**Client Liaison**
- Provide the SACAA management and staff with the necessary assistance and advice regarding HR matters.
- Liaise with external clients.

**People Management**
- Ensure the appointment and retention of competent direct reports.
- Manage key performance areas of subordinates to ensure achievement of individual and Divisional objectives.
- Ensure the appointment and retention of competent reporting staff and the management of their key performance areas to achieve divisional objectives.
- Mentor, coach and develop staff.
- Motivate staff to achieve individual, Divisional and organisational goals.

**Human Resources Records Management**
- Oversee Human Resources records management.
- Collaborate with HR Operations to ensure employee and payroll data integrity.

**Management of Reports**
- Compiles monthly, quarterly, annual and adhoc reports.
- Partner with managers to help develop promotion and retention strategies for existing employees.
- Develop a departmental budget and keep operations within that budget.
- Oversee reports produced by compensation and payroll support team.

**Education**
- **Minimum**

Relevant Bachelor’s degree (HR or Finance or related field) or equivalent
- **Ideal**

Relevant NQF level 8 equivalent

**Experience**
- **Minimum**

7 years’ payroll and employee benefits exposure

5 years’ management experience
- **Ideal**

7 years’ management experience in employee benefits

Good understanding of payroll systems

Remuneration and Benefits Training

**Closing Date: 4 October 2024