Senior Specialist Employee Benefits

Company Description
Valterra Platinum, formerly Anglo American Platinum, is a leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), with integrated mining, smelting, and refining operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, marketing the metal we produce globally. Following our demerger from Anglo American plc, Valterra Platinum is now an independent, publicly listed company with a primary and secondary listing on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges respectively.

As we embark on this exciting new chapter, Valterra Platinum is positioned to define and pursue its own strategy, anchored in operational excellence, sustainability, and value creation for the long-term. With full accountability for our performance and growth, we are focused on strengthening our capabilities across the entire PGM value chain, from mine to market.

Our independence empowers us to deepen our commitment to stakeholders and lead with purpose – to Unearth Value to Better Our World. We remain steadfast in our ambition to be the world's foremost producer of platinum group metals, while embedding safety and sustainability in everything we do.

If you're driven by purpose and the opportunity to make a lasting impact, we invite you to join us. Apply today and be part of something bigger.

Job Description
This role will manage, implement and integrate Platinum's remuneration and benefits and systems strategies on an operational level that are optimal and compliant with all relevant remuneration and benefits policies and procedures requirements, wage agreements and the legal framework.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that accurate remuneration and benefits decisions are made at the operation and aligned to specifications and processes and within the turn-around time.
• Develop governance processes policies and procedures and best practices for the operation with regards to remuneration and benefits
• Ensure optimal and accurate time and attendance processes and administration.
• Ensure that payroll administration processes are designed and implemented at the operation to establish high quality and accurate service delivery within turnaround time and in line with SLA
• Develop strategies to implement and accurately execute and approved long and short-term incentives and management share schemes
• Ensure compliance to the committed weekly, monthly and yearly accurate remuneration management cycle, within SLA and turnaround times and manage the substandard performance process for the operation.
• Implementation of Wage agreements in line with Rem & Benefits policies and procedures and legislative framework.
• Proactively implement processes and systems to ensure accurate employee annual bonuses annual salary increases, employee incentives i.e., production bonuses, incentive schemes within SLA and turnaround time.
• Champion change management processes on new benefits & governance
• Manages interfaces with time service providers as per agreed SLA and turnaround times.
• Monitor and audit salary payments, bonus payments, annual adjustments, reward allocations, appointments and promotions of employees to eliminate discrepancies and anomalies.
• Conduct accurate remuneration-based audits, identify deviations and take corrective actions
• Perform a strategic link between Corporate Reward, HR systems, GSS and the operation to ensure alignment, good governance and consistency in implementation
• Communicate any changes to the remuneration and benefits policies or procedures;
• Super user on site for the performance management system incentive coordinator
• Oversees the analysis, manipulation and interpretation of HR data extracted from systems and the effective and efficient delivery of accurate data.
• Develop and maintain the effective electronic storage of accurate EB related data for the operation.

This role is at a Band 6 level reporting to the Senior People & Organisation Manager .
Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field required.

Experience

• Three to five years' middle management experience in Payroll, Time & Attendance and/or remuneration field.

Knowledge And Skills

• Expert knowledge in ERP system (specifically SAP).
• Expert knowledge in Time and Attendance system (iTime will be advantageous).
• Advanced proficiency in HR related policies and procedures.
• Emerging proficiency in the practical application of the Operating Model (workflows, configurations, routines), and its relevance to the business/role.
• Proficient in Workforce Planning and Staffing.
• Advanced in the ability to use software to make mass changes to master data
• Advanced ability to generate ad hoc master data reports
• Advanced in the ability to pay attention to detail to minor details
• Advanced competence in Company systems and related legislation
• Advanced Computer skills
• Proficient in applying commercial and business principles in decision-making across the value chain to optimize value
• Advanced proficient in business case development, quantifying value and addressing stakeholder requirements
• Proficient skills in applying business improvement techniques

Additional Information
What We Offer
At Valterra Platinum, you will join a team committed to excellence and impact.

We Offer

• Meaningful work in a high-performance, values-led environment.
• Market-aligned reward and recognition.
• Opportunities for learning, development and progression.
• A culture that respects diversity and encourages innovation.
• A clear commitment to safe Operations.

Inclusion and Diversity
Valterra Platinum is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfill their potential.

Valterra Platinum has a zero tolerance to dignity harms, these include all acts of gender based violence, bullying, harassment and victimisation. Ensuring the safety of our employees extends beyond physical safety and includes the eradication of harmful behaviours from our workplace. This responsibility extends to everyone at Valterra Platinum both during work hours and outside of work. We are unconditional in creating a respectful, inclusive, and safe working environment to ensure that no colleague will be violated or harassed under our watch.

How To Apply
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form via this job advert.

Closing Date
22 October 2025

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