Payroll Assistant

1 day ago

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Exceed HR and Recruitment Full time
Job Overview
  • Application Deadline: 12 December 2025
  • Job Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape
  • Job Title: Payroll Assistant
  • Education Level: Bachelors Degree
  • Job Level: Junior
  • Minimum Experience: 1 - 3 Years
Payroll Assistant job vacancy in Stellenbosch.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Update salary list, schedule and payroll for new employees, resignations, on a monthly/weekly basis.
  • Assist with fortnightly/monthly payroll processes such as updating reports, checking and reconciling.
  • Assist with processing and facilitating annual increase and bonus payments.
  • Process other financial compensations or deductions (casuals, staff loans, commissions etc.).
  • Handle payroll related queries (SARS queries, leave and salary administration queries etc.).
  • Leave management.
  • SARS EMP501 bi-annual and annual submissions ensure compliance with statutory regulations.
  • Process workman's compensation submissions and payments annually.
  • Pension fund, provident fund and medical insurance schedule administration.
  • Processing of maternity leave salaries & documentation for Department of Labour.
  • Quarterly STATSSA reporting.
  • COIDA registration, submissions, payments and compliance.
  • Maintaining records of employee data in both paper and the database and ensure all employment requirements are met.
  • Filing & scanning of employee documentation (promoting a paperless environment).
  • Ensuring that Pension fund, Provident fund & Medical insurance documentation are up to date.
  • Assisting with the onboarding process.
  • Ad-Hoc HR functions.

Requirements:

  • Human Resources Management degree / Industrial Psychology degree
  • Financial or Commercial degree will be advantageous.
  • 1 – 2 year's work experience in a Payroll Assistant or similar role.
  • Working knowledge of payroll systems. (SAGE VIP, People Soft, PaySpace etc.)
  • Knowledge and experience in African country payroll administration.
  • Analytical with good math skills.
  • Proficient in using MS Excel (V-lookups, pivot tables and graphs).
  • PaySpace knowledge will be advantageous.

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