Payroll Administrator

Description:

• Matric Certificate with Maths and Accounting (Maths Literacy is not sufficient)
• Payroll or Finance qualification will be advantageous.Requirements
  
  • Minimum eight (8) years working experience in Payroll
  • Payroll processing experience on payrolls with a minimum headcount of one thousand five hundred
  • (1500) employees
  • Human Resource and Personal Administration knowledge advantageous
  • JDE and Educos Payroll System experience
  • Excellent Excel Skills a must have
  • Payroll Knowledge of principles and procedures for payroll
  • Clerical Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as work processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology
  • Customer and Personal Service Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
  • Understand payroll legislation and processes i.e. tax; and
  • Sound knowledge of BCEA, UIF, SDL and PAYE.Duties
    
    • Provide direction to Payroll Clerks and business units of the implementation of new payroll forms and payroll processes
    • Validate dismissals/resignations and verify the final pay-outs
    • Resolve second line enquiries timeously and effectively within service level agreement (SLA)
    • Review and sign off all interim payments
    • Oversee payroll filing
    • Print and distribution of payslips on a weekly/monthly basis
    • Plan, organise and implement payroll processes that meet the requirements to ensure a successful payroll run on a daily basis. This includes but is not limited to the daily checking of input and variance report sign-offs
    • Reconciles payroll data to third party vendors
    • Clears reconciling items via the payroll within 30 days
    • Compile and distribute comprehensive month end reports to business units
    • Responsible for month-end processes, preparation and reconciliations
    • Recommend changes or implement new processes around the payroll system to meet business unit requirements
    • Testing of any cost component and legislative changes
    • Report all system problems to the responsible ICT department and follow through to resolution
    • Participate and/or manage any project that is initiated in SSC whether team or individual input is required
    • Provide information as and when required by management, customers, colleagues, or any other third party
    • Liaise with all customers when required
    • Ensure compliance as per company delegation of authority and statutory legislation is adhered to
    • Perform ad hoc duties as and when required within reasonable job scope.
    • Administer large volume payroll information;
    • Check all payroll and leave input captur