Payroll Officer

Are you ready to take your payroll expertise to the next level in the world of fintech 
Were looking for a detailoriented Payroll Officer to join our fastpaced innovative team. If you thrive on accuracy have a knack for techdriven solutions and want to make a meaningful impact in a growing fintech company wed love to hear from you. 

So what will you do  

Ensure the accurate and efficient management of the companys monthly payroll. 
Bring your passion for numbers and problemsolving to optimize payroll processes embrace cuttingedge solutions and ensure our team is paid with accuracy and care. 

In addition to the above you will: 

Employee Onboarding & Offboarding:  

• Review of HR related documentation to ensure that all relevant payroll related documents are filed correctly kept up to date and submitted to 3rd parties as required (i.e. employee IDs tax numbers bank account details medical aid and group risk info etc.) 
• Assist Talent team in onboarding and offboarding employees from the companys medical aid & group risk schemes. 

Monthly Payroll:  

• Ensuring that monthly payroll and any ad hoc payroll runs are processed accurately efficiently and in accordance with SA tax legislation. 
• Review of monthly commission reports generated by internal company sales and support team leaders and submission thereof to the Finance Operations Manager for final signoff. 

Investigation into any anomalies identified:

• Capture and review all businessrelated expenditure incurred by employees and appearing on payroll. Conduct investigations into any unauthorised spend. 
• Assistance with payroll forecasting for budget purposes. 
• Generate reporting related to time/effort expended by Product team members for the purposes of capitalising internally generated intangible assets. 
• Review leave pay and bonus provision balances and conduct investigations into any discrepancies identified (i.e. long outstanding leave etc.) 
• Generate and assist in submission of PAYE and other tax returns with oversight of the Finance Operations Manager. 
• Escalation of any payroll system errors to Finance Operations Manager and Sage/3rd party consultancies where necessary. 
• Engage with Sage/3rd party consultancies regarding continuous improvement to the companys payroll system and processes. 

Stakeholder Management:  

• Act as the primary relationship manager between the internal HR team and ensure that any information affecting payroll is communicated timeously (i.e. new hires terminations in and out of cycle increases change in medical aid details etc.) 
• Act as first line respondent to any employee queries regarding payroll (incl. investigation of payroll discrepancies generation of dummy payslips tax returns etc.) 
• Act as the primary relationship manager for 3rd party providers affecting payroll such as Discovery PSG Sage. 
• Assisting the Finance Operations Manager & Learning Manager with implementing the companys BEE strategy as it relates to skills development (incl. assistance with generation of the companys annual workplace skills development plan and employment equity reporting for Dept. of Labour.  

Qualifications :

• Business administration/finance degree or Diploma. 
• 5 years of experience in a payroll dept.  

Deal breakers: 

• Excellent knowledge of tax legislation affecting employees takehome pay  
• Prior experience in managing Discovery Medical Aid & Group Risk schemes would be favourable. 
• Advanced MS Excel experience would be favourable. 
• Prior experience with Sage 300 payroll software and MS Dynamics 365 Business Central or similar accounting package would be favourable. 

Additional Skills & Knowledge: 

• Selfstarter / entrepreneurial and willing to get their hands dirty in a company with a scaleup culture.  
• Ability to handle pressure and adapt to change in a dynamic rapidly shifting environment. 
• Excellent attention to detail organizational and communication skills. 
• Curious and willing to learn how the companys operations influence monthly payroll (i.e. understanding what economic drivers influence staff commission overtime etc.) Must be curious and willing to learn how the companys operations influence monthly payroll (i.e. understanding what economic drivers influence staff commission overtime etc.) 

Additional Information :

Perks of joining the Tribe

• Work in a highgrowth company with tangible results youre accountable for. 
• Enjoy hybrid and in officeworkmodels for Durban based employees.  
• Competitive remuneration and benefits including reduced Gap cover rates. Medical Aid and Group Risk scheme contributions. 
• Visionary leadership. 
• Seize the opportunity for study leave. 
• Access to ondemand learning at your fingertips. 
• Experience a friendly collaborative culture with a team of allroundlekker humans(its true we surveyed our Employees and they told us so). 
• If you find yourselfat HQ coffee on tap and a selection of hot beveragesprovided by our very own onsite Barista. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime