National Payroll Specialist

This exciting position is in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town and ideal for a skilled Payroll Specialist that has the ability to work in a stressful environment with stringent deadlines. Ability to work with minimum supervision. Your ability to multi-task and to manage pressure will make you a suitable candidate for the role.

Requirements:

• Matric
• Minimum 3yrs experience in processing salaries on VIP Premier of SAGE People or similar payroll packages
• Minimum 4 years working experience in similar role

Duties:

• Processing the monthly salaried payroll - some 700+ staff in Cape Town - over 2000 staff nationally with payroll in the various provinces
• Managing all admin relevant to monthly payroll
• Loading and updating all employee information on the payroll system - SAGE
• Ensuring all employees'' deductions are correctly recorded and the relevant deductions made
• Calculate and pay over third-party payments timeously and accurately
• Liaising with all Funds and Third Parties as required e.g. Pension Fund / Medical Aid / lemas and more
• Administering UIF, Pension Fund and Medical Aid documentation as required
• Processing employee terminations
• Reconciling monthly salaries payrolls
• Reconciling tax year end recons
• Preparing annual budget schedules
• Compiling annual bonus and increase schedules
• Assist monthly employees with salaries queries
• Maintaining and updating all employee personal files
• Distributing Pension Fund statements and IRP5 when necessary
• Ensuring all monthly deadlines are met
• Maintaining a good relationship with managers as well as employees to ensure a good flow of communication
• Keeping up to date with tax tables and other statutory changes
• Managing the full payroll system in terms of updates and required changes
• Any other ad-hoc payroll related duties when required