Payroll Manager

SUMMARY:
Future Careers is recruiting for an experienced Payroll Manager to join a leading retailer in Cape Town. This pivotal role involves leading a dedicated payroll team, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations across multiple regions.

POSITION INFO:

The successful candidate will play a key role in managing payroll systems, statutory reporting, and compliance with employment legislation, while supporting the organisation’s employees through seamless payroll management.

This is a senior role suited for someone with extensive payroll experience, a strong understanding of tax and benefits, and proven leadership capabilities. You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of accuracy, identifying process improvements, and ensuring the organisation remains compliant with all payroll and employment regulations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring accurate and timely processing of salaries, benefits, deductions, taxes, and third-party payments
• Ensure payroll operations are fully compliant with company policies and all applicable legislative requirements across relevant trading countries
• Manage and review payroll processing systems, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy
• Oversee payroll updates including new hires, terminations, pay rate changes, and variable pay
• Prepare and maintain accurate payroll records and reports to meet internal and external audit requirements
• Ensure monthly and annual statutory reporting is completed accurately and on time
• Facilitate payroll audits by providing required documentation and supporting information
• Develop, implement, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and critical payroll timelines
• Lead change management initiatives within the Payroll and HR teams to support consistent and compliant payroll delivery
• Ensure all financial reporting and payroll-related postings comply with company standards and SOPs
• Recruit, train, manage, and performance-manage payroll team members
• Implement a robust talent management and succession plan to ensure continuity within the payroll function

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field
• Minimum 5 years’ management experience in payroll, with exposure to large integrated payroll systems (payroll size of 3,000+ employees)
• At least 3 years’ hands-on experience with SAGE People 300
• Strong understanding of employee tax and employee benefit fund administration
• Sound knowledge of labour legislation and statutory payroll requirements across multiple trading countries
• Proven experience in leading and supervising payroll teams
• Advanced organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in GSuite and payroll-related systems

Please forward your CV to .

Should you not be contacted within 2 weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.