Senior Payroll Administrator

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

NFR007980/JLo

Date posted:

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Location:

Durban, South Africa

Salary:

320000 Annually

SUMMARY:
Join a leading, multi-branch organisation where accuracy, efficiency, and excellence are at the core of everything they do.

POSITION INFO:
Company and Job Description:
Are you an experienced Payroll Professional with a passion for precision, compliance, and supporting people? My client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Payroll Administrator to join their dynamic Head Office team. This is a high-impact role that supports various branches and plays a crucial part in delivering smooth HR and payroll operations across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

Managing monthly salary amendments, including new hires, terminations, fringe benefits, allowances, deductions, and other monthly changes.
Maintaining accurate employee records on the VIP payroll system.
Verifying employee banking details and importing wage hours/shift files from the time & attendance system.
Processing weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly payrolls for the organisation.
Ensuring payroll submissions, approvals, and deadlines are met consistently.
Preparing and distributing payroll reports and payslips to branches.
Resolving payroll-related queries promptly and professionally.
Updating Employment Equity and Industrial Council information weekly.
Performing monthly third-party reconciliations and assisting with EMP201 and EMP501 submissions.
Processing provident fund withdrawals, UI19s, and salary schedules.
Supporting HR and Accounts departments with documentation, reporting, and administrative tasks.
Maintaining payroll procedures, including onboarding/offboarding processes.
Assisting with audits, payroll-related projects, system improvements, and process standardisation.
Administering HR queries relating to provident funds and IOD claims.
Providing payroll-related reports as required by senior management.

Job Experience and Skills Required:
Completed Bcom or Diploma in Finance
3 – 5 years’ experience in a similar position
SAGE 300 PEOPLE would be beneficial

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For more information, contact:
Juanette Lotter
Executive Consultant

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