Payroll Manager Job Cape Town area,South Africa,Accounting

Position: Payroll Manager - 8 Month Contract

Key Responsibilities

Manage the full end-to-end South African payroll for approximately 350 employees.

Process starters, terminations, salary changes, allowances, benefits and employee movements.

Oversee UK and Ireland payroll activities
, including movements, expenses and payment approvals.

Manage statutory submissions,
EMP
501, payroll tax reconciliations, WCA
, and payroll compliance.

Perform payroll-to-ledger, creditor and remuneration reconciliations, including month-end journals.

Administer employee benefits including medical aid, provident fund, risk benefits, gap cover, Vitality and EAP
.

Manage leave administration, payroll queries and employee support.

Maintain strong payroll controls, records and documentation.

Work closely with the Remuneration & Benefits team and ensure a smooth maternity-cover handover.

Ideal Candidate

Extensive end-to-end payroll and benefits experience.

Experience managing 300+ employees
.

Advanced Sage 300 People – essential.

Strong knowledge of payroll tax, statutory submissions, reconciliations and compliance.

Experience with EMP
501, WCA, payroll-to-ledger reconciliations and month-end journals
.

International payroll exposure, particularly UK/Ireland
, advantageous.

Highly accurate, detail-oriented and able to work independently with minimal supervision
.

Accounting or tax qualification advantageous but not essential.

Must be able to hit the ground running from day one
.

Non-Negotiables

Advanced Sage 300 People

Full end-to-end payroll experience

Payroll of 300+ employees

Strong statutory, tax and reconciliation experience

Strong payroll and benefits knowledge

Ability to work independently and take full ownership of the function

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