Payroll Manager

• 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.

• 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
  .

• 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

Payroll Manager - 8 Month Contract South Africa, Western Cape - Southern Suburbs