Associate, Payroll - Durban at Concentrix

Job Description

The Associate Payroll is responsible for day-to-day execution and 1st level validation of payroll processes. This position is responsible evaluating, analyzing, and administering payroll programs , while ensuring payroll is successfully processed with speed, accuracy, and in compliance with service and performance objectives.

• Follows trends, changes in legislation/regulation, updates to tax rules, and local payroll control procedures in order to make recommendations for changes and improvements. Collaborate with different departments, ensure accuracy in data and share reports (tax, national security, ELW etc) with the finance team for timely submission of records.
• Executes payroll processes to ensure consistent and accurate payroll in compliance with local payroll practices, authoritative controls, government regulations, statutory regulations, internal procedures, and SOX controls.
• Coordinate the preparation of different references for the personnel (for current and former employees, vacations and sick leaves, summary working timeexc.) and prepare it if necessary.Ensure the maintenance of accurate and concise records and reports concerning all phases of the Payroll process, working within the local payroll systems and global HRIS tools
• Analyze pay transactions to identify issues and work with internal stakeholders to determine root cause. Respond to employee queries related to payroll
• Ensure accurate and timely payout processing. Validate it against the inputs received and other available reports like eStart clock-in and clock-out report, attendance and schedule information received, bank account number validation in WD
• Observe confidentiality concerning wages and payments.
• Observe quality and proper execution of tasks.Coordinate with internal Finance teams, and other stakeholders, to ensure accuracy and financial integrity of the payroll process and to support audit review
• Reconcile payroll and tax reporting at the end of each pay cycle and resolve any discrepancies. Do a sanity check of the employee details (Bank details, social security
• Assist in global work and initiatives as needed