Payroll & Benefits Manager at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include:

Payroll Management:

• Manage an end-to-end payroll service.
• Ensure accurate calculation of salaries, overtime, bonuses, commissions, deductions and any other payroll related payment. 
• Provide an accurate, timely and compliant company payroll services
• Develop and direct the preparation of payroll and related reports
• Manage payroll schedules and ensure timely payment to all employees
• Provide specialised payroll and deduction information and assistance as required
• Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and requirements.
• Manage the development and implementation of all Payroll related policies and procedures. 
• Ensure accurate payroll reporting. 
• Assist the Group CFO and CFOs of BU’s by reporting on variances on payroll input and data.
• Respond to payroll related questions or needs regarding compliance or regulations utilising payroll resources available
• Ensure the resolution of all payroll related issues utilizing payroll policies and procedures. 
• Participate in the annual increase process in collaboration with the Analytics team.
• Implement the annual salary increases.
• Establish/maintain employee records that relate to payroll and ensure that they are accurately filed and available to the HR team. 
• Maintaining and storing of payroll data, providing the system that safeguard the payroll data and documentation. 

Payroll System Management:

• Manages the payroll system and reviews enhancements/changes for development and implementation in the business.
• Review and amend payroll processes, policies and procedures as required within a changing environment.

Benefits Management:

• Manage the development, implementation and administration of all Employee benefits for the Group.
• Manage the development and implementation of benefits policies and procedures
• Manage the relationship with benefits service providers as required.
• Ensure that all benefits comply with legal requirements.
• Conduct an annual review on rates and application and ensure that best practice is maintained. 

Compliance and Reporting:

• Manage the annual internal and external payroll and related audits. 
• Assist in providing documentation and reports to internal and external sources during the annual audit process.
• Ensure accuracy of legislative reporting of all employees in all required reports.
• Create ad hoc reports for HR, Finance and Exco within designated HRIS/Payroll system as and when required
• Responsible for all legislative reporting involving payroll and benefits related matters. 
• Resolve complex employee requests and perform internal control responsibilities.
• Upon request, assist in gathering payroll data for inclusion in financial statements. 
• Researching and preparing special reports for management.
• Manage the COIDA relationship with the selected service provider and administer the audit for the Group.
• Report on payroll metrics, provide insights and make corrective recommendations. 

Leadership:

• Manage and lead the team of payroll officers 
• Train and mentor, the Payroll Officers and suggest training intervention to upskill and develop them to keep relevant at all times.
• Train HR team members in specific areas of payroll, benefits and reporting.

Qualification & Experience:

• Degree or Advanced Diploma in an HR/Financial-related field.
• A minimum of 7-10 years payroll experience that include benefits administration. 
• Knowledge of Payspace or other payroll systems.
• 3-4 years’ experience leading a payroll/finance team.
• Advanced Excel (V-lookups, pivot tables and graphs) /Google suite 
• Finance experience will be an added advantage.
• Reporting experience.
• Benefits management and administration.1