Payroll Lead at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• To ideate and formulate tactical strategies in line with the division's overall strategy, delivering an annual project plan against which the operation must deliver to introduce and maintain systems and procedures for payroll efficiency such as timely payments, payroll taxes and employee benefits to provide leadership into organisational work to strengthen operational systems, processes and risk management consistent with a more decentralised way of working to deliver payroll services globally for FirstRand.

Hello Future Payroll Lead

• Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.
• To manage segment wide risk profile by providing risk management strategies, tools, methodologies and measuring and reporting on segment risk exposures to mitigate against risk and influence direction of the business to ensure organisation performance against long-term strategy.
• You need to be understand the Human Capital policies and business rules and offer interpretation and advice to your payroll colleagues, HC manager and HC leadership.

Are you someone who can: 

• Excited and Passionate about Payroll, leading well, and managing dynamic teams with diverse portfolios,
• Strong in tax knowledge of diverse districts,
• Can analyse data compile reporting and pivot quickly when needing to make decisions,
• Can project manage tight deadlines,
• Develop, encourage, and nurture collaborative relationships within FirstRand, including engagin with international clients, 
• Have a technical understanding of Human Capital Systems and innovative approach to payroll, 
• Establish mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders, that support thought leadership, innovative and integrated practice solutions
• Apply a customer-centric approach, to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Manage compliance and enforce risk mitigation, 
• Define, and maintain policies, procedures, standards and frameworks to efficiently support a broad range of practices, 
• Demonstrate leadership behaviour through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values.
• Participate in planned activities that are appropriate for own and employee development.

You will be an ideal candidate if you: 

• 5 to 8 years of experience in Payroll that oversees, and distributes to a staff compliment of 30,000 and more,
• Financial Degree or equivalent financial background with data analytical and reporting ability,
• Conceptual and Big Picture Thinking
• Ethical Judgement and Decision-Making
• Leadership
• People Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Policy and Benefit Proficient,

You will have access to: 

• Challenging Work.
• Opportunities to network and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Engage with subject matter experts to enhance and develop your skill set.
• Opportunities to innovate and use data analytics.

We can be a match if you are:  

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to.
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.