Payroll Professionals at BDO South Africa

Role

We are looking to fill the following roles but not limited to

• In order to provide exceptional service to its clients, BDO has an exciting opportunity for Payroll Professionals to implement global outsourced payroll services for a portfolio of payroll clients, ensuring they meet client requirements and are consistent with BDO Global Outsourcing standards and practices.
  • Junior Payroll Administrators
  • Payroll Administrators
  • Senior Payroll Administrators
  • Payroll Seniors
  • Payroll Supervisors
• As a Payroll Professional you will need to understand client’s requirements and objectives and work with both in-country BDO teams as well as Global Outsourcing in order to advise and implement Global Payroll. This could include drafting of the client’s specifications, advice on local country requirements, and configuration of the appropriate BDO platform along with testing, training and review of the payrolls whilst under the care of the implementation team.
• Depending on your role and level of responsibility you will often be the first point of escalation and will need to be proactive, identifying issues and driving resolution.
• Candidates should be deadline driven, organised and efficient with an eye for detail and good communication skills.
• Experience of global payroll and technical payroll knowledge is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage ongoing projects, working with the UK team to manage daily deliverables, dealing with escalations & queries
• Responsible for the management, delivery and support of Global payroll projects
• Provide regular updates to both internal and external stakeholders, identifying specific issues and action plans for resolution
• Define and maintain country-specific process documentation
• Support and/or lead process requirements workshops with clients ensuring requirements are fully documented
• Configure and test BDO Platforms as needed to match client requirements
• Ensure parallel testing processes and requirements are fully documented and agreed with clients
• Support and/or lead parallel and post-implementation activities: including the review of payroll results, co-ordination with clients and in country teams, and issue identification & resolution
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships within BDO as well as the client and in country teams
• Assist in payroll bids and pre-sales activities including presentations and workshops

Skills

• Ability to work independently, with excellent organisational and planning skills to enable the management of multiple projects.
• An eye for detail and strong numerical skills are essential.
• Competency in IT applications such as Excel, Outlook, Word and Powerpoint
• Experience of comprehending and reviewing file specifications
• Experience of presenting to small groups at all levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication as well as interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well in a multicultural team and help to develop more junior team members

Education and Experience

• At least 3 to 5 years’ experience in payroll
• Flexibility and a willingness to undertake additional tasks, as required
• A minimum of 2/3 years’ experience with African or International Payroll
• A payroll qualification or studying to gain a payroll qualification an advantage
• Additional language skills would be useful