Payroll Specialist - Cape Town at Maersk Line

Key responsibilities

• Manage pre-payroll, on-cycle payroll, off-cycle payroll processes for weekly and monthly paid employees.
• Validate payroll results & provide reconciliations based on control reports.
• Ensure timely Statutory and Third Party Payments and Reporting.
• Adjust basic time configuration of systems after initial implementation, as approved/required.
• Track payroll deliverables through defined payroll metrics.
• Be risk aware and help identify, report, mitigate and track risks in the payroll delivery process.
• Support the Payroll Team Lead in providing necessary data and clarifications to questions raised by audit – internal and external.
• Participate in Time and Attendance initiatives including system upgrades, communication of changes to People Partners, testing and documenting all changes for historical and record retention policies, project support as needed.
• Interface with People Partners to support employee/ manager queries.
• Identify improvement opportunities in regional processes and raises them to global process managers.

Who we are looking for

• You are data, systems and process savvy in the Payroll, Time & Attendance domain and are excited about putting your deep expertise at work in the transition into new technology and processes at Maersk.
• Solid experience (3-5 years) in Payroll, Time & Attendance processes, within a complex international organization.
• Solid experience working in a wage environment.
• Strong knowledge of compliance and legal regulations for payroll & benefits In South Africa.
• In depth tax knowledge, social security, and pension knowledge in South Africa.
• Basic accounting knowledge.
• Ability to effectively engage and mobilize diverse local HR stakeholders.
• A proactive, ‘let’s get it done’ attitude geared towards continuous improvement.
• Flexibility and adaptability to operate in a fast-paced, developing project environment, taking ownership, and setting directions with minimal guidance.
• Resilience: the change process, is anything but straightforward; accepting uncertainty and bouncing back from setbacks while keeping your enthusiasm is a tall order, but we need it.
• Collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions.
• Highly analytical approach with a strong eye for detail.
• Structured working style and focus on delivering results as per agreed timescales and scope.
• CRS payroll software experience will be an added advantage.
• Bargaining council experience is an advantage.