People Payroll Lead at Lesaka Technologies

Job Description

• Lesaka Technologies is currently looking for a People Payroll Lead to oversee payroll operations, ensure legislative compliance and supervise Payroll Administrators within the payroll function.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining accurate, timeous and controlled payroll processes in line with company policies and statutory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Statutory Compliance and Payroll Oversight

• Ensure legislative compliance at all times
• Oversee the preparation, review and detailed checking of consolidated, monthly and other payroll packs, reconciliations, statutory submissions, costing and reports generated by the Payroll team, ensuring correctness and timeous completion
• Ensure salaries are signed off and authorised by the appropriate managers
• Ensure salaries are correctly and timeously paid, including all payroll-related payments to external providers

Team Lead and Support

• Oversee and supervise Payroll Administrators
• Manage performance, coaching, discipline, leave and hours approval
• Ensure effective collaboration and flow of information within the payroll team and across departments
• Provide support and query resolution to the team, ensuring all queries are attended to timeously
• Provide support to Payroll team members, line managers and employees with payroll-related queries

Governance, Controls and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure adherence to procedures, policies and deadlines
• Drive continuous improvement across payroll processes, people and risk
• Stay current with payroll system tax updates and functionality changes, test system updates and communicate changes to the department
• Perform other related duties, general administration and project work as required
• Required Skills and Competencies
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Strong numerical aptitude
• Problem-solving ability and attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task to meet deadlines
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Highly meticulous and methodical
• Microsoft Excel – Intermediate to Advanced (including XLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables)
• Strong reporting skills
• Good project management and multi-tasking skills
• Proactive with a strong sense of accountability
• Analytical thinker
• Ability to comply with company policies and values
• Exceptional organisational and technical skills
• Open-minded and adaptable to change

Qualifications and Experience

• National Diploma or Degree in Human Resources Management, Financial Accounting, Accounting, Finance or a related field
• Minimum 3–5 years’ payroll experience in a lead or team leadership role
• Knowledge of South African payroll legislation (mandatory)
• Sage 300 People experience (advantageous)
• Experience with Google Analytics and other relevant analytic platforms

Closing Date 27 February 2026