Divisional Payroll Administrator, Durban

Job Description

• Assist with processing of Permanent and Temporary Wage employee payrolls within the division
  
• Support the verification of employee costs to ensure accurate and compliant payroll
  
• Apply prescribed procedures to ensure payroll accuracy
  
• Assist with preparation of monthly Wage journals for review by the Divisional Payroll Manager
  

Payroll Reporting Support

• Assist in compiling basic payroll reports for the Divisional Payroll Manager
  
• Support the preparation of Divisional Wage Cost reports (MOM, QTQ, YOY variances)
  
• Assist with ETI tracking and measurement data
  
• Support the preparation of data for Payroll Flash reports
  

Compliance & Governance Support

• Assist in ensuring payroll processes comply with relevant policies, procedures, and legislation
  
• Support internal and external payroll audit preparations
  
• Assist with archiving and filing of Wage documents and paperwork
  
• Flag any non-compliance or anomalies to the Divisional Payroll Manager
  

Operational Wage & Workforce Administration

• Assist with Time & Attendance data verification for Contractual Temps
  
• Support leave balance tracking and distribution to relevant stakeholders
  
• Assist with monitoring of leave costs, leave credits, and leave replacements
  
• Flag exceptions including TEMPs employed longer than 3 months, late terminations, and excessive overtime
  
• Assist with verification of allowances, rate of pay comparisons, and foreign national work permit accuracy
  
• Support TEMP onboarding accuracy checks
  
• Assist with headcount and staff movement reporting (new hires, terminations, promotions, transfers)
  

Training & Development

• Participate in weekly Wage Administrator training sessions in line with the National Payroll training schedule
  
• Apply learning to daily payroll tasks under the supervision of the Divisional Payroll Manager
  

Meetings & Communication

• Attend operational payroll meetings within the division
  
• Support preparation of feedback for GM and Finance Manager meetings
  
• Escalate payroll queries to the Divisional Payroll Manager timeously
  

Requirements

Requirements
Payroll Tax knowledge, application of ETI legislation, UIF, and Skills Legislation, SARS Regulation, Compliance to Safety Health Environmental Risk and Quality (SHERQ), Compliance to relevant Labour and Equity Legislation Laws, Compliance with COIDA, Compliance of Tax and Company Statutes, Human Resources Management, Payroll Theory and Application, Payroll Accounting, Business Intelligence Reporting and Payroll Audits All employee related legislation (e.g. BCEA, EEA, SDA, UICA, WCA etc.), including sections of Labour Legislation (LRA) ,and 4th & 7th Schedules to the Income Tax legislation and related Bargaining council regulations SAP knowledge SAGE 300 people