Payroll Consultant | Kempton Park | Permanent, Johannesburg

Payroll Consultant | Kempton Park | Permanent

Join a high-performing shared services environment where precision, compliance, and operational excellence are critical to business success. This is an opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to step into a senior role supporting complex, multi-site payroll operations across South Africa and Botswana.

A leading hospitality and gaming group is looking for a highly competent Payroll Consultant to support and coordinate payroll operations within its Shared Services HR function. Working closely with the Group Payroll and Remuneration Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring accurate payroll processing, statutory compliance, reconciliations, reporting, and payroll governance across multiple business units.

This role is suited to a detail-oriented payroll specialist who thrives in high-volume environments and has strong technical payroll expertise combined with sound HR and legislative knowledge. You will engage closely with Finance, HR Business Partners, and operational leadership while supporting process improvements, system optimisation initiatives, and month-end and year-end payroll activities.

Our client is a well-established South African group with a national footprint and a reputation for operational excellence, customer service, and employee development. The organisation offers a collaborative environment where accountability, integrity, and continuous improvement are highly valued.

What You'll Do

• Support end-to-end payroll processing within a shared services environment • Ensure accurate and timeous payroll processing across multiple business units nationally and in Botswana • Maintain payroll governance, controls, reconciliations, and compliance standards • Administer payroll accounting interfaces between payroll and finance systems • Support payroll audits, tax submissions, COIDA submissions, and legislative reporting • Ensure compliance with South African payroll legislation and statutory requirements • Manage payroll queries and provide expert support to management and employees • Support remuneration and benefits administration processes • Maintain accurate employee payroll records and HR system data • Liaise with Finance, HR, and operational teams across multiple properties • Contribute to payroll process improvements and system optimisation initiatives • Support month-end and year-end payroll reporting and reconciliations

What You Bring

• Diploma or Degree in Payroll, HR, Finance, Accounting, or a related field • 5–8 years' senior payroll experience within a large multi-site or shared services environment • Strong knowledge of South African payroll legislation, SARS regulations, BCEA, UIF, WCA, and payroll governance • Experience working with SAP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors, and Accpac payroll accounting systems • Strong payroll reconciliation, reporting, and analytical skills • Exposure to remuneration and benefits administration • Previous HR administration or generalist HR exposure • Cross-border payroll exposure, particularly Botswana payroll experience, is advantageous • Advanced Excel skills and strong attention to detail • Ability to manage confidential information with professionalism and discretion

What Success Looks Like

• Payroll processes are accurate, compliant, and consistently delivered on time • Payroll reconciliations and statutory submissions are completed without discrepancies • Employees and management receive responsive and professional payroll support • Payroll controls and governance standards are maintained across all business units • Process improvements contribute to operational efficiency and system optimisation • Strong collaboration is maintained between Payroll, HR, Finance, and operational teams