Payroll Specialist - Sage 300

Midrand, Johannesburg
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

Job title: Payroll Specialist
Department: Finance
Location: Midrand
Salary: Market related
Reporting to: Head of FinancePurpose of the job:
We are seeking to appoint an experienced professional to the position of Payroll Specialist to process the payroll accurately and timeously by overseeing and capturing of the payroll input.Requirements:

Matric
Bachelor of Commerce Degree
2 – 3 years’ experience as a Payroll officer
Knowledge of the Business Environment
Working knowledge of SAGE 300
Legislative requirement relating to Payroll – SARS / UIF/ SDL / WCA/ COIDA etc.
Knowledge of Labour Legislation and Tax regulations relating to South Africa, Botswana,
Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini
Knowledge of Basic Conditions of Employment Act
Knowledge of Corporate Governance

Key Responsibilities:Payroll Set Up, Administration and Management:

Set up payroll and manage updates
Process all inputs including resignations, new hires, salary changes, pension, medical
Receive new starter packs and input onto the payroll
Process all salary changes and amendments
Administers EFT requisitions for medical aid, PAYE, UIF, SDL, Garnishee, COIDA
Ensures that medical aid and pension/provident and risk benefit institutions are paid and employees are covered from those basis.
Handles all payroll, tax, related activities across the Region. Works closely with the Finance Department and the Countries’ Financial and Tax Revenue Institution (if need be)
Ensures that payroll and other statutory information is accurate for Audit purposes.
First point of contact for SAGE 300

Payroll Month-End run:

Capture all payroll updates accurately
Run exception report to check pay run input for accuracy
Run simulation payroll to confirm everything is in order and make necessary amendments
Run live payroll
Run simulation of General Ledger to confirm against payroll and make necessary amendments
Create EFT file and submit to Finance for verification against the

General Ledger posting

Send EFT file to the Bank
Run payroll in accordance with policies and procedures
Run payroll within the allocated time frame

Facilitate Month End Payments:

Identify month end payments in accordance with business requirements
Prepare statutory payments
Run report on all statutory payments
Download payments to excel file
Reconcile statutory payments against General Ledger posting in accordance with procedures
Prepare request for payment to Finance for payments
Finalise reconciliations with Finance
Archive the payment is archived for future reference purposes
The payments are facilitated within the allocated time frames
The payments are facilitated in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements

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