Payroll & Benefits Administrator – Permanent

This manufacturing group in Brits needs someone who knows payroll tax and SARS inside out. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

The work is in Brits, North West, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Import clock-card data and check overtime against the BCEA limits.
• Declare UIF on uFiling and assist staff with UI-19 forms.
• Capture new hires, terminations and changes on Sage 300 People or VIP.
• Reconcile medical aid, pension and provident fund schedules.
• Prepare EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates twice a year.
• Calculate leave pay, notice pay and severance on terminations.

• Hands-on Sage 300 People, VIP, PaySpace or SimplePay
• You triple-check figures before anything is paid
• At least 2 years running a full payroll end to end
• SARS eFiling and EMP501 reconciliations without supervision
• Trusted with confidential salary data
• Sound knowledge of PAYE, UIF, SDL and the BCEA

• ETI claim experience
• SAPA (South African Payroll Association) membership or certification

• Study assistance for payroll certification
• Hybrid work outside month-end week
• 13th cheque
• Medical aid and retirement fund

• Put headcount, pay frequencies and software at the top of your CV (for example "900 staff, weekly and monthly, VIP").
• Mention every SARS submission you have done yourself; recruiters ask about EMP501 recons in the first call.