Payroll & Benefits Administrator

This retail head office in Umhlanga needs someone who knows payroll tax and SARS inside out. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

This post is Umhlanga-based, with most of your time spent at a retail head office. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Run the payroll, check variances and get sign-off before cut-off.
• Answer staff payslip queries clearly and in private.
• Import clock-card data and check overtime against the BCEA limits.
• Capture new hires, terminations and changes on Sage 300 People or VIP.
• Calculate leave pay, notice pay and severance on terminations.
• Reconcile medical aid, pension and provident fund schedules.
• Keep payroll files and banking details secure under POPIA.

• Trusted with confidential salary data
• You triple-check figures before anything is paid
• Matric plus a payroll, bookkeeping or HR qualification
• At least 2 years running a full payroll end to end
• Hands-on Sage 300 People, VIP, PaySpace or SimplePay

• 13th cheque
• Study assistance for payroll certification
• Medical aid and retirement fund

• Be ready for a practical test calculating PAYE and overtime; take a calculator you know well.
• Put headcount, pay frequencies and software at the top of your CV (for example "900 staff, weekly and monthly, VIP").