Payroll Bureau Consultant

Accurate payslips, clean tax filings and happy staff: that's the job at a labour-heavy mining contractor in Cape Town CBD. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

The work is in Cape Town CBD, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Submit Compensation Fund returns of earnings
• Run weekly and monthly payrolls and check the variance reports
• Calculate leave pay, notice pay and final pay under the BCEA
• Compile bi-annual EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates
• Release the salary bank file for authorisation

• Reliable with deadlines that cannot move
• At least 2 years of full-function payroll
• You keep salary information private under POPIA
• Comfortable with Excel reconciliations
• Matric plus a payroll certificate or diploma
• Experience on Sage 300 People, VIP, PaySpace or SimplePay

• Group life and disability cover
• Structured increases linked to certification
• Remote work outside payroll week

• Never attach real payslips from a past employer; blank out names if you use one as an example.
• Say how many employees you paid and how often, such as "1,200 weekly-paid staff on VIP"; volume matters.