Payroll Clerk (Sage 300 People, Weekly Paid Staff)

A retail head office in Alberton needs a payroll person who never misses a cut-off. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is Alberton-based, with most of your time spent at a retail head office.

• Calculate leave pay, notice pay and final pay under the BCEA
• Compile bi-annual EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates
• Declare UIF on uFiling and help staff with UI-19 forms
• Submit Compensation Fund returns of earnings
• Import clock-card data and check overtime against approved hours
• Run weekly and monthly payrolls and check the variance reports
• Process garnishee orders and third-party deductions

• You keep salary information private under POPIA
• Reliable with deadlines that cannot move
• Sound knowledge of PAYE, UIF, SDL and the BCEA
• Matric plus a payroll certificate or diploma

• Group life and disability cover
• Paid SAPP membership
• Structured increases linked to certification

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