Payroll Clerk (Sage 300 People, Weekly Paid Staff) – Immediate Start

A payroll bureau in Benoni needs a payroll person who never misses a cut-off. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

You'll be based at a payroll bureau in Benoni. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Submit Compensation Fund returns of earnings
• Process garnishee orders and third-party deductions
• 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
• Capture new hires, terminations, increases and deductions before cut-off
• Release the salary bank file for authorisation

• You keep salary information private under POPIA
• Matric plus a payroll certificate or diploma
• Comfortable with Excel reconciliations
• Sound knowledge of PAYE, UIF, SDL and the BCEA

• Knowledge of employment equity and WSP reporting
• Bargaining council wage experience, such as MIBCO or the security sector

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

• Mention EMP501 and IRP5 by name; employers want proof you can handle the year-end tax cycle.
• Say how many employees you paid and how often, such as "1,200 weekly-paid staff on VIP"; volume matters.