Payroll Clerk (Sage 300 People, Weekly Paid Staff)

A payroll bureau in Johannesburg CBD 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.

The work is in Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Submit Compensation Fund returns of earnings
• Calculate leave pay, notice pay and final pay under the BCEA
• Answer staff payslip queries clearly and in private
• Release the salary bank file for authorisation
• Declare UIF on uFiling and help staff with UI-19 forms
• Run weekly and monthly payrolls and check the variance reports
• Compile bi-annual EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates

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

• SAPP registration as a Payroll Practitioner
• Bargaining council wage experience, such as MIBCO or the security sector

• Paid SAPP membership
• Remote work outside payroll week
• Group life and disability cover

• Mention EMP501 and IRP5 by name; employers want proof you can handle the year-end tax cycle.
• Never attach real payslips from a past employer; blank out names if you use one as an example.