Payroll Officer (VIP Payroll)

Accurate payslips, clean tax filings and happy staff: that's the job at a labour-heavy mining contractor in Johannesburg CBD. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Location: Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Release the salary bank file for authorisation
• Submit monthly EMP201 returns and pay PAYE, UIF and SDL on eFiling
• Declare UIF on uFiling and help staff with UI-19 forms
• Capture new hires, terminations, increases and deductions before cut-off
• Run weekly and monthly payrolls and check the variance reports
• Import clock-card data and check overtime against approved hours
• Compile bi-annual EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates

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

• SAPP registration as a Payroll Practitioner
• Knowledge of employment equity and WSP reporting

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

• 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.