Payroll Officer (VIP Payroll)

Accurate payslips, clean tax filings and happy staff: that's the job at a retail head office in Pretoria West. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

Home base is a retail head office on the Pretoria West side of Gauteng. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Submit Compensation Fund returns of earnings
• Submit monthly EMP201 returns and pay PAYE, UIF and SDL on eFiling
• Process garnishee orders and third-party deductions
• Declare UIF on uFiling and help staff with UI-19 forms
• Compile bi-annual EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates

• At least 2 years of full-function payroll
• You keep salary information private under POPIA
• Experience on Sage 300 People, VIP, PaySpace or SimplePay
• Matric plus a payroll certificate or diploma
• Comfortable with Excel reconciliations

• Experience with medical aid and pension fund reconciliations
• Bargaining council wage experience, such as MIBCO or the security sector

• Group life and disability cover
• Paid SAPP membership
• 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.