Payroll Officer (VIP Premier)

You'll run weekly and monthly payrolls for a manufacturing group in Khayelitsha, accurate to the cent. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Location: Khayelitsha, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Import clock-card data and check overtime against the BCEA limits.
• Calculate leave pay, notice pay and severance on terminations.
• Keep payroll files and banking details secure under POPIA.
• Run the payroll, check variances and get sign-off before cut-off.
• Submit the monthly EMP201 on SARS eFiling and pay PAYE, UIF and SDL.

• Matric plus a payroll, bookkeeping or HR qualification
• Hands-on Sage 300 People, VIP, PaySpace or SimplePay
• You triple-check figures before anything is paid
• Trusted with confidential salary data
• Sound knowledge of PAYE, UIF, SDL and the BCEA
• At least 2 years running a full payroll end to end

• SAPA (South African Payroll Association) membership or certification
• Bargaining council levy and wage-rate experience
• Multi-company or multi-country payroll exposure

• Hybrid work outside month-end week
• 13th cheque
• Study assistance for payroll certification
• Medical aid and retirement fund

• Put headcount, pay frequencies and software at the top of your CV (for example "900 staff, weekly and monthly, VIP").
• Be ready for a practical test calculating PAYE and overtime; take a calculator you know well.