Senior Payroll Officer (Group Companies)

People get paid right and on time because of you at a retail head office in Boksburg. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

You'll report in Boksburg. Relocation is not covered for this one. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Answer staff payslip queries clearly and in private
• Submit monthly EMP201 returns and pay PAYE, UIF and SDL on eFiling
• Import clock-card data and check overtime against approved hours
• Calculate leave pay, notice pay and final pay under the BCEA
• Run weekly and monthly payrolls and check the variance reports
• Compile bi-annual EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates
• Capture new hires, terminations, increases and deductions before cut-off

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

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

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

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