Senior Payroll Officer (Group Companies)

A security services company in Brakpan needs a payroll person who never misses a cut-off. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

Home base is a security services company on the Brakpan side of Gauteng.

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

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

• Experience with medical aid and pension fund reconciliations
• SAPP registration as a Payroll Practitioner
• Knowledge of employment equity and WSP reporting

• Structured increases linked to certification
• Paid SAPP membership
• Remote work outside payroll week

• 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.