Senior Payroll Officer (Group Companies)

Accurate payslips, clean tax filings and happy staff: that's the job at a retail head office in Soweto. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll be based at a retail head office in Soweto. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Release the salary bank file for authorisation
• Declare UIF on uFiling and help staff with UI-19 forms
• Process garnishee orders and third-party deductions
• Compile bi-annual EMP501 reconciliations and issue IRP5 certificates
• Answer staff payslip queries clearly and in private
• Run weekly and monthly payrolls and check the variance reports
• Capture new hires, terminations, increases and deductions before cut-off

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

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

• Mention EMP501 and IRP5 by name; employers want proof you can handle the year-end tax cycle.
• Never attach real payslips from a past employer; blank out names if you use one as an example.