Senior Payroll Officer (Group Companies)

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

The site is in Umhlanga; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying.

• 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
• Import clock-card data and check overtime against approved hours
• Submit Compensation Fund returns of earnings
• Declare UIF on uFiling and help staff with UI-19 forms

• Reliable with deadlines that cannot move
• 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

• Knowledge of employment equity and WSP reporting
• SAPP registration as a Payroll Practitioner
• Bargaining council wage experience, such as MIBCO or the security sector

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

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