Payroll Administrator

Job Description

To provide administrative support to ensure that the payroll of the Council is run accurately and timeously and to act as a backup for the Payroll Manager as and when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Capturing of all relevant payroll input data to ensure the accurate running of the payroll monthly.
• Payroll administration, filing and manual payments where necessary.
• Ensure that third party payments are done timeously and accurately, recons are sent to the respective recipient 3 days after payment and that SARS payments have been processed before the last day of the month.
• Finalise payroll reconciliations as soon as the month end is complete.
• Ensure that all journals are processed, signed off and filed.
• Assist with pay structuring, payroll queries, and generating monthly reports for the various stakeholders.
• Assist with payroll budget preparation.
• Assist with audits by providing the necessary information and by answering queries.

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric Qualifications with Certificate in SAGE VIP people and/or any other PayrollAdministration Services (NQF4)
• Technical, Financial, Taxation and Record Keeping
• 2 - 3 Years’ Experience in Payroll Administration
• Knowledge Tax Laws, LRA, BCEA advantageous

Related Skills

• Knowledge of VIP PEOPLE System; and MS Office with advanced Excel
• Knowledge of labour legislations including BCEA
• Manual payments to be done within specified time frames
• Follow up on outstanding requests with Service Provider
• SARS payment to be done on or before the 7th day of every month
• All payroll reconciliations to be finalized as soon as the month end has been done, from the payroll side
• All the journals to be processed signed off and filed
• Relationship Building
• Trend analysis ability
• Self-Motivated
• Assertiveness
• Customer Relations
• Conflict Handling
• Planning and forecasting
• Patient and good listener
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Customer orientated attitude
• Planning and organising skills
• Assertiveness
• Integrity, Honesty
• Conceptualising skills