Payroll Officer

Ithemba Recruitment • Other • Queensburgh, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa • $300 - $400 / year • 1d ago

About the job: Payroll Officer

Purpose:
To ensure effective and efficient payment of salaries to employees. Performs all activities necessary to process payroll.

Customer / Stakeholder accountabilities:

Liaison with staff at various departments and branches.
Liaison with Management.

Operational Processes Accountabilities:

Develop best practices to improve efficiency of payroll processes.
Oversee employee payroll accounting, transactions and reporting activities.
Ensure that payroll is processed timely and accurately.
Assist in payroll calculations, deductions, insurance coverage, wage garnishees and tax filings.
Maintain employee master file payroll records ensuring that they are up-to-date and accurate.
Prepare employee salary summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, retirement and benefits.
Complete mid and year end submissions to SARS by reconciling EMP201s and EMP501s.
Distribute IRP5s to all staff.
Address payroll related queries / requests from all employees.
Review and recommend improvements to existing payroll procedures.
Analyse payroll problems and provide appropriate resolutions.
Follow and enforce all statutory requirements.
Coordinate with HR and Finance teams to carry out payroll processing.
Assist in audit operations and implement audit recommendations.
Completion of UI.19 forms with Salary schedule and certificate of service attached.
Releasing of payslips.
Assist with Performance appraisals.
Employee leave management.
Keep abreast of company policies and tax legislation.
Month-End reporting to Department Managers.
Ad hoc payroll reports for finance and HR.
Reconciling monthly third-party reports i.e., discovery health, Liberty, Gap Cover and Capital Alliance.
Confirmation of employment to third parties.
Online submission to third parties i.e., Liberty, Discovery Health.
Checking of clocking for all staff.
Distribution of pay registers to Management to confirm number of employees eligible for salary per month.