Payroll Supervisor

SUMMARY:
Payroll Supervisor

POSITION INFO:

My client is currently looking for a Payroll Supervisor in the Finance Department based in the Head Office in Umhlanga. This position reports to the Payroll Manager.

The successful incumbent will be responsible for the effective functioning of all payroll functions that report into this role by supervising and coordinating activities performed by the payroll administrators for timely and accurate payroll processing. The incumbent will ensure compliance with established financial, legal and administrative requirements.

Key performance areas

• Track and monitor payroll related expenditures; identify payroll variances and implement corrective actions. Update records by reviewing and entering changes in exemptions for instance, insurance changes, deductions, short-time, status, and pay; calculating leave earned

• Manage the day-to-day payroll activities centrally for the relevant sites/operations/functions

• Oversee, review, and approve the payroll prepared by the payroll administrators

• Create EFTS and PAYE payments for respective payrolls and ensure accurate and timeous payment to avoid penalties

• Review all (consolidated) recons on a monthly basis to ensure that account balances are complying with related policies, practices and regulations.

• Perform audits/reviews of payroll transactions, end-to-end payroll processing and existing documentation to ensure accuracy, timeliness and compliance to Group policies and statutory requirements

• Prepare required payroll reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, non-taxable wages and staff debtors as required.

• Create journals staff and sugar subsidy journals monthly

• Process SARS payments no later than the 7th of every month

• Compile/submit annual and bi-annual submissions to SARS

• Administer the expatriate payroll

• Provide payroll service to Gledhow

• Perform weekly checks to ensure that line managers are updating the kronos system accurately

• Perform monthly reasonableness tests before final submission to payroll and authorise the Kronos report

• Perform the lock process of the kronos system monthly

• Authorise, communicate and coordinate all parameter changes and updates to the payroll master file

• Provide specialist and administrative support to payroll users across all relevant payrolls

• Ensure adherence to company and business policy and procedures relating to leave, loans and bargaining council rules ensuring compliance and consistency across relevant payrolls.

• Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies identified.

• Distribute Qlikview report of active employees to payroll administrators for comments on un-matched records, then review before submitting to the payroll manager

• Create IT88 report (SARS garnishees) on Easyfile

• Identify trends and opportunities and communicate or escalate as required and appropriate

• Manage and lead the team according to the prescribed Illovo Performance Management process – i.e., ensure that they have set goals/KPIs, regular one-on-one engagements and feedback, performance reviews and development plans.

Minimum specifications / requirement areas

• Appropriate tertiary diploma or degree

• 5 years’ payroll supervisory experience

• In depth knowledge of payroll systems

• Knowledge of SARS employee tax related legislation and regulation

• Knowledge of company benefit schemes such as pension funds, medical aid schemes, car schemes and share option schemes and how these relate to the payroll function.

• Leadership and management skills

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills

• Ability to work in pressured and deadline-driven operating environment

• Detail-orientated with the technical aptitude and ability to perform tasks accurately and comprehensively

Application deadline: 2021/03/29

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