Payroll Accountant

Recruiter:

CA Financial Appointments

Job Ref:

55015

Date posted:

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Location:

Claremont, South Africa

Salary:

Market related

SUMMARY:
Fantastic opportunity to join an lovely finance team as their Payroll Accountant. Role reports to th

POSITION INFO:

Fantastic opportunity to join an lovely finance team as their Payroll Accountant. Role reports to the Head of Finance and calls for a good base of payroll and accounting skills, ideally with Sage People experience, too. Full end-to-end payroll function. Great team culture.

Responsibilities:

Full payroll administration, incl VIP and setting up payment batches on online portal
Payslips and IRP5s, Group Life and Disability Benefits, Medical Aid and Provident Fund, UIF
WCA
Leave system maintenance
Mid-year and tax year-end SARS recons and submissions
Manage all payroll, benefits and tax queries
Process employee movements (new employees and terminations)
Record allowances and fringe benefits
Prepare and update monthly salary forecastMonthly salary provisions
Prepare monthly payroll recons and clear all reconciling items timeously
Prepare payroll cash books for group companies and related staff trusts
Handle investment instructions
Prepare salary increase letters
Prepare bank recons as well as third party

Requirements:

Preference to a completed tertiary qualification
Minimum of 3-5 years' working experience within payroll and have accounting experience
Good knowledge of Sage People and Accounting Systems (Accpac or other)
Thorough understanding of tax legislation
Strong knowledge and experience of PAYE and statutory compliance and understand employee benefits
High attention to detail and accuracy
Strong planning and co-ordinating skills, good time management
High aptitude for numbers
Good communication skills, written and verbal
Independent, problem solver

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