Payroll Consultant

Payroll Consultant Our client a dynamic and vibrant player in South Africa’s financial services industry is looking for an experienced Payroll Consultant to join their remarkable team. As a member of the team, the primary focus of this role will be to facilitate payroll administration and input on Sage 300. Qualifications and experience · Relevant tertiary qualification; a payroll qualification beneficial · Sage 300 experience essential (at least 2-4 years with current work output) · Weekly payroll processing · Payroll control account recon experience (at least 2 -3 years witch current work output) Duties & Responsibilities: · Create new and terminate employees on Sage 300 · Update bank details, tax directive details and cost centre changes on Sage 300 · Gather all payroll input by following a clearly defined Activity Work Instruction · Calculate monthly group life contributions and submission of calc. sheet to reinsurer · Facilitate payment to 3rd parties for group life and group retirement annuity schemes · Input monthly incentive scores, commission, variable travel allowances, overtime, standby and reimbursements (via CSV import into Sage 300) · Create ESS logins and approve submissions (as administrator) received for reimbursement, · Overtime and standby claims, personal detail changes and leave applications · Exporting monthly payment files from Sage 300 to banking platform · Submit monthly EMP returns on efiling · Submit monthly UIF declarations to department of labour · Submit annual COID return · Complete validations in advance of annual easy file submission for IRP5’s (and six-monthly reconciliation) · Address payroll related queries and requests from employees · Analyse payroll problems and provide appropriate solutions · Work closely with the relevant Human Resource and Finance teams to carry out payroll weekly processing and month end processing · Run Sage 300 reports and complete weekly and monthly tasks by following a clearly defined Activity Work Instruction and checklist · Compile weekly and month end information to share with Finance, by a specific deadline date, in line with a clearly defined Activity Work Instruction (Finance will post relevant journals on Pastel) · Complete weekly and monthly payroll control account recons (Finance will post relevant journals on Paste Skills · PC literate and have working experience with MS Office – Excel must be at an intermediate level · Ability to work under pressure - high-performance environment and may sometimes demand long hours from you · Numeracy skills · Accurate typing skills · Excellent verbal and written communication skills · Ability to keep confidential information to yourself · Organized and have the right administrative skills · Quality driven · Ability to pay attention to detail (accuracy is important) · Ability to work effectively with others and contribute to the team’s accomplishment · Ability to operate effectively under pressure · Task and deadline orientated · Strong sense of ownership and like to keep your line manager in the loop on your work outputs and deadlines · Ability to manage your own time and prioritize your work outputs if needed · Proactive and can multi-task