Payroll Administrator – Mazars is Hiring 

Payroll Administrator – Mazars is Hiring 

Reference Number: MAZ230310-1

Job Title: Payroll Administrator

Department: Accounting Outsourced Services – International

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng

Workplace Type: On-site

Closing Date: 30 April 2023

Job Purpose

A payroll administrator is a person who is responsible for ensuring that all employees within an organization are paid in an accurate and timely fashion. Performs all activities necessary to process various payrolls, including maintaining related records, filing tax reports, preparing accounting transactions and documents, and preparing special reports for management.

Duties and Responsibilities

Timesheet administration. Review of information received for payroll about completeness, accuracy and authorization. Process the monthly information regarding retirement and other statutory and voluntary deductions that have been accurately calculated, deducted and accounted for. Ensure that any correspondence relating to the payroll is properly actioned and filed. Manage the end-to-end processing of the payrolls. Liaise with clients on payroll-related queries

Interpret awards/agreements and contracts in relation to overtime, shift allowances etc. Calculate and process termination payments. The process increases and calculates back pay

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Reconciliation of month-end third-party payments. Ensure that payslips are produced accurately and distributed to clients after checking for errors or omissions. Ensure that all amendments are properly recorded (filed) with good narratives and properly authorised. Update, maintain and safeguard all payroll records by ensuring that all records are opened, updated and filed in accordance with quality and risk standards. Responsible for the opening, updating and maintenance of payroll records and files. Tax 

Administration, a good understanding of tax calculations pertaining to payroll. Deduction of employee tax. Request and processing of Tax Directives. Control the issuing of IRP5/IT3(A) certificates. Payroll reporting analysis and report regularly on the payroll to the Payroll Manager. On a monthly basis analyse actual paid per employee by the department showing all relevant remuneration, allowance and deduction components. 

Compile and maintain leave, sickness and overtime reports. Compile the monthly headcount report with narratives regarding movements and employment types. Assist in departmental payroll budget preparation. COIDA registration and submissions. Keep abreast with company policies and tax legislations that impact remuneration. Working knowledge of relevant labour legislation. UIF registrations. EMP201 submissions

Minimum Requirements

• 5 years experience in Payroll
• SAGE VIP Premier Software experience, (VIP certificate)
• SAGE Infoslips experience
• SAGE SMART reporting experience
• UIF documentation completion
• Workman Compensation experience
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to work under pressure and handle conflict situations.
• Matric (Degree advantageous)
• Administrative skills

Competencies/Behavioural Attributes:

• Confidence and decisiveness
• Pro-activity Teamwork Adhering to principles and values.
• Presenting and communicating information
• Applying professional / specialist / technical expertise
• Information gathering and problem analysis.
• Judgment Planning and organizing
• Quality and detail orientation
• Client focus Following instructions and procedures