takealot: Payroll Officer

takealot: Payroll Officer

Company: takealot.com

Location: Cape Town

Closing Date: Not specified

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a Payroll Officer to join our Human Resources team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard working people to join us. We offer market related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This role will report to the Payroll Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Collecting, calculating and capturing payroll information timeously into the payroll system
• Ensuring that all captured payroll inputs are accurate prior to payroll submission
• Performing Payroll Reporting as and when required
• Resolve payroll discrepancies/queries by collecting and analysing information timeously
• Assisting with coordination of HR information/Communication/training sessions as and when required
• Maintaining accurate payroll and employee records by ensuring that all documentation is filed timeously
• Preparing Letter of Appointments (LOA), Addendums and UIF documentation etc
• Resolving leave queries timeously
• Assisting with HR administration
• Participating in related projects as and when required
• Dealing with all payroll information accurately and ensuring that all such information is dealt with privately and confidentially.

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Attributes required:

• Full understanding of payroll concepts and remuneration principles and practices
• Knowledge of relevant, South African legislation (BCEA, UIF, SDA, PAYE, WCA, COIDA) 
• Strong Numerical skills
• Strong Computer skills
• Understanding of payroll legislation and processes
• Ability to interpret different earning types to relevant tax legislation applied
• Ability to communicate and interact well at all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and Verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and work well in a team
• Customer service focused
• Strong planning and organising skills, and the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to handle and prioritise multiple tasks and meet all deadlines
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 (mathematics at this level is a requirement)
• Human Resources Diploma or equivalent 
• A minimum of 2 years’ payroll experience (Sage, VIP, Payspace etc)
• Proficient in using MS Excel (V-lookups, pivot tables and graphs)
• Finance experience will be an added advantage

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.

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We seek to Employ an Extraordinary Mind who:

• is forthright but respectful
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
• thinks like an owner of the business.

is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!