Payroll Accountant

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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