Payroll Manager

• Manage payroll for 5,500+ employees on weekly and bi -weekly cycles.
  
• Ensure accurate payroll processing, reconciliations, reporting, and statutory submissions.
  
• Maintain full Sage 300 system ownership, including configurations, controls, and reporting.
  
• Oversee payroll inputs: benefits, job costing, deductions, allowances, and third -party payments.
  
• Ensure compliance with ETI, PAYE, UIF, SDL, and SARS submissions (501, 201, IRP30).
  
  

• Ensure compliance with BCEA, LRA, WCA/COIDA, and other labour laws.
  
• Manage payroll compliance across bargaining councils.
  
• Oversee payroll for labour brokers, including reporting and cost controls.
  

• Lead, mentor, and develop the payroll team, driving performance and accountability.
  
• Allocate workloads, manage deadlines, and implement process improvements.
  

• Act as a payroll expert to clients and internal stakeholders.
  
• Confidently explain and “sell” payroll system knowledge.
  
• Handle complex queries, escalations, and audits professionally.
  

• Produce payroll, headcount, costing, and compliance reports.
  
• Utilize advanced Excel for analysis, reconciliations, and decision support.
  

Requirements

• Matriculation (Grade 12) and a degree in HR, Payroll, Finance, or related field.
  
• 5–10 years’ payroll management experience in a large, high -volume environment.
  
• Expert -level knowledge of Sage 300 payroll.
  
• Strong understanding of taxation, payroll legislation, job costing, benefits, and statutory reporting.
  
• Experience working with bargaining councils and labour brokers.
  
• Advanced Excel skills for reporting and analysis.
  
• Proven ability to lead and develop a payroll team.
  
• Strong analytical, problem -solving, and attention -to -detail skills.
  
• Confident communicator able to engage clients and stakeholders.
  
• Proactive, solutions -oriented, and able to work under pressure.