Payroll Specialist

Payroll Review and Oversight:

• Review monthly payroll outputs for multiple African countries processed in Sage 300 People.
  
• Perform detailed validation and reasonability checks on payroll calculations, variances, and exceptions.
  
• Ensure payrolls comply with approved inputs, internal policies, and country -specific legislation.
  
• Review payroll changes (new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, allowances, deductions).
  
• Provide payroll approval sign -off or recommendations prior to final submission and payment.
  
  

African Payroll Legislation and Compliance:

• South Africa
  
• Namibia
  
• Botswana
  
• Tanzania
  
• Eswatini
  
• Zambia
  
• Mozambique
  

Validate compliance with country -specific
requirements relating to:

• Personal income tax.
  
• Social security and statutory contributions.
  
• Pension, provident, gratuity, and statutory benefits.
  
• Employment and labour legislation.
  
  

Sage 300 People System Maintenance and Administration:

• Investigate and resolve system -related payroll discrepancies.
  
• Maintain payroll documentation including SOPs, configuration guides, and control matrices.
  
• Coordinate with Sage support, implementation partners, and internal IT teams.
  

Perform ongoing system maintenance to ensure payroll accuracy and legislative compliance.

• Earnings, deductions, benefits, and tax rules.
  
• Country -specific statutory configurations and calculations.
  
• Payroll calendars, pay frequencies, and cut -off controls.
  

• Legislative updates.
  
• Version upgrades and patches.
  
• Configuration or structural changes.
   
  

Statutory Reporting and Audit Review:

• Review statutory submissions and reports prepared
  for African tax and statutory authorities on a monthly basis.
  
• Validate year -end reporting and employee tax
  documentation prior to submission.
  
• Support internal and external payroll audits by
  reviewing system data, reconciliations, and audit evidence.
  
  

Payroll Reconciliations and Reporting:

• Review payroll reconciliations between payroll
  outputs and general ledger postings.
  
• Validate payroll journals across multiple entities
  and currencies.
  
• Review standard and ad -hoc payroll reports for
  completeness and accuracy.
  
• Provide payroll data and insights to support
  financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
  
  

Stakeholder Support and Advisory:

• Act as a payroll subject -matter expert to HR,
  Finance, and management.
  
• Provide guidance on complex payroll, legislative,
  and system -related matters.
  
• Support resolution of escalated payroll queries and
  disputes.
  
• Ensure confidentiality and ethical handling of
  payroll and employee data.
  
  

Governance, Risk and Continuous Improvement:

• Maintain strong payroll governance, controls, and
  audit trails within Sage 300 People.
  
• Ensure compliance with internal policies,
  segregation of duties, and data protection standards.
  
• Identify control gaps, risks, and improvement
  opportunities within payroll processes.
  
• Contribute to regional payroll standardization and
  shared services initiative.
  

Requirements

Qualifications/Experience:

• Diploma
  or Degree in Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, or a related field.
  
• Payroll
  certification (SAIPA, SAPA, CIPP, or equivalent) – advantageous.
  
• 5 -10
  years’ payroll experience, including multi -country African payroll review
  or oversight exposure.
  
• Strong
  hands -on experience with Sage 300 People, including system configuration
  and maintenance.
  
• Experience
  in a regional, shared services, or governance -focused payroll environment.
  

Key
Competencies:

• Sage
  300 People (review, configuration, controls, reporting, system maintenance).
  
• Advanced
  Microsoft Excel skills for payroll analysis and reconciliations.
  
• Understanding
  of multi -currency payroll environments.
  
• Payroll
  audits, statutory review, and financial controls.
  
• High
  attention to detail and strong control mindset.
  
• Strong
  analytical and risk -based review skills.
  
• Ability
  to interpret and apply multi -country legislation.
  
• Professional
  communication and stakeholder advisory skills.
  
• High
  ethical standards and confidentiality.