About this role
Job title: Payroll and Total Rewards Specialist M/F
About the Role Join CFAO Holdings South Africa as a Payroll and Total Rewards Specialist. This role is based in Johannesburg on a locally based permanent contract and focuses on delivering accurate, compliant and efficient payroll and total rewards administration.
What You'll Do
- Maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of payroll processing, streamline and automate processes
- Regularly monitor and audit payroll systems, rules, calculations, and application of legislation
- Conduct payroll reviews to ensure accuracy of payments
- Coordinate salary surveys with relevant companies
- Produce reporting for statutory, HR, Finance, Budget, and Payroll needs
- Manage leave and bonus provisions
- Provide guidance on remuneration and benefits; manage retirement funds and insured benefits, medical aid strategy and policy
- Ensure e-filing, e-Sy filing, WCA submissions and other regulatory filings
- Reconcile PAYE, SDL, UIF and other SARS/tax returns and address queries
- Verify and process third-party payments; assist HR with equity reporting
- End-to-end payroll processing; liaise with auditors (internal, external, DoL, bargaining councils)
- Submissions and reconciliations of monthly journals; implement quality control
- Resolve tax and payroll queries; standardise remuneration and benefits policy across entities
- Handle expat payroll calculations and processing; ROE submissions for RMA & WCA
What We're Looking For
- Tertiary qualification or payroll-related qualification
- 10 years relevant payroll experience
- Advanced payroll tax knowledge; monthly and bi-annual submissions; tax issues
- Solid financial acumen; knowledge of SAP Accounting software
- Employment equity knowledge; experience with Bargaining Councils
- Extensive knowledge of Sage 300 People Payroll and ESS
- Advanced MS Office, especially Excel
- Deep knowledge of tax legislation and employment conditions
- Experience with expatriate payroll
- Experience in compensation and benefits