Senior Payroll Specialist

🔥 13 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Leap29

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51 - 200 employees

🏗️ Construction

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Construction • Healthcare • Logistics

Leap29 is a trusted global recruitment and PEO partner with over 20 years of experience in providing reliable recruitment and employment management support. Operating from 6 global offices, Leap29 specializes in contract and permanent recruitment, payroll, and compliance, serving various sectors including Engineering, Construction, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, Renewable Energy, IT, and Finance. Their tailored solutions help businesses find hard-to-source experts and navigate compliant employment management.

📋 Description

• Lead and support new payroll implementations across multiple African countries • Gather, review and document payroll requirements, policies and country-specific payroll rules • Support payroll discovery, configuration, testing, parallel payrolls and go-live activities • Review and validate payroll calculations and system configuration during implementation • Develop payroll calendars, processes and operational procedures for new payrolls • Work closely with clients and internal project teams throughout the implementation lifecycle • Identify implementation risks, data gaps and dependencies and address them before go-live • Support User Acceptance Testing and payroll reconciliation before production • Manage the end-to-end monthly payroll cycle across multiple African countries • Process and review salaries, allowances, bonuses, deductions, overtime, leave and other payroll inputs • Perform payroll validation and reconciliation before payroll approval • Ensure accurate payroll delivery according to agreed payroll calendars • Review payroll reports, payslips, statutory deductions and payment information • Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies and calculation queries • Maintain accurate payroll records and supporting documentation • Support payroll year-end and statutory reporting requirements • Operate payroll, HRIS and global payroll technology platforms • Manage payroll data uploads, downloads and system interfaces • Review and manipulate payroll data using Excel and other data tools • Support payroll system configuration, testing and process improvements • Identify opportunities to automate payroll processes and improve efficiency • Maintain data quality and information security standards • Act as a senior payroll contact for assigned clients and payrolls • Participate in payroll implementation and operational client meetings • Explain payroll calculations, processes and country-specific requirements • Manage payroll queries through to resolution • Proactively identify risks or issues affecting payroll delivery • Build relationships with client HR, payroll and finance teams • Ensure payroll services meet Leap29's standards for accuracy, responsiveness and service

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 3 years' professional payroll experience • Demonstrable experience working with payrolls across multiple African countries • Experience implementing new payrolls or supporting payroll implementation projects • Experience managing recurring monthly payroll processes from input through to final reconciliation • Good understanding of African payroll legislation, taxation, social security and statutory payroll requirements • Experience using payroll software and HRIS platforms • Strong Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with large volumes of payroll data • Experience performing payroll reconciliations and identifying calculation discrepancies • Ability to manage multiple payroll calendars, priorities and deadlines simultaneously • Excellent written and spoken English • Comfortable working remotely within an international team • Experience managing payroll across several regions of Africa, including Southern, East, West and Central Africa • Experience with multinational or global payroll environments • Experience working directly with international clients • Experience implementing or operating cloud-based payroll and HR technology • Experience with payroll integrations, data mapping or system migration projects • French language capability would be advantageous • Professional payroll, accounting or HR qualification is desirable

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work within a growing international payroll business • Work on a variety of multi-country payroll projects • International team environment • Exposure to payroll implementation, technology and ongoing payroll operations • Opportunity to support international organisations with complex global payroll requirements