Payroll Specialist

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🕒 July 10

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Yellow Card App

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51 - 200 employees

💳 Fintech

💸 Finance

💰 $40M Series B on 2022-09

Fintech • Payments • Finance

Yellow Card App is a pan-African fintech company operating in 20 countries. It is the largest and first licensed Stablecoin on-ramp/off-ramp on the African continent, offering secure and cost-effective solutions for businesses to buy and sell Stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD using local currency. The platform facilitates borderless transactions and business payments through their Payments API and Widget, targeting businesses of all sizes. Yellow Card ensures secure and seamless financial operations across Africa with an emphasis on digital assets and mobile money integration.

📋 Description

• Support end-to-end payroll processing across multiple African countries, from input validation through disbursement, under the supervision of the Payroll Manager • Review HR payroll inputs for completeness and accuracy and resolve missing or inconsistent information before cut-off • Process approved payroll changes, including new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, bonuses, commissions, leave, and benefits • Coordinate submissions with external payroll providers and track processing timelines • Investigate payroll discrepancies before approval • Prepare payroll journals and reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts • Generate recurring and ad hoc payroll reports • Support month-end and year-end reporting and audits • Respond professionally to employee payroll queries • Monitor payroll legislation, statutory deductions, and labour law across African markets • Maintain compliant, audit-ready internal controls, policies, and process documentation

🎯 Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field • Hands-on experience in payroll using payroll software • Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills • High attention to detail and strong organizational skills • Discretion and integrity when handling confidential payroll data • Experience supporting payroll across multiple African countries, in a high-growth, multi-entity organization (nice-to-have) • Experience working with outsourced payroll providers, including preparing payroll journals and reconciliations (nice-to-have) • Familiarity with BambooHR or similar HRIS and NetSuite or similar ERP (nice-to-have) • Working knowledge of payroll tax, statutory deductions, and labour legislation across African jurisdictions (nice-to-have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Meaningful health coverage • Stock option plan for all full-time employees • Access to learning and development resources • Professional growth support and autonomy • Fully remote work environment • Mental health support services • Opportunity to work with a global, multicultural, and collaborative team • Opportunity to contribute to global FinTech and stablecoin accessibility