Remuneration Manager

About the position

Position: Manager - Head Office
Location: Linbro Business Park, Head Office

Key Responsibilities
- Streamline and automate payroll processing to maximise efficiency.
- Monitor and audit payroll system integrity, rules, calculations and statutory compliance.
- Conduct payroll reviews to ensure accurate inputs and payments.
- Implement remuneration policy, philosophy and best practices.
- Lead and manage the remuneration department and its team.
- Prepare end-of-month, end-of-year and end-of-tax-year payroll reports, financial statements, provisions and reconciliations.
- Develop, implement, mentor and train on payroll policies, procedures and internal workflows.
- Prepare and monitor the departmental budget.
- Manage payroll and time & attendance systems and all interfaces.
- Ensure record-keeping and data processing procedures comply with legal requirements.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Meet all deadlines in accordance with the annual plan and legal prescriptions.
- Ensure full legal compliance of all payroll functions.
- Participate in strategy setting and specific payroll projects.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation solutions.

Essential Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification or relevant payroll qualification.
- Minimum 10?years payroll management experience, including:
3?years in a managerial payroll role.
3?years in payroll system implementation or interface roles.
- Subject-matter expert in payroll, payroll systems, payroll taxes and complex processing.
- Proven track record of payroll implementation and interfaces to other applications.
- Payroll programming skills are a strong advantage.
- Experience with monthly and weekly payrolls for 1?000+ employees with multiple employment conditions.
- Solid financial and accounting acumen; ability to perform complex reconciliations and journal entries.
- Hands-on experience with Payroll and Time & Attendance systems (Unique/Payspace).
- In-depth knowledge of labour laws: LRA, BCEA, COIDA, OSHA, POPI, Income Tax Act, Wage Determination Act, Bargaining Council Agreements and payroll best practices.
- Valid Code?08 (EB) driver's licence.
- Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel.

Core Skills
- Excellent written, verbal and organisational communication.
- Strong report writing and presentation skills.
- Good accounting, analytical and conceptual skills.
- Systematic, methodical thinking.
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Planning, organisational and time-management abilities.
- Ability to develop training materials and up-skill staff.

Attributes
- Self-motivated, independent and time-conscious.
- Integrity, honesty, dependability and ethical behaviour.
- Impartial, objective and accurate with a quality orientation.
- Patient, detail-oriented and able to work under extreme pressure.
- Conscientious, deadline-driven and hands-on.
- Willing to work extended hours to meet strict deadlines and set an example.
- Problem-solving mindset with a positive, solution-seeking attitude.
- Assertive and decisive.

Knowledge
- Advantage: knowledge of the bus passenger industry.
- Detailed knowledge of Wage Determination Act?452, BCEA, LRA, POPIA, Income Tax, COID, UIF and other payroll legislation.
- Understanding of service vehicle and car allowance calculations, lump-sum payments, tax directives, accounting interfaces and collective agreements.
- Sound knowledge of payroll and T&A systems, payroll accounting processes, reconciliations and individual income tax calculations.
- Good understanding of the inter-relatedness of HR systems.

Application Requirements

• Candidate Level:** Only senior managerial candidates; no supervisory or junior-management CVs.
• Payroll System Background:** Must have experience with the payroll systems listed (Payspace, Unique).

Desired Skills:

• Analytics
• Methodical
• Excellent communication skills
• Excel Advanced
• Payspace report writting
• Strong reconsilication
• Bugeting
• self motivated
• Ability to work independently
• Leadership/Management Skills

Desired Work Experience:

• More than 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree

About The Employer:

CV Requirements
Professional quality, no missing information.
- Include current salary package (monthly basic salary) and attach a payslip (not cost-to-company package).
- Provide clear, non-ambiguous reasons for leaving each previous role with start and end date,
- State the number of payroll staff managed and their positions.
- State current and previous managerial grading.
- Include size of payrolls handled (number of staff) and split % between weekly and monthly salaries.
- Include size of payroll departments managed, reporting structures and number of direct reports.
- Include experience with:
* Payspace payroll system.
* Budget compilation and control.
* Tax submissions.
* Accounting background.
* Strong reconciliation experience.
* Advanced MS Excel and Word skills.
* Payroll management (capturing, reconciling, control processes).
* Input into policies and workflow processes (e.g., medical aid, garnishee).
* Knowledge of applicable payroll legislation.
* Report writing on Payspace.

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