Payroll and Total Rewards Specialist M/F

General information

Join CFAO Group !

The CFAO group contributes to the growth of the African continent, its industrialisation and the emergence of the middle class.
With a turnover of more than 6.9 billion euros, access to 47 of the continent's 54 countries and 21,000 employees, CFAO is a major player in the fields of mobility, health, consumer goods, infrastructure and energy.

Joining CFAO means :

* Being part of a growing business sector,
* Acting for the transformation of the African continent,
* Learn, develop and succeed,
* Joining a pan-African group and meeting thousands of different cultures.

We are looking for a Payroll and Total Rewards Specialist M/F based : South Africa

Job Description :

We have an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced and suitably qualified Payroll and Total Rewards Specialist to join CFAO Holdings South Africa.

This is a locally based permanent contract in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Payroll and Total Rewards Specialist will ensure that all payroll processes are executed appropriately and in a timely manner.

Requested Profile :

Experiential and Educational Requirements

• Tertiary Qualification and/or relevant payroll-related qualification is essential.
• 10 years relevant experience
• Advanced Payroll Tax knowledge and experience in monthly and bi-annual submissions, tax issues and queries are essential.
• Solid financial acumen and knowledge of SAP Accounting software.
• Employment equity knowledge and experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Sage 300 People Payroll software and all its different modules including ESS is essential.
• Advanced MS Office, particularly Advanced Excel is essential.
• In- depth working knowledge of relevant tax legislation, employment conditions. Bargaining councils and other relevant legislation.
• Experience in dealing with Expats Payroll
• Experience in compensation and benefits.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of payroll processing, procedures, and controls, including the streamlining and automation of processes
• Regularly monitor and assess/audit integrity of payroll systems/ rules/calculations and application of legislation.
• Conduct Payroll Reviews and to ensure the accuracy of payments.

• Co-ordinate salary surveys with relevant companies
• Reporting - Including statutory reporting, HR, Finance, Budget, and Payroll Reporting
• Responsible for leave and bonus provisions

• Implements workable solutions to business issues/problems
• Providing guidance and support on all remuneration and benefits related matters.
• Management of retirement funds and insured benefits, medical aid scheme strategy and policy and general remuneration practices
• E-filing, E@syfiling, WCA, submissions
• Reconciliation of employee's PAYE, SDL & UIF and any other legislative returns, tax issues, any SARS queries.

• Verification and processing of all 3rd party payments
• Assist HR with equity reporting.
• End to end payroll processing
• Dealing with Auditors: Internal, External, Department of Labour and Bargaining councils.

• Submissions and reconciliations of monthly journals

•Implement quality control measures

•Resolve all tax and payroll related queries

• Implement maintain and assist to standardise the remuneration and benefits policy, philosophy and practices across all entities

• RMA & WCA - ROE submission

• Calculating and processing of expat payroll