The Role
Process monthly payroll using Sage 300 People, reconcile time and attendance from ERS-Bio, maintain accurate employee records, ensure compliance with South African payroll and labour legislation, resolve payroll discrepancies, generate reports, support payroll audits, and assist HR administration and site liaison.
Summary Generated by Built In
A well established construction company is looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to support the HR Manager on a 6 month contract. This full time in office role is
suited to someone who is organised, detail-focused, and able to manage multiple
projects while maintaining accuracy and professionalism. This role is suited to a solid payroll
professional with a good working knowledge of South African payroll and labour
legislation. The successful candidate must be accurate, process-driven,
confidential, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Key
Responsibilities
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- Process monthly wages payroll accurately and
within required deadlines using Sage 300 People.
- Import, reconcile and validate time and
attendance data from ERS-Bio before payroll processing.
- Ensure all earnings, overtime, double time,
allowances, leave, unpaid time and deductions are correctly captured and
applied.
- Capture, update and maintain employee
information on Sage 300 People and ERS-Bio.
- Ensure employee records are complete, accurate
and compliant.
- Activate and terminate employees in line with
payroll period and HR requirements.
- Monitor, validate and follow up on timesheets,
clocking data and attendance exceptions.
- Ensure overtime and double time are properly
authorised before processing.
- Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies
before payroll cut-off.
- Maintain proper payroll audit records, including
saved timesheets, approvals and supporting documents.
- Ensure payroll processing complies with company
policies, procedures and applicable South African legislation.
- Capture and verify employee banking details to
ensure correct payment setup.
- Generate payroll reports for checking,
reconciliation and management review.
- Assist with payroll audits and provide
supporting documentation when required.
- Liaise with sites regarding timesheet cut-offs,
corrections, approvals and missing information.
- Assist with HR administration, including
employee documentation, contracts, onboarding records, employee changes and
termination paperwork.
- Ensure HR and payroll records are maintained in
line with confidentiality and POPIA requirements.
- Support compliance with relevant payroll and
labour legislation, including BCEA, UIF, PAYE, SDL, COIDA and applicable
bargaining council requirements.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years working in payroll
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong payroll discipline and deadline
management.
- Good HR administration ability.
- Sound understanding of confidentiality and
employee information handling.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Good problem-solving and reconciliation skills.
- Strong organisational ability.
- Professional communication with site teams,
employees and management.
- Reliable, structured and able to work with
minimal supervision.
Skills Required
- Minimum 3 years working in payroll
- Working knowledge of South African payroll and labour legislation (BCEA, UIF, PAYE, SDL, COIDA, bargaining council requirements)
- Experience processing payroll using Sage 300 People
- Experience importing, reconciling and validating time and attendance data from ERS-Bio
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong payroll discipline and deadline management
- Good HR administration ability (employee documentation, contracts, onboarding, terminations)
- Sound understanding of confidentiality and employee information handling (POPIA compliance)
- Good problem-solving and reconciliation skills
- Strong organisational ability and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Professional communication with site teams, employees and management
- Ability to work under pressure
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The Company
What We Do
RecruitMyMom is a South African recruitment agency specializing in placing skilled women, particularly professional mothers, in permanent, contract, freelance, and fractional roles. They connect local and global businesses with top-tier talent and focus on the economic empowerment of women.
