Payroll Manager SA - Cape Town at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

What we're looking for:

We're looking for a Payroll Manager to join our team. Successful incumbent will

• Identify payroll requirements based on financial, benefits, and HR policies.
• Administer payroll and oversee services of outsourced payroll service provider.  
• Conducting reconciliations to ensure payroll integrity. Manage financial postings.
• Reporting on payroll information.
• Operate controls and monitor compliance with internal controls policies and procedures.
• Manage people.

Accountabilities: 

• Before the pay cycle, identify payroll requirements based on financial, benefits, and HR policies - recognizing the employee requirements for compensation based on the financial, benefits, and HR policies of the organization and legislative changes.
• Administer payroll- managing the sum of all financial records of compensation for an employee, including pay, bonuses, earnings and deductions. Use a payroll management system to deal with the financial aspects of employees' compensation, allowances, deductions, gross pay, net pay, etc.
• Manage payments- managing the total payments made in employees’ payroll, including bonuses and compensation.
• Process and distribute payments- processing and distributing compensation to all employees. Execute the payroll management function through the dispensation of employee compensation.
• Manage and process Expat payroll
• Manage and process Independent Contractor payroll
• Manage and process payroll taxes- deducting and paying taxes from employees' compensation. Requesting tax directives.
• Paying tax according to appropriate deductions made from compensation- calculate and pay the tax liabilities according to the compensation and tax regulations of employees. Filing EMP201 with SARS.
• Conducting reconciliations to ensure payroll integrity- payroll, GL account, banking, UIF, SDL PAYE reconciliations.
• Manage financial postings- understanding account structures & codes; vendor payments, payments to UIF & treasury notification, and clearing 3rd party vendor accounts.
• Reporting on payroll information; leave & bonus provisions, allowances, FI expenses, and outstanding tax amounts. Submitting statutory declarations and COIDA reports. (Decision making accountability- Financial Control)
• Operate controls and monitor compliance with internal controls policies and procedures.
• Monitor control effectiveness. Remediate control deficiencies. Implement and maintain technologies and tools to enable the internal controls-related activities.
• Filing and e-filing of payroll control documents for audit compliance.
• Manage complex inquiries- handling instances where a stakeholder desires clarification. (Providing support- Employee compensation & benefits)
• Supervise system performance- evaluating and handling the performance of payroll processes. Provide training to process owners. Measure and report the performance of the payroll system.

People management (Decision making accountability- HR) -

• Screen and select candidates. Evaluating and selecting potential employees through interviews.
• Manage employee performance. Defining individual performance objectives. Review performance to provide appraisals.
• Manage employee development. Establishing employee development guidelines. Manage the development of their skills to enhance their skills, ability, and knowledge.
• Manage employee relations. Assisting general management in developing, maintaining, and improving employee relationships. This is accomplished through communication, performance management, processing grievances, and/or dispute. Interpret and convey organizational policies.

Qualifications

Expert knowledge of

• law e.g. BCEA, PAYE, UIF, WCA, Skills Levy Act, ETI
• regulations e.g. retirement, tax, loans, Retrenchments and CCMA
• HR and Finance policies
• and collective agreements
• Expert experience of relevant SAP modules and supporting technology
• Expert organnisational knowledge of structures and business units
• Commerce Degree, preferably a post-graduate qualification
• People and service organizational experience
• Commercial or Payroll experience of more than 10 years including strong accounting work experience preferably FMCG