Junior Payroll Officer

Role Descrption:

The Individual will have a working knowledge of Financial & Payroll operations and understand the nature of the business with deadlines and accuracy at the main front to ensure that our client’s employees are paid on time.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting the Payroll Teams and ensuring compliance, accuracy in monthly Payroll activities
• Verification & Reconciliation of monthly payroll by the end of each month using payroll software
• Calculating of applicable salaries, bonuses and allowances
• Maintaining and updating payroll information and resolving any discrepancies within a 24 hour time period
• Ensuring compliance with time lines set for salary disbursement and statutory compliance
• Effectively plan and manage workload, managing, servicing and delivering clients payrolls to agreed deadlines to your Line Manager

Requirements

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualifications in Finance
• Payroll administrative experience or finance administration experience in a payroll environment desirable.  
• Strong math skills with an ability to spot numerical errors.
• Time-management skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Demonstrable knowledge of PC literacy and software usage ideally including Word and Excel.