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Job Title
Payroll Administrator
Employment Type
Full Time
Experience
2 to 5 years
Salary
R15000
Job Published
30 March 2026
Job Reference No.
3263605010

Job Description

Payroll Administrator Position Overview

We require a Payroll Administrator to manage payroll processes for our group of 5 companies. This full-time role is based on-site in Edenvale, Johannesburg. The position demands precision in handling employee data and compliance in logistics, security, and manufacturing sectors.

Key Responsibilities

  • Gather, assist, and process data for allocated payrolls, including timesheets, leave forms, new appointments, transfers, terminations, and overtime.
  • Administer the leave module accurately.
  • Ensure clients are invoiced accurately prior to finance invoicing.
  • Submit MIBCO, NBCRFI, MEIBC, and PSIRA returns for allocated clients and payrolls.
  • Meet payroll deadlines as per standard operating procedures.
  • Quality check payrolls as per standard operating procedures.
  • Resolve pay queries efficiently.
  • Verify captured contracts as per standard operating procedures.
  • Prepare various payroll reports and analyses as required by clients and management.
  • Process termination documents for former employees, including provident fund withdrawal or transfer forms, UI-19s, salary schedules, and certificates of service.
  • Draft confirmation of employment letters for current employees.
  • Ensure all employee documents are filed accordingly.
  • Process payrolls in line with relevant bargaining councils and sectoral determinations as instructed by the payroll manager.
  • Submit UIF declarations.
  • Assist with mid-year and year-end submissions.
  • Print IRP5s.
  • Provide general administrative support.

Required Qualifications and Experience

  • Matric certificate.
  • At least 2 years of experience in payroll.
  • Experience in logistics, security, or manufacturing sectors.
  • Accsys PeopleWare experience advantageous.
  • Tertiary education advantageous.
  • Clear criminal record.
  • Knowledge of South African statutory requirements, including MIBCO, NBCRFI, MEIBC, PSIRA, UIF, and tax laws.

Essential Skills and Attributes

  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office.
  • Accurate and meticulous.
  • Highly attentive.
  • Team player.
  • Strong organizational skills for managing deadlines and data.
  • Commitment to confidentiality and ethical practices.

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