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Payroll Specialist Lead - South Africa/Sub-Sahara

5 day weekAsync HoursZAR 733k – ZAR 824kRemote · South Africa

The 4-day week in South Africa

About the role

Compensation: ZAR 732,550 to ZAR 824,150

Job Description

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Payroll Specialist Lead joining our Global Payroll Operations Team.

What you bring

  • End-to-end South African payroll processing in-house or within a payroll service provider
  • Knowledge of payroll best practices.
  • Proficient in using software tools like Excel / Google Suite.
  • An analytical mindset with great problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.
  • Is a productivity geek and will constantly think of ways to improve and speed up their work.
  • You understand the need and ideal to work largely asynchronously.
  • Writes and speaks fluent English
  • It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as a true subject matter expert for the country
  • Manage existing relationships with key stakeholder within Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, Engineers.
  • Process full end to end payroll in-house, statutory filing requirements, exceptions, approvals, payments and compliance.
  • Ensure full data integrity and quality
  • Payroll journals/reconciliations
  • Focus on KPIs and SLAs
  • Implement and improve processes
  • Mentor and support payroll specialists
  • Back up regional managers during times of absence

Practicals

  • You'll report to: Manager, Global Payroll Operations.
  • Team: Payroll
  • Location: Anywhere in the World
  • Start date: As soon as possible

About Remote

Global HR platform enabling compliant international hiring with a fully remote, async-first culture across 75+ nationalities on six continents.

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