Lesaka Technologies is currently looking for a People Payroll Lead to oversee payroll operations, ensure legislative compliance and supervise Payroll Administrators within the payroll function. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining accurate, timeous and controlled payroll processes in line with company policies and statutory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Statutory Compliance and Payroll Oversight

• Ensure legislative compliance at all times

• Oversee the preparation, review and detailed checking of consolidated, monthly and other payroll packs, reconciliations, statutory submissions, costing and reports generated by the Payroll team, ensuring correctness and timeous completion

• Ensure salaries are signed off and authorised by the appropriate managers

• Ensure salaries are correctly and timeously paid, including all payroll-related payments to external providers

Team Lead and Support

• Oversee and supervise Payroll Administrators

• Manage performance, coaching, discipline, leave and hours approval

• Ensure effective collaboration and flow of information within the payroll team and across departments

• Provide support and query resolution to the team, ensuring all queries are attended to timeously

• Provide support to Payroll team members, line managers and employees with payroll-related queries

Governance, Controls and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure adherence to procedures, policies and deadlines

• Drive continuous improvement across payroll processes, people and risk

• Stay current with payroll system tax updates and functionality changes, test system updates and communicate changes to the department

• Perform other related duties, general administration and project work as required

Required Skills and Competencies

• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills

• Strong numerical aptitude

• Problem-solving ability and attention to detail

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Good time management and organisational skills

• Ability to prioritise and multi-task to meet deadlines

• Ability to work effectively within a team

• Highly meticulous and methodical

• Microsoft Excel – Intermediate to Advanced (including XLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables)

• Strong reporting skills

• Good project management and multi-tasking skills

• Proactive with a strong sense of accountability

• Analytical thinker

• Ability to comply with company policies and values

• Exceptional organisational and technical skills

• Open-minded and adaptable to change

Qualifications and Experience

• National Diploma or Degree in Human Resources Management, Financial Accounting, Accounting, Finance or a related field

• Minimum 3–5 years’ payroll experience in a lead or team leadership role

• Knowledge of South African payroll legislation (mandatory)

• Sage 300 People experience (advantageous)

• Experience with Google Analytics and other relevant analytic platforms