Payroll Administrator

Distribution centres ship to retailers and food service distributors daily.

Job summary:

We have an immediate opening for a Payroll Administrator in Cape Town. We need someone who catches errors before checks go out, not after. On site, Cape Town.

Job duties:

• Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger each period.
• Audit benefit deductions against carrier invoices.
• Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for accounting.
• Process biweekly and weekly payroll in ADP Workforce Now.
• Review timecards for missing punches, overtime and PTO before each run.
• Set up state and local tax accounts when employees move or new locations open.

What you need:

• 3+ years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state.
• High school diploma required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
• Discreet with confidential pay and personal data.
• Strong Excel for reconciliations.
• Accurate and deadline-driven. Payroll does not slip.
• Clear communicator with employees who are upset about their check.

Preferred:

• Canadian payroll.
• Experience with a payroll system conversion.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.
• Benefits administration experience.

Salary range: R30,000 - R39,000 a month

What we offer:

• Medical aid contribution.
• Provident fund.
• 13th cheque.
• Study assistance.
• Group life cover.

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

This posting may close early if we receive enough applications.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Patel's Provisions.