Murray & Roberts Cementation invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the position of Payroll Supervisor to be placed in Bedfordview. The successful candidate will report to the Payroll Manager. The company will provide remuneration and benefits relevant and appropriate to the position. Preference will be given to Historically Disadvantaged South African (HDSA) candidates. Applications only open to South African Citizens / Permanent Residents.

• Supervise the daily activities of the payroll administrators effectively to ensure payroll runs are accurate and within deadlines
• Payroll inputs and outputs are effectively supervised, planned, controlled, checked and captured to ensure accuracy, data integrity and cost containment
• Generate and consolidate timeous payroll summaries, cost reports and head counts, balance sheet reconciliations, monthly journals and ad hoc reports
• Conduct payroll audits in all areas including payroll input, provide recommendations for areas of improvement
• Manage the leave, training, performance and development of team to ensure business continuity
• Effective stakeholder engagement with sites and other departments to ensure smooth payroll workflows
• Manual processes and calculations are effected in line with regulations, procedures and standards
• Self and team provide effective and efficient administrative support to the payroll department in line with country statutory laws and M&RC’s policies, standards and procedures
• Proactive payroll risk identification and mitigation in line with M&RC’s standards, policies, procedures
• Effective self and team management in alignment with M&RC values and leadership initiatives

• Grade 12 or NQF 4 equivalent
• Minimum National Diploma: Payroll Administration Services NQF Level 5
• BCom Accounting / Finance / Human Resources Management (preferred)
• Registration with the South African Payroll Association (advantageous)
• Proficient in Sage 300 Payroll system (essential)
• Proficient in MS Office (Advanced Excel essential)
• Exposure to JDE or similar ERP system (advantageous)
• Ability to lead, supervise and train a team of payroll administrators through the full transactional flow of payroll processes and systems
• Ability to apply country statutory laws and best practices relating to payroll
• Sound numerical reasoning with excellent calculation ability
• Strong administration, planning, organising, control, delegation and prioritising skills
• Unwavering confidentiality and discretion
• High attention to detail and level of accuracy in all tasks
• Good English written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate effectively under pressure

• Minimum 6 years of full payroll function experience including reconciliations and journals
• Experience supervising across more than one payroll database of 1500 employees, preferably in a mining or construction environment
• At least 3 years of experience supervising a minimum of 2 team members on Sage 300 Payroll
• Experience gathering, collating and controlling large volumes of electronic/hard copy data and balancing large reconciliations within deadlines
• Experience implementing payroll processes effectively
• Excellent knowledge of POPIA, BCEA, Severance, COID and TAX statutory laws

1. The Recruiter may amend, delete or expire jobs at any time without notification.
2. Murray & Roberts reserves the right not to proceed with filling the position.
3. An application will not in itself entitle the applicant to an interview.
4. If you do not receive any feedback on your application within 4 weeks from the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.