Payroll Administrator - Shared Services

PG is the name for glass in Southern Africa. Established in Cape Town in 1897, the Group produces, distributes and installs automotive, building glass, aluminium and glass film solutions. The PG Group is a significant worldwide player and our operations comply with the highest international safety, quality and environmental standards.  PG Group is invested in the following divisions:  PG Glass, PG Glass Africa, Shatterprufe, LLumar, Widney, PFG Building Glass, PG Building Glass, PG Primador and PG Aluminium.

Main job purpose

• Effectively administer payroll areas assigned, ensuring correct payments to employees and vendors, as well as cost allocation to finance.

Main Objective

• Maintain a high level of accuracy on all Payroll processing through adherence to Group Policies and Procedures as well as statutory legislation.
• Ensure accurate payment to employees through pre pay run audits on employee biographical data and system calculations.
• Administer the Timekeeper access control system with regards to the issuing of cards, report distribution, uploading of time data for correct employee time allocation and payments.
• Creation of bank files and transferring of employee salaries to the various Banks.
• Investigation of all Payroll related queries to establish whether it’s Administrative or System related, process administrative corrections and forward system errors to IT Service Provider for correction two weeks before next Payroll run.
• Balancing and reconciling of Payroll deductions to the Financial Accounting system for correct payments to 3rd party Vendors.

Critical job requirements

• Grade 12     
• Payroll Diploma
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in a payroll environment

Knowledge 

• Accounting   
• Pay processing
• SA Taxation 
• MS Office

Skills

• Computer Skills
• Computer literacy , including using programs and spreadsheets
• Problem-solving abilities    
• Organizational skills
• Time- management expertise

PG Group, and its subsidiaries, are committed to the principles of employment equity and as such are equal opportunity employers.  Qualified applicants who apply for any vacancies will be considered with due consideration based on of fairness and equity. Factors such as race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability are not consider exclusively and are not determinative of any appointments made by PG Group or its subsidiaries.

Requisition ID: 2000