Payroll Officer

• Education and Experience
  
• Skills and Competencies
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in the fields of HR or accounting/finance.
  
• At least 4 years of experience in a busy HR environment running payroll for different countries.
  
• CPA K / ACCA is an added advantage.
  
• Member of IHRM and/or a similar renowned HR professional body is an added advantage.
  
• Subject matter expertise on HR systems, Processes, pay & employment legislation in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia.
  
• Knowledge of Payroll procedure delivery and HR systems.
  
• Has process discipline and quality orientation.
  
• Keen to prevent and solve problems.
  

• Education and Experience
  
• Skills and Competencies
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in the fields of HR or accounting/finance.
  
• At least 4 years of experience in a busy HR environment running payroll for different countries.
  
• CPA K / ACCA is an added advantage.
  
• Member of IHRM and/or a similar renowned HR professional body is an added advantage.
  
• Subject matter expertise on HR systems, Processes, pay & employment legislation in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia.
  
• Knowledge of Payroll procedure delivery and HR systems.
  
• Has process discipline and quality orientation.
  
• Keen to prevent and solve problems.
  

• Manage and facilitate the timely and accurate Payroll operations for our monthly payrolls, such as the below:
  

  • Process payroll-related expenses.
    
  • Tax payments and reconciliations as needed.
    
  • Calculate and enter payroll data.
    
  • Update employee information and deductions on the payroll platform.
    
  • Data entry, records management, and analytics as needed.
    
  • Perform month-on-month payroll reconciliations.
    
  • Review payroll journal entries for posting.
    
  • Perform General ledger to Payroll reconciliations.
    
• Manage the accurate and timeline processing of Payroll.
  
• Managing compliance with all statutory regulations, as well as company policies.
  
• Communicate developments in a clear and actionable manner to other internal stakeholders, including People, finance, and legal teams.
  
• Partner with People and Finance teams to support other initiatives such as transfer pricing, time-tracking, records management, people analytics, People data privacy, and systems.
  
• Review employee data changes such as new hire entry, promotions, status changes, and terminations, etc.
  
• Process Leave of Absences, liabilities and leave provisions.
  
• Assist in implementing any People team payroll-related projects and consistently being accountable for all agreed deliverables.
  
• 8+ years of experience as a payroll administrator.
  
• Experience with large payroll platforms such as ADP or Paychex
  
• International Payroll Certification is a plus
  
• Ability to use GitLab
  
• A shared interest in our values, and working in accordance with those values