Payroll Lead

About this role

<p>takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly adaptable&nbsp; <strong>Payroll Lead </strong>to join our People &amp; Transformation team in Cape Town</p> <p>We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.</p> <p>This position reports to the<strong> Head of People Capabilities</strong></p> <p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p> <p><strong>Payroll Management:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage an end-to-end payroll service.</li> <li>Ensure accurate calculation of salaries, overtime, bonuses, commissions, deductions and any other payroll related payment.&nbsp;</li> <li>Provide an accurate, timely and compliant company payroll services</li> <li>Develop and direct the preparation of payroll and related reports</li> <li>Manage payroll schedules and ensure timely payment to all employees</li> <li>Provide specialised payroll and deduction information and assistance as required</li> <li>Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and requirements.</li> <li>Manage the development and implementation of all Payroll related policies and procedures.&nbsp;</li> <li>Ensure accurate payroll reporting.&nbsp;</li> <li>Assist the Group CFO and CFOs of BU’s by reporting on variances on payroll input and data.</li> <li>Respond to payroll related questions or needs regarding compliance or regulations utilising payroll resources available</li> <li>Ensure the resolution of all payroll related issues utilizing payroll policies and procedures.&nbsp;</li> <li>Participate in the annual increase process in collaboration with the Analytics team.</li> <li>Implement the annual salary increases.</li> <li>Establish/maintain employee records that relate to payroll and ensure that they are accurately filed and available to the HR team.&nbsp;</li> <li>Maintaining and storing of payroll data, providing the system that safeguard the payroll data and documentation.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Payroll System Management:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manages the payroll system and reviews enhancements/changes for development and implementation in the business.</li> <li>Review and amend payroll processes, policies and procedures as required within a changing environment.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Benefits Management:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage the administration of all Employee benefits for the Group.</li> <li>Ensure the implementation of all benefits policies and procedures</li> <li>Manage the relationship with benefits service providers as required.</li> <li>Ensure that all benefits applications on payroll comply with legal requirements.</li> <li>&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Compliance and Reporting:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage the annual internal and external payroll and related audits.&nbsp;</li> <li>Assist in providing documentation and reports to internal and external sources during the annual audit process.</li> <li>Ensure accuracy of legislative reporting of all employees in all required reports.</li> <li>Create ad hoc reports for HR, Finance and Exco within designated HRIS/Payroll system as and when required</li> <li>Responsible for all legislative reporting involving payroll and benefits related matters.&nbsp;</li> <li>Resolve complex employee requests and perform internal control responsibilities.</li> <li>Upon request, assist in gathering payroll data for inclusion in financial statements.&nbsp;</li> <li>Researching and preparing special reports for management.</li> <li>Manage the COIDA relationship with the selected service provider and administer the audit for the Group.</li> <li>Report on payroll metrics, provide insights and make corrective recommendations.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Leadership:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage and lead the team of payroll officers&nbsp;</li> <li>Train and mentor, the Payroll Officers and suggest training intervention to upskill and develop them to keep relevant at all times.</li> <li>Train HR team members in specific areas of payroll, benefits and reporting.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualification &amp; Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Degree or Advanced Diploma in an HR/Financial-related field.</li> <li>A minimum of 7-10 years payroll experience that include benefits administration.&nbsp;</li> <li>Knowledge of Payspace or other payroll systems.</li> <li>3-4 years’ experience leading a payroll/finance team.</li> <li>Advanced Excel (V-lookups, pivot tables and graphs) /Google suite&nbsp;</li> <li>Finance experience will be an added advantage.</li> <li>Reporting experience.</li> <li>Benefits management and administration.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Attributes Required</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Proactive and Assertiveness.</li> <li>Integrity.</li> <li>Delivery and detail orientated - strong orientation towards customer satisfaction.</li> <li>Can do attitude.</li> <li>Ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization.</li> <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</li> <li>Strong planning and organising skills.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Ability to:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Work independently</li> <li>Work well in and with a team</li> <li>Work under pressure</li> <li>Handle and prioritize multiple tasks and meet all deadlines</li> <li>maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion</li> <li>Strong Analytical skills, able to use data, draw insights and make recommendations and where applicable take decisions.&nbsp;</li> <li>Entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster.</li> <li>Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input.</li> <li>Collaborative.</li> </ul> <p><strong>The Environment</strong>:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.&nbsp;</li> <li>We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.&nbsp;</li> <li>We are short on ego and high on output.&nbsp;</li> <li>We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.&nbsp;</li> <li>We love what we do and what we are creating.</li> <li>We seek to employ an <strong>Extra Ordinary Mind </strong>who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>If you meet the above you are an <strong>Extraordinary Mind </strong>so come and join us!&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply</em>.</p>

LOCATION

Cape Town, Western Cape

WORK MODE

On-site

JOB TYPE

Not specified

POSTED

Oct 13, 2026

Source: takealot.com Careers