SOUTH AFRICAN FORESTRY COMPANY (SAFCOL)

 

 

 

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR

Status: Permanent

Location: Nelspruit

Grade: B4

Reporting Line: Payroll Manager

 

Role Mandate

To administer and process payroll input by capturing and verifying payroll data, maintaining leave records, ensuring data accuracy, executing net salary runs

(ACB), issuing payslips, and preparing statutory documents such as IRP5s’.

 

Key Accountabilities

• Process creditors payments on financial system (bonds, garnishes, insurances, annuities)

• Receive, verify and capture payroll input data

• Maintain and update all leave information on the payroll system

• Generate and review system reports to validate payroll inputs

• Register new employees for tax numbers with SARS

• Calculate net salaries & third-party payments for Treasury projection

• Conduct a staff complement reconciliation to confirm payroll integrity

• Verify and adjust retirement annuities and pensions, where applicable

• Verify and adjust medical aid contributions and subsidies as required

• Print payroll reports and maintain orderly filling of all payroll documents

• Review payroll inputs for completeness and accuracy

• Identify and resolve duplicated ID’s and bank accounts

• Investigate and address negative salaries

• Perform salary calculations for the allocated zone

• Close period to prevent unauthorised or late entries

• Execute the net salary run (ACB) for all employees

• Process payroll journals for interface between payroll and financial system

• Prepare and process statutory third-party payments including PAYE, UIF and SDL

• Generate retirement fund reports

• Complete monthly UIF submission to Department of Employment and Labour

• Prepare approvals & releases for statutory and third-party payments

• Extract required payroll reports in line with deadlines

• Validate report information against payroll totals and prepare relevant statutory documentation

• Finalise transfers by required due dates and resolve related queries

• Address payroll queries promptly and professionally

• Escalate complex queries to the relevant manager for guidance

• Liaise with external stakeholders where required and obtain necessary information

• Ensure timely and accurate feedback to all stakeholders

• Respond to enquiries regarding employee deductions from medical aids, attorneys, and insurance providers

 

Requirements:

• Grade 12

• SAGE VIP Payroll System Certification

• National Diploma in Finance or Human Resource Management (NQF Level 6) will be an added advantage

• A minimum of 1 – 3 years’ experience in Payroll Administration

• Valid driver’s license

 

Leadership Competencies

• Operational Delivery

• Self-Awareness

 

Behavioural Competencies

• Attention to Detail

• Analytical Thinking

• Integrity & Confidentiality

• Customer Service Orientation

• Time Management

• Problem Solving

 

Technical Competencies

• Payroll Systems Proficiency

• Microsoft Excel (Intermediate/Advanced)

• Knowledge of SA Labour & Tax Legislation

• Payroll Processing & Calculations

• Reconciliations

• Statutory Reporting & Compliance

 


 

 

 

SAFCOL Group is an equal opportunity company with the focus on gender equality and people with disabilities.

 

Employment Equity will be taken into consideration in terms of all appointments within SAFCOL

 

By submitting your CV to SAFCOL, you hereby give permission to circulate your information to the interview panel members for this vacancy only. Your information will not be used for any other role/purpose and will be disregarded after an offer has been made.

 

Interested qualified individuals can e-mail a concise CV with relevant copies of qualifications in confidence to: Ms. Sandra van der Walt, Human Capital Practitioner, sandrarecruitment@safcol.co.za, contact number 082 079 1092

 

Closing Date: 22 April 2026

 

If you have not received a response within 30 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.