Payroll and Benefits Manager
Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
Date Posted | October 19, 2022 |
Category |
Accounting
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | KES |
Description
We’re looking to grow our team with highly talented and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment.
Role: Payroll and Benefits Manager
We're looking for an exceptional Payroll and Benefits manager who will be tasked with overseeing the treasury operations across the Sokowatch group.
Locations: Kenya
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manage and facilitate the timely and accurate Payroll operations for our monthly payrolls, such as the below:
- Process expenses
- Tax payments and reconciliations as needed
- Calculate and enter payroll data
- Update employee information and deductions
- 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, payroll, and legal teams.
- Partner with People and Finance teams to support other initiatives such as transfer pricing, time-tracking, records management, compensation, people analytics, People data privacy, and systems
- Review employee data changes such as new hire entry and direct deposit set up, promotions, status changes, terminations, etc.
- Process Leave of Absences/leave management
- Provides support in the presentations that educate employees about their benefits and inform employees about any changes to the benefits structure.
- Maintains compensation databases and ensures employment records are properly maintained in the system.
Requirements:
- 7+ years’ facilitating Payroll within high-growth or complex organizations
- 3+ years’ overseeing/managing a Payroll team/function
- Comprehensive knowledge of East Africa payroll processing and compliance
- Prior experience managing payroll reporting
- Exceptional attention to detail and analytical mindset
- Consultative approach with a proven track record of process optimization
- Tech-savvy: advanced proficiency in Excel; comfort with G-suite
- Excellent, succinct communication