Employer: Atlas Finance Preference will be given to equity candidates: Gender & Group African Male/Coloured Male/White Male Job purpose:Plays a critical supporting role in overseeing and managing the end-to-end payroll process. This position ensures timely, accurate, and compliant payroll operations across the organization. The incumbent is responsible for supervising the staff within the department, the full spectrum of payroll administration, ensuring adherence to legislative and organizational requirements, driving audit readiness, and providing a back-up and support to the Executive Payroll Manager in all aspects. Key Accountable Responsibilities:• Oversees and manages the execution of all monthly payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, within service level agreements, governance and regulatory and legal compliance and audit findings. • Supports the Payroll Executive in reviewing and approving final monthly payroll reports before submission to Finance, and acts as a backup to the Payroll Executive. • Manages document flow and process and ensures that all new and existing employee changes (hires, terminations, transfers etc.) are captured correctly, timeously and within the agreed SLA into the payroll system. • Validates and reports on the accurate processing of allowances, deductions, leave, and all other data inputs and other variables on a monthly basis. • Manages effective communication within the payroll team, HR and with stakeholders, addresses payroll queries, shares updates, and ensures the confidentiality of payroll information. Competency and qualification requirements:• Diploma in Payroll (essential) • 5 years’ experience in Payroll Administration • 5 years’ experience working with Sage Software • 2 years' experience in Team Management • Postgraduate diploma /Honours degree in Human Resource Management (desirable)