takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Junior Payroll Officer to join our team in Cape Town.

We’re 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!

The position reports to the Payroll Manager.

Your responsibilities will include:

Data Processing: Capture new hires, banking details, salary changes, and terminations into the payroll systems within agreed SLA deadlines. Processing of Termination documentation as required.
Time & Attendance: Verify employee overtime, and track annual, sick, or family responsibility leave etc
Statutory Calculations: Assist with calculations for statutory deductions and filings like UIF and PAYE.
Query Resolution: Handle routine internal and external payroll questions from employees and managers.
Reporting: Support month-end reconciliations and reporting tasks
Employee Documentation: Ensure that all payroll documentation is filed. Establishing/maintaining employee records; ensuring that employee changes are entered correctly and made on a timely basis.
Payroll Projects: Contribute to Payroll projects when required
Benefits: Assist with the management and implementation of benefits in relation to payroll.

Qualifications and Experience:

Teritary qualification Businesss Management / Human Resources Diploma or equivalent
At least 1 – 2 years’ experience in an HR admin role with specific experience in a payroll administration environment
Experience with time and attendance systems is required
Experience working on ESS Knowledge of relevant, South African legislation (BCEA, UIF, SDA, PAYE, WCA)

Minimum Required Competencies:

Accounting/Payroll knowledge sufficient to perform journal entries and payroll account reconciliations
Payroll administration
Payroll Processes and procedures
Payroll queries handling
Reporting
Strong computer skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong problem solving skills
Ability to work in an unstructured environment with diverse cultures
Detail-obsession
Advanced Excel

Attributes Required:

Proactive
Assertive
Integrity
Delivery orientated
Can do attitude
Ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization
Written and Verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently and work well in a team
Customer service orientation
Strong planning and organizing skills, and the ability to work under pressure
Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks and meet all deadlines
Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion

The Environment:

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.
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.
We are short on ego and high on output.
We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

is forthright but respectful
is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours)
is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
is curious and challenge the status quo
is innovative and enjoys iteration
is collaborative
will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
thinks like an owner of the business.
is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference