This Payroll Administrator role at the Ackermans Support Centre is a structured, high-volume 12-month Fixed-Term Contract. Ackermans is a massive corporate retailer under the Pepkor group, meaning their payroll department operates like a finely tuned engine. This isn’t a small-office bookkeeping job; it requires a specialist who can handle massive employee headcounts with zero tolerance for errors.
Payroll Administrator (12-Month FTC) | Ackermans Support Centre
Location: Kuils River, Cape Town (Head Office / Support Centre) Contract Type: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract Industry: Corporate Retail HR & Finance
The Reality of the Role: High Volume, High Precision
As a corporate Payroll Administrator for Ackermans, you are managing the financial livelihoods of a massive workforce. The listing explicitly states that each administrator owns a ledger of roughly 1,500 employees. In a retail environment of this scale, staff movement is constant—you will be processing around 60 terminations and 30 promotions every single month, all while keeping tax, benefit deductions, and basic salaries perfectly balanced.
Key Responsibilities & Knowledge Areas
1. Full-Function Payroll Cycle
- Data Capturing & Calculation: Input, update, and manage all monthly payroll variables. You must be comfortable performing manual calculations to verify system outputs when discrepancies arise.
- Reconciliation & Rollover: Perform strict monthly payroll reconciliations, manage system backups, and execute clean period-end rollovers.
- Staff Movements: Handle the administrative pipeline for high-volume terminations (exit payouts, tax directives) and internal promotions (salary adjustments, grade changes).
2. Benefits & Legislative Compliance
- Benefit Administration: Oversee the accurate capturing of medical aid, provident fund contributions, and processing fund withdrawals upon employee exits.
- Statutory Compliance: Apply deep working knowledge of South African labor legislation (BCEA) and SARS tax structures to ensure all payroll deductions are fully legal and compliant.
- Confidentiality: Secure and handle highly sensitive personal and financial employee data with absolute discretion.
Job Requirements
Education & Qualifications
- Essential: Grade 12 Certificate / Matric.
- Preferred: A dedicated Payroll Certificate or Diploma (e.g., Sage, VIP, or PaySpace certification).
Experience
- Essential: 2–3 years of active payroll administration experience.
- Volume Requirement: Proven experience managing a large payroll database (1,000+ employees minimum).
- System Advantage: Direct working knowledge of PaySpace software is a major competitive advantage.
Technical & Core Skills
- Excel Mastery: Intermediate to advanced MS Excel proficiency is non-negotiable (you will need this for manual data reconciliations, VLOOKUPs, and pivot tables).
- Numerical & Analytical Ability: Above-average mathematical capacity paired with a detail-oriented mindset that instinctively questions data anomalies before processing.
- Pressure Management: The ability to work completely independently under the intense, immovable deadlines of a corporate monthly pay cycle.
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