Payroll Officer vacancy

Payroll Officer
Our client, a mid-sized growing organization is looking to hire a Payroll Officer. Reporting to the HR Manager, the Payroll Officer will be responsible for administering the payroll and ensuring accurate and timely payment of staff salaries and remittance of statutory deductions. The Payroll Officer will also prepare staff cost Budgets and forecast, trend analysis & reporting, and monitor of all Staff Cost lines. He/she will be highly conversant with creating new employees on the payroll; updating monthly changes, computing statutory and other deductions, computing and updating allowances – particularly overtime, effecting voluntary deductions, remitting statutory deductions as per regulatory guidelines and filing timely submission of payroll related reports/returns in compliance regulatory requirements.
The successful candidate:

• Must be a graduate with a degree in either human resource management or a numerate discipline such as accounting, management science, etc. from a reputable institution of higher learning. A practicing certificate from the Institute of Human Resource Management will be an added advantage.
  
• Must have a minimum of two years’ experience processing a payroll of over 100 employees’ end-to-end using a recognized, licensed payroll system.Working knowledge of managing payments for casuals and seasonal workers will be an advantage.
  
• A minimum of 2 years administering benefits including pensions/provident funds, medical schemes, SACCO deductions, loan schemes, etc.
  
• Experience with salary surveys will be a significant advantage.
  

He/she will demonstrate the following qualities:

• be pro-active with a high level of personal drive and enthusiasm and a personal commitment to excellence
  
• be analytical, highly numerate, and have a high level of attention to detail
  
• have excellent organizational skills, be good at multi-tasking, prioritizing and strong follow-up skills delivering quality results within agreed and often tight timelines
  
• have the ability to work independently, and remain calm and focused under pressure
  
• have unquestionable integrity, demonstrate a high level of discretion and the ability to work with confidential information
  
• be computer literate, highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel
  
• be self-evaluative with a strong desire to learn and grow as a professional and individual
  

The package for this position starts at KShs 30,000 gross per month plus medical benefits, negotiable depending on capability and demonstrable contribution.

If you are interested in the position and have the skills, talents and potential we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please apply on-line at www.careers.tgagroupea.com by Friday 14^th February 2014