Payroll Manager

Summary

Join Deel's People team as a Payroll Manager and take ownership of end-to-end payroll management for our team members primarily located in South Africa. You will be responsible for preparing and processing international payroll, ensuring compliance with established standards, and collaborating with the finance team for accurate tax reporting. This critical role demands deep knowledge of payroll best practices in African countries and experience with multiple entities. You'll manage workflow, prepare compliance filings, and handle year-end reporting, all while maintaining accuracy and timeliness. Deel offers a fully remote, global work environment with competitive pay and benefits.

Requirements

• Minimum of five (5) years experience calculating and processing payroll in South Africa specifically
• Experience processing payroll for multiple entities is required
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, ability to understand impact of payroll activity on financial statements and effectively partner with Finance in analyzing and explaining P&L and Balance sheet variances
• Expert understanding of time-keeping and wage & hour compliance requirements
• Proficiency in Google Suite, specifically Sheets, Documents, and Slides
• Ability to use mathematics to problem solve
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to approach problems, analyze solutions, and reach conclusions
• Able to work independently with minimal guidance and able to work as part of a team
• Due to month and year end nature of work, desire to take ownership of delivering accurate, on time payroll and the ability to work long hours on occasion and over weekends required as needed
• Excellent customer service/communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, time sensitive environment without loss of accuracy of work product and output
• Excellent processing skills and attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines successfully
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Self-motivated, independent, cooperative, flexible, creative, and responsible
• Demonstrated ability to partner within and outside of HR successfully
• Unquestioned integrity with assertiveness, presence, and confidence
• High EQ, personal maturity, cultural awareness and compassion
• Knowledge and experience in technology businesses and familiarity with their global HR practices and policies
• Strong desire and preference to work in a fully remote, global environment and not in an office

Responsibilities

• Prepare & process international payroll on a monthly basis for our team members located primarily in South Africa across multiple entities
• Establish and maintain payroll records
• Verify payroll records are in compliance with established standards
• Make changes in the pay and tax status of employees
• Prepare error-free payroll-related management reports for accounting purposes
• Work with finance team to ensure proper taxation & reporting for our entities in South Africa
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely
• Understand proper tax treatment and processing requirements for wages and employer paid benefits
• Receive and document any necessary approvals prior to processing any non-standard payments
• Prepares and generates required payroll compliance filings for labor, pay, and tax reporting
• Process accurate and timely year-end reporting
• Process manual pay cycles when needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience processing payroll in APAC and/or EMEA countries highly preferred
• Experience working in enterprise payroll technology such as Workday, Deel, SAP, PaySpace, etc is highly preferred

Benefits

• Provided computer equipment tailored to your role
• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location
• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country
• The flexibility of remote work, including WeWork access where available