Payroll & Benefits Consultant

Job ID: 22249

Position Description:
SunGard Financial Systems provides mission-critical software and IT services to institutions in virtually every segment of the financial services industry. The primary purpose of these systems is to automate the many detailed processes associated with trading, managing investment portfolios and accounting for investment assets. These solutions address the processing requirements of a broad range of users within financial services, including asset managers, traders, custodians, compliance officers, treasurers, insurers, risk managers, hedge fund managers, plan administrators and clearing agents. In addition, we also provide professional services that focus on application implementation and integration of these solutions and on custom software development.
As a Payroll & Benefits Consultant, you will be expected to provide a seamless payroll and benefits service to SunGard employees and Managers. The Consultant will report to and support the HR Executive with BEE related tasks, especially the BEE scorecard tracking & monitoring, the annual salary review process, and the possible onboarding of employees from a new business. The Consultant will also work with, develop and support the HR Learner.

The main priority of this role is payroll and benefit management.

This role is being offered on a five month fixed terms contract basis to cover maternity.

Manage all aspects of the South Africa payroll - payroll preparation, processing through BCX Payroll, checking and reporting to segments
Ensure that monthly payroll is processed by London Shared Service Centre and that employees are paid each month
Manage and resolve all employee benefit queries
Manage Joiners and Leavers process, including producing certificates of service, making files for new employees, auditing files, and keeping files up to date
Responsible for Pension and Provident fund management 3rd party payments - SARS, Medical Aid, Pension Fund, Provident Fund
HR Policy implementation and benefit management/conditions of service
Leave capturing & management and filing, timesheet management
Monitoring employee probations and review
Month-end reporting, and all monthly reporting for the segments
Assist HR Executive with 2013 annual salary review process
Assist HR Executive with onboarding of employees in new Cape Town business/acquisition
Assist with tracking of all related items for BEE scorecard, eg: vendor spend, skills development activities and spend, Employment Equity reporting, etc.

Position Requirements:
It is critical that this person has extensive previous experience in payroll and benefit management at a senior level, and is 100% comfortable with all aspects of the role
Highly skilled on MS Excel, some tax/SARS knowledge is advantageous
The Consultant needs to be comfortable with ambiguity, able to work comfortably in a non-structured environment, and be able to adapt quickly to the SunGard work environment and culture
Superior ability to read and write in English
High energy level and positive attitude
Well-developed planning and organizing abilities
Good attention to detail
Must truly enjoy administrative functions, but at the same time, have good interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills
Must be 100% people and client focused
High degree of resilience, ability to work under pressure, and adopt a flexible approach to issues
There must be a good fit with the SunGard values - Trusting our people/Taking pride in doing the right thing and doing it well/Making wise choices/Achieving value for our customers and stakeholders

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Only South African incumbents will be considered

May need to travel to Cape Town occasionally, but the role is permanently based in Johannesburg

In line with SunGard's commitment to transformation in South Africa and our employment equity targets, preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups.

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