Payroll Supervisor

Twigg Exploration & Mining is recruiting a Payroll Supervisor, to be based in Pemba, Mozambique.

Duties

• Manage and guarantee expat and local payrolls are run timeously with monthly disbursements and interim calculations when required
• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports from payroll officer
• Review time and attendance data as provided by HR and efficiency of data collection
• Ensure the processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, change of conditions and terminations are accurate and timely
• Verify the legitimacy of all new hires
• Critically review and analyse current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations
• Communicate actively with Operations, HR and AP to review cross-departmental data sharing
• Ensure systems are set-up and updated to reflect our current employee base, including wages, benefits, sick and annual leave in line with contracts (union and non-union)
• Manage regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end reports (gross payroll, hours worked, annual leave accrual, tax deductions, medical insurance, union participation etc.)
• Maintain employee data ensuring it is kept current
• Supervise payroll staff, train, mentor and develop
• Ensure total compliance to process and ERP system
• Ensure payroll is run with compliance to statutory/legislated requirements
• Review and improve payroll policies and procedures

Requisites

• Degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Management or other relevant subjects
• 05 minimum managing payroll in excess of 500 persons
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong ethics and approach to confidential and sensitive information
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Portuguese and English
• Exceptional ability to build and maintain credible work relationships
• Sound computer proficiency and experience across Microsoft Office (strongly in Excel)
• Able to work with ERP Financial Software (PRONTO)
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles
• Knowledge and interpretation of local labour law

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted