We have an amazing opportunity for a Payroll Officer to be based in Umhlanga, Durban. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?

The successful candidate will be responsible for the financial administration of the company’s payroll system whilst maintaining strict confidentiality standards. The idea candidate will be responsible for timely and accurate delivery of payroll and internal customer service, including recordkeeping and reporting. Provides accounting and project management support to Finance.

With Hollywoodbets You Will:

Innovate and create as part of a like-minded, authentic Team eager to achieve goals.

Embrace challenges and the thrill of working in a vibrant and fast-paced industry.

Grow with our development plans and culture that allows you to further your career.

You Bring:

• 5 years’ in a payroll related position

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

• Process payroll and maintain payroll information accurately as required, ensuring all transactions are authorized, recorded and documented. This includes checking transactions uploaded by the time and attendance officers.
• Ensure all new engagements financials are correct on the payslips i.e. allowances, deductions, company contributions and fringe benefits.
• Movements – Global Transfers ensure transfer is to correct company and all financials has been updated on pay rate details. Tax profile is also correct as per Global Transfer documents.  Allowances, deductions, company contributions and fringe benefits are correct on the payslip. 
• Movements – transfer changes i.e. salary changes/promotions or additional allowances has been updated on the payroll system.
• Terminations – Ensure termination is moved to termination payroll run. Load all financials to be paid out for the termination as well as any outstanding deductions are recovered. 
• Applicable Custom Forms on the Payroll System is executed for Engagements, Movements and terminations to ensure all checks are done.
• All integration errors, quality issues, or deadlines not met are logged on the Quality Alert Tracker on MS Teams and to follow through with resolution.
• Ensure all deductions i.e. Acknowledgement of Debt, Loans are loaded timeously.
• Adhoc payments to be processed timeously e.g. Claims or out of cycle payments.
• Ensure all Employee Change requests and claims have been approved and processed on payroll.
• Monitor the Payroll Shared Mailbox for integration notifications to action and other payroll related queries and requests e.g. Payslip query.
• Ensure completeness of the payroll – all employees are included and all changes and leave processed correctly, and appropriate checks done.
• Ensure consolidated salary packs and checks are completed prior to salary spreadsheets going out for sign off.
• Ensure final monthly packs and reports are prepared timeously.
• Ensure that salaries (spreadsheet and required documents) are signed off / authorized by the appropriate manager(s). Ensure that sign off (spreadsheet) balances to the payroll/pay register, for all pay runs.
• Ensure that salaries are correctly and timeously paid, and that provident funds, statutory and payroll related payments (external providers) are paid by the due dates,
• Prepare and maintain related payroll records,
• Preparing reports, analysis, summaries, journals, statutory submissions and reconciliations timeously as required. e.g. RM reports and Provident Fund reconciliations.
• Provide accounting support to the Finance Team.
• All internal customer queries to be logged and resolved within 24 hours.
• Apply the internal customer experience payroll training when dealing with your internal customers.
• Adhere to all Payroll deadlines daily/weekly and monthly basis.
• Keep abreast of all changes within the Payroll department.
• Live and apply the Hollywood Group values.
• Confidentiality of all Payroll information is to be maintained at all times.
• General admin duties and reporting as required.
• Additional Adhoc functions may be required.

What You’ll Bring To The Team:

• Dedication and high sense of responsibility to one’s own work
• Ability to ensure maximum output and delivery as per required timeframes
• Ensure deadlines are met by using effective planning
• Consistently delivers required business results and achieves goals
• Strong reporting and communication skills
• Ability to accurately check processes and tasks
• Solve problems and issues in a timely and effective manner
• Making customer needs a primary focus of one’s actions
• Strong business acumen skills

So, are you ready to level up, learn, and perform at your best? Apply now!

Please note that only applicants who meet the stipulated minimum requirements will be considered.


If you have not been contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful.