About the role
Overview
Absolute Pets is the leading pet care retailer in South Africa with over 200 stores nationwide. The Company caters to a high-end customer with premium products for pets ranging from pet food to health & wellness products and accessories. Absolute Pets is looking for a Financial Accountant (Payroll Administrator) for a maternity cover until 31 May 2027. The successful candidate will largely be providing support with the processing of payroll, with all duties included below:
Payroll
Responsible for the preparation and processing of the monthly payroll for approximately 800 employees which involves:
- Processing hours from rosters/clocking. - Compiling the clocking issue report based on rosters and clocking issue tickets from Think Time, to reflect the hours worked and late comings. - Preparing time register reports for all staff, reconciling short hours to leave reports and following up on discrepancies with their managers. - To review clocking feedback and adjust hours accordingly. - Multiple incentive workings. - Record keeping of sundry deductions, garnishees, staff loans and advances. - New hires and terminations processing – new hires clocking and backpay + leavers clocking and termination leave. - Variance report compiled with adjustment tracker (Payroll Tracker updates) checked and sent for review by financial manager. - Overtime checks. Ensuring that all overtime applications submitted are approved and then captured on the payroll system. - Accurate capturing and processing of employee information. Maintenance of employee banking details. Staff movement tracking for reporting purposes. - Manage all payroll related queries. - Monthly reconciliation of all payroll related GL accounts. - Preparing the staff turnover report.
Financial Reporting:
- Weekly Damaged & Expired Stock reporting - Weekly Pet Spa Price Changes reporting - Scorecards publishing - Monthly Stock Transfer reporting - Monthly Departmental Reporting checks
Financial Processing:
- Credit Cards - Processing, reporting and reconciliation of all company credit card spend. - Ordering, renewal and cancelling of credit cards.
Payroll Cashbook Processing
- Processing and reconciliation of the payroll bank account.
Other:
- Dealing with any company insurance claims. - Finance admin and filing. - Assisting as needed with other ad-hoc projects.
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