Payroll Officer job description

Job brief

If you’ve got payroll experience, we’d like to talk to you. We are in search of a Payroll Officer to track, manage payroll data and execute payments to all employees on time and accurately.

Responsibilities

• Ensure employee payment statements are being distributed, and signed receipts are being collected.
• Paying employees' wages or setting up bank payments.
• Compiling and reporting on earnings summary, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and non-taxable wages.
• Resolving payroll inconsistencies.
• Payroll operations are kept running by adhering to policies and procedures.
• As needed, create ad hoc financial and operational reporting.
• Collect employees’ timesheets.
• Calculate work hours of staff.
• Ensure that taxes of employees are deducted by the company in compliance with the law.
• Calculate employee deductions and benefits.
• Use payroll software to prepare employee paychecks.
• Distribute paychecks.
• Answer any questions from staff regarding payment and taxation.
• Produce payroll reports and payment statements.
• Enter new employee information into the database.
• Adding new employees' information to the company's databases.
• Ensure that tax withholdings and wages are compliant with the law.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Accounting, HR, or similar field
• 2+ years of payroll experience
• Previous experience as a Payroll Clerk, Payroll Officer, or a similar role is required.
• Experience with accounting software and MS Office, particularly MS Excel, is required. 
• The ability to work with confidential information is required.
• Solid understanding of labor laws and employment regulations
• Good with mathematics
• Experience with accounting software
• Good communication skills