Head of Payroll at Volt Management Services Limited

Head of Payroll Responsibilities:

• Heading the payroll team and managing their performance
• Managing all aspects of the payroll process, such as approving transactions and reviewing exemptions.
• Changing individual payrolls as stipulated by management, such as tax deductions or salary adjustments.
• Maintaining payroll systems, troubleshooting, and addressing issues that may arise.
• Auditing payroll transactions to ensure that accounts, payment dates, and taxes are accurate and up to date.
• Creating monthly and annual payroll reports for management review.
• Ensuring all payroll systems comply with Kenya tax & Employment laws.
• Ensuring all Tax Year-End procedures are run including P10, P10A processing.
• Providing support to Operations Team and Finance departments on Payroll Matters
• Ensuring compliance with Working Time Directive and flagging to Senior Management potential breaches of regulations.
• Ensuring compliance and updating of SOPs for all payrolls and cross-trained staff on full payroll cycle from start to finish
• Attending to any payroll-related queries or questions from employees.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Human Resource Management, or a similar field.
• At least Five years' experience as a manager/functional head
• Technical experience in payroll processing and payroll systems.
• Excellent knowledge of various payroll softwares will be an added advantage.
• Familiarity with labor legislation and Finance tax laws.
• The ability to ethically work with employee-sensitive information.
• Solid knowledge of data management.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with team members.