Global Payroll Operations Specialist - South Africa

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

We're looking for an experienced payroll specialist to join Rippling’s Global Payroll Operations team. We are rapidly expanding Rippling to serve the needs of employees and employers all over the world.  Our Global Payroll Operations team plays a critical role in ensuring the success of our global payroll products, which are natively built and fully integrated with Rippling’s broader suite of products.

• →Execute timely payroll, filings, and payments for all customers across key countries
• →Drive issue resolution and communication with various government agencies and partners; you will directly interface with our customers and resolve issues on their behalf
• →Work closely with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to ensure that:
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  • →Natively built payroll software supports key payroll and tax compliance requirements
  • →Product bugs and product issues (e.g., calculation errors, file generation errors) are quickly addressed
  • →Internal tooling requirements are properly prioritized and implemented

• →Minimum of 4+ years in a global payroll processing role, and minimum of 2+ years in a client facing role
• →Strong South Africa payroll experience 
• →Experience running payroll in-house using SimplePay payroll software
• →Bonus if you have experience running payroll in other EMEA countries
• →Process payroll activities in accordance with company guidelines, social security, legislations and local taxes requirements.
• →Experience with Google Suite or Microsoft Office, especially Docs/Sheets/Excel, for data analysis and task organization; familiarity with Salesforce queues, JIRA, and Confluence a plus
• →Ability to review and validate calculations 
• →Must have understanding of payroll concepts
• →Strong knowledge of payroll regulations
• →Deep understanding of the leave entitlements 
• →Good knowledge of labor legislation
• →Strong organizational skills and able to work under strict deadlines
• →Fluent in English