Our client is looking for a Payroll Accountant to perform responsible
administrative, technical and reporting functions in the area of payroll and
employee benefits.
Analyze, evaluate and implement the
compensation and benefit program ensuring that it is cost effective as well as
competitively benchmarked against the marketplace.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensures the accuracy of payrolls by auditing
departmental pay authorizations and verifying deductions from wages.
Manages the payment of wages and salaries via the accounting system and
prepares periodic payroll reports.
- Reviews payrolls for compliance with the
Company budget, personnel policies and wage and withholding laws including
KRA regulations for reporting and withholding, Kenyan Labour Law
requirements related to payroll practices and record keeping.
- Maintains personnel and pay records for
Company employees to ensure accurate integration of such records with the
payroll and benefit systems.
- Administers and interprets all policies and
procedures for enforcement of provisions of the NHIF and NSSF statutory
bodies.
- Prepares analyses for the Head of Finance
& HR Management regarding current revenues and expenditures and estimated
future requirements.
- Utilizes the IT provisions to maintain,
retrieve and program data for analyses and reports.
- Maintains awareness of current rules and
regulations pertinent to payroll, retirement and benefits and ensures the
timeliness and accuracy of payroll, insurance premiums and claim payments.
- Recommends changes in payroll policies and
procedures.
- Monitors changes in laws and regulations
pertaining to payroll which require Company policy changes and notifies
the Administrator
- Maintains frequent contact with department
heads, programming staff and State agencies.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) with a major in
Accounting
- At least 2 years of practical government or
business experience in payroll, accounting, employee benefits, financial
or statistical records
Skills
Mathematical skills
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such
as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages.
- Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and
geometry.
Reasoning ability
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal
with a variety of concrete variables in situations where standardization
exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions
furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
How to Apply: