Job Description

Job highlights

Full time
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
HR Specialists

Job ID

R200001102

Closing date

01/04/2025

Last Updated

24/03/2025

Payroll Operations Partner

Global HR & Payroll Services, the HR Hub

Melrose, Johannesburg, South Africa

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Payroll Operations Partner to be part of a Global HR and Payroll Services team in Johannesburg, South Africa. The HR Hub will support the HR and payroll administration for multiple Glencore offices globally. We are making a huge change to the enhance the way we deliver HR and Payroll Services to our network of global marketing and corporate offices. These offices vary in size and host employees in their front, middle and back-office roles in the marketing and corporate functions at Glencore.
The HR Hub is based on a d services model and provides a portfolio of services including Payroll Operations, and HR Services. The Payroll Operations Parter will work regionally delivering the payroll operations to a cluster of locations.

Primary Task & Key Responsibilities:

Within the global payroll operating model, responsible for multiple payrolls operationally, which includes:
Ensuring that all relevant payroll related input is loaded to the outsourced service provider's portal
Monitoring integration performance (payroll data from Workday to payroll services provider)
Adherence to the payroll processing calendar, e.g. ensuring input deadlines met
Validating payroll output, i.e. processing output from payroll services provider
Responding to queries on payroll input
Checking and approving final payroll outputs,
End of pay cycle requirements, including:
Posting journals to SAP
Ensuring pay slips are successfully integrated to Workday
Forecasting funding requirements and responding to Accounting / Finance queries
Monthly reports, quarterly and annual reports, as required
Payroll regulatory oversight, with guidance from Regional Leads and Payroll Lead and payroll services provider
Benefits regulatory oversight and implementation of mandatory occupational benefits, where applicable for country
Benefit enrolment and management, in so far as is relevant for accurate payroll processing,
Managing deductions and payments to various third parties, where applicable
Participating in Workday enhancement for the employee experience and for payroll operational efficiency
Maintaining local Standard Operating Procedures for countries in scope (adopting and championing Global Operating Model)
Payroll audits - responding to auditors' requests for data
Responding to payroll enquiries from employees and stakeholders in a timely manner

Key Relationships:

Payroll Service provider
Third parties, e.g. benefits providers
Managers and Leads
Employees

Qualifications:

Relevant certifications or tertiary qualifications
A tertiary degree is seen as beneficial
Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite, for example MS Excel, etc.

Work Experience & Skill Requirements:

Knowledge of Workday compensation and benefits
Experience of working with an outsourced payroll vendor is essential
Experience of working with different international payrolls is beneficial
Experience of monitoring the completion of payroll integrations
Advanced proficiency in both written and spoken English.
High skill level in analyzing payroll and other numerical data
Exceptional attention to detail, and ability to process / check payroll calculations
Ability to manage complex, ad-hoc solutions based on business need with a 'fix-it' mentality
Has meticulous attention to detail, with a keen sense of ownership and accountability
Experience of working within a fast-paced, corporate environment required
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact well with team colleagues and stakeholders at all levels
Is comfortable working independently, cross-functional, across geographies in a dynamic environment
Has ability to self-manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
Is committed to delivering exceptional service

Ability to communicate in other languages such as Chinese or Spanish may be beneficial.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.
With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.
Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.
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