Payroll Administrator Job Vacancy in Nigeria, June3rd 2013

Our client, a professional services firm with a proven track record of business success for over a decade, seeks to strengthen her team of professionals with specialized skills in the below vacant position:
Job Title: Payroll Administrator
Location: Lagos
Qualifications:

• A first degree in a numerate discipline
• Ability to work with little or little or no supervision
• Good communication skills.
• 2 years work experience of which includes at least 1 year experience in payroll management
• Must be residence in Lagos.

• Ensure that all payroll related inputs are submitted promptly
• Review all payroll related inputs and check for accuracy
• Uploading new employees into the payroll system
• Collates employee benefits information needed to be published on HR portal;
• Assists Payroll Officer in maintaining, and monitoring HR legal regulations of all benefits programs to ensures compliance with government regulations;
• Files claims and follow up reimbursement;
• Assists in the preparation and reconciliation of payroll adjustments, including final reconciliation of an employee’s payroll when they go off contract;
• Analyzes financial risks in payroll procedures and recommends improvements.
• Review cost center changes, all deductions and check for accuracy of payroll
• Print out the payslips for all national staff
• Print out schedules of statutory deductions i.e. PAYE, NSITF, Pension etc
• Write transfer instructions to all banks, attaching the relevant schedule of payment
• Advise and resolve all payroll related problems, complaints and ensure prompt resolution.
• Prepares reports on benefits participation and use, as requested;
• input payroll instructions from HR into the payroll system
• Performs a first line review of input of overtime all allowance into the payroll system
• Reviews input of statutory deductions no (NSITF, NHF,), spouse and staff phone bills etc
• Run the payroll software
• Reviews all benefits invoices for accuracy and ensure internal processing for timely remittance;
• Reviews materials distributed for the benefits policies and assists in maintaining benefits administration manuals;