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Payroll Manager – Sub-Saharan Africa – Ericsson
Job Title: Payroll Manager – Sub-Saharan Africa
Organisation: Ericsson
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About the Company:
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks. Using innovation to empower people, business & society, we are working towards the Networked Society, in which everything that can benefit from a connection will have one. At Ericsson, we apply our innovation to market-based solutions that empower people & society to help shape a more sustainable world.
Job Summary: We are now looking for Payroll Manager who is responsible for end-to-end Payroll of Sub-Saharan Africa (all entities), monthly payroll utilization and automated payroll systems.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Managing the team to ensure end to end payroll of employees (Sub-Saharan Africa-all entities), collection of input from different platforms and manage the team to prepare the payroll input for submission to payroll vendor.
- Validate that the team reconcile the payroll received from payroll vendor with the input submitted.
- Review the bank file checking and review approval from respective People Business Partner and ensure it is submitted to the finance team for budgeting and payment processing.
- Coordinate with payroll vendor in delivering timely payslip and other statutory reports.
- Ensure that the reconciliation of the social security, tax reports, pension are completed by the team and coordinate with the auditors for monthly/quarterly/annual submission.
- Ensure the submission of the JVs and other reports to finance by the team are on time.
- Ensure the filling of the SOX and ABC controls are completed on monthly basis.
- Ensuring the team updates payroll archives and that they are kept up to date with all the payroll related information.
- Ensuring the team completes reconciliation of monthly payroll in detail and highlight the differences and confirms reason for differences.
- Ensures the team prepare monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
- Ensures the team completes a reconciliation of monthly GL reports with the payroll JV reports.
- Ensures the preparation of End of service settlement and support exit management.
- Support different audit and ensure the team submits the audit related data on time.
- Support People Business Partner and Total Reward in preparing different People and payroll related activities/projects. PAYEE, restructuring, provisions etc.
- Participate in different projects related to payroll.
- Coordinate with payroll vendors on monthly payroll operations and make sure all the information submission is on time and vendor adhering the deadlines.
- Update payroll work instructions.
- Support all payroll team members and plan their competence related to payroll.
- Ensure ongoing accuracy of the Sub-Saharan Africa all entities, payroll and benefits utilizing external suppliers.
- Ensure the team and payroll vendor maintain compliance with local legislation and regulations as well as support internal People policies.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Competence Requirements:
- Excellent understanding of Sub-Saharan Africa (all entities) payroll processes, JVS, Social security, pension and tax submission process of Sub-Saharan Africa countries.
- Good knowledge of working with finance on payroll related accounting and GL booking.
- Good Excel and Analytical skills.
- Sensitive to high level confidential information
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of using SAP SuccessFactors is a plus.
- Fluency in French language is a plus.
Experience
- 5-7 years of end-to-end Sub-Saharan Africa (all entities), payroll processing experience.
- Strong knowledge of Statutory submission of social security, pension and tax.
- Understanding of basic accounting principles.
- Knowledge of local labor laws of in-scope countries.
- Experience working in a matrix organization.
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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