Payroll Analyst

PepsiCo - In 1965, Donald Kendall, the CEO of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the CEO of Frito-Lay, recognized what they called “a marriage made in heaven,” a single company delivering perfectly-salty snacks served alongside the best cola on earth. Their vision led to what quickly became one of the world's leading food and beverage companies: PepsiCo. Our company is made up of seven divisions: PepsiCo Beverages North America; Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia/New Zealand and China. Each of these divisions has its own unique history and way of doing business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Payroll Analyst

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Processing of all payroll data on Sage, updates of employee benefits and payroll function administration.
• Administer and maintain employee changes. Administer changes in tax status, manual payments, period-end adjustments, reconciliations, payslips, and reporting
• Stakeholder management, handling of payroll related enquiries. Also responsible for execution of AP related Key Controls within the P2P Process.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and administer applicable deductions- processing deductions for tax purposes. Keeping and managing the details of every employee's salary deductions
• Maintain payroll records and files (new hires, terminations, benefits etc)
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timeously, whilst ensuring that procedures are in place to provide strong internal controls ensuring good governance in the payroll.
• Remain current on new legislation and regulatory rulings influencing payroll and reporting requirements. Enforce adherence to requirements and advise management on required actions.
• Process period-end adjustments- adjusting deductions for tax purposes at the end of the year.
• Providing tax deductions statements to every employee for their reference or refunds.
• File regulatory payroll tax forms- filling taxes and highlighting different sources of income and expenditures made
• Evaluate and analyse existing payroll policies and procedures; draft, propose and implement changes and/or quality control measures leading to best practice operations.
• Run the payroll interface - General Ledger, Leave provision, and 3rd party payments
• Balance and reconcile payroll related payments and deductions to reports produced via the SAGE system prior to transmission in order to validate confirmed reports.
• Reconciliation and submission of Employee benefits. Manage the interface of Employee benefits with the third parties. Ensure reconciliations are done to match the records of the third parties.
• Maintenance and accurate capturing of Leave records. Advice the Human Resources Department should a problem be identified in terms of excessive sick and unpaid leave taken by an employee.
• Filing and e-filing of payroll input documents for audit compliance.
• Timely review and sign off on all required payroll and tax reconciliations.
• Prepare accurately and timely reports as required by the Finance and Human Resources Departments
• Carry out self-audits on the master payroll schedule Check Bank Control Account reconciliations

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience
• Proven results at delivering business change
• Dedication: sales operations activities are often time-consuming, meaning that employees must be dedicated to their profession..
• Attention to detail
• Process Driven.
• Operating knowledge of SAP and Sage Systems
• Analytical Analysis: The incumbent would be required to analyse a large sets of data, employees must have analytical analysis skills.

How to Apply
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