Payroll and Benefits Manager at Sokowatch

We’re looking to grow our team with highly talented and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment.

Role: Payroll and Benefits Manager

We're looking for an exceptional Payroll and Benefits manager who will be tasked with overseeing the treasury operations across the Sokowatch group.

Locations: Kenya

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage and facilitate the timely and accurate Payroll operations for our monthly payrolls, such as the below:
• Process expenses
• Tax payments and reconciliations as needed
• Calculate and enter payroll data
• Update employee information and deductions
• Data entry, records management, and analytics as needed
• Perform month on month payroll reconciliations
• Review payroll journal entries for posting
• Perform General ledger to Payroll reconciliations
• Manage the accurate and timeline processing of Payroll
• Managing compliance with all statutory regulations, as well as company policies.
• Communicate developments in a clear and actionable manner to other internal stakeholders, including People, payroll, and legal teams.
• Partner with People and Finance teams to support other initiatives such as transfer pricing, time-tracking, records management, compensation, people analytics, People data privacy, and systems
• Review employee data changes such as new hire entry and direct deposit set up, promotions, status changes, terminations, etc.
• Process Leave of Absences/leave management
• Provides support in the presentations that educate employees about their benefits and inform employees about any changes to the benefits structure.
• Maintains compensation databases and ensures employment records are properly maintained in the system.

Requirements:

• 7+ years’ facilitating Payroll within high-growth or complex organizations
• 3+ years’ overseeing/managing a Payroll team/function
• Comprehensive knowledge of East Africa payroll processing and compliance
• Prior experience managing payroll reporting
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical mindset
• Consultative approach with a proven track record of process optimization
• Tech-savvy: advanced proficiency in Excel; comfort with G-suite
• Excellent, succinct communication