To effect all staff salaries and allowance payments correctly and timeously.Receives payroll input (new engagement, promotions, transfers, terminations), authorities and changes to be effected monthly from Group Human Resources .Effects payroll changes and any collective bargaining agreements as authorised by Head Group HR & Training by first translating this input into payroll codes and giving the salary officers to capture.Effects all payroll statutory requirements eg PAYE deduction rates, NSSA rates.Prints and checks all audit trails to ensure the payroll changes have been captured correctly. Prepares pre-run backups before pay run and posts pay run backups after pay run in cases of disaster and as per payroll ethics.Prepares interface files for posting to individual currents/savings accounts and the group accounting system.Reconciles the group salaries account ie payroll against smart stream which produces monthly journals/trial balance.Checks and verifies all entries both internal and external that are prepared by the officers for other remittances eg Cimas Medical Aid Society (CIMAS), Zimbabwe Banks & Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU), National Employment Council (NEC), Garnishes etc before authorisation of final payment by the manager.Checks all loan applications assessed by the two officers to ensure adherence to policy and procedures before making the final recommendations to management for approval.Checks the daily activity reports for all transactions captured in case of any errors or unknown transactions and advises management.Checks all reconciliations done by the the two officers to ensure that they balance and that correct balancing entries are passed before signing and sending them to the manager for final approval and assists the two officers with these reconciliations where there are problems. Checks terminal benefits calculations before final payment.Assesses and submits annual appraisal reports for subordinates.Reconciles monthly PAYE for the group remit to ZIMRA including the end of year reports for ZIMRA.Reconciles special balancing suspense account against any failed transactions that may arise from the pay posting and interface process.Performs any other duties as assigned by superior.Decides on loan applications to be approved and to be declined.Decides on short term leave plans for subordinates .Decides on courses and workshops that have to do with payroll that must be attended by surbodinates.Decides on which subordinate to delegate any special assignment to. Decides when to start working on the monthly payroll input inorder to meet pay days. Submits weekly activity reports to management.Submits monthly leave reports to management.Prepares and submits monthly PAYE payments and returns to ZIMRA for the group. Plans when all reconciliation should be done inorder to meet all dead lines.Managing difficult cases that cannot be handled by subordinates.Explaining pay roll calculations and deductions and some remuneration policy to staff. Ensuring compliance on all payroll issues and company policy.Resolving and handling  any ZIMRA issues.Compliance with external audit rules .Assisting finance and accounting to get all tax clearance reports by ensuring that all PAYE returns are up to date

Job evaluation subgrade: C