{"id":107891,"date":"2026-08-14T09:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/payroll-consultant-3-months-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:37:46","slug":"payroll-consultant-3-months-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/payroll-consultant-3-months-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Payroll Consultant &#8211; 3 Months Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Payroll Consultant - 3 Months Contract\", \"description\": \"About the Role\\nBURN is looking for a Payroll Consultant to ensure a smooth, accurate, and timely payroll delivery throughout the engagement. This is a delivery-focused role rather than a development role, with responsibility for accurate payroll processing, timely statutory filings, and a clean handover at the end of the assignment.\\nPlease note this is a 3 month contract role.\\nKey Responsibilities\\nRun the full monthly payroll cycle end-to-end for our workforce, meeting internal and statutory deadlines\\nCollect, verify and process daily, weekly and monthly timesheets, including production and shift-based staff\\nEnter and maintain payroll data for new hires, leavers, promotions, transfers and salary changes\\nCalculate and remit statutory deductions and returns such as PAYE, SHIF, NSSF, NITA, Housing Levy, HELB\\nProcess and distribute payslips, and respond to employee payroll queries promptly and discreetly\\nInvestigate and resolve payroll discrepancies, escalating anything material\\nTake a structured handover at the start of the assignment and give one at the end\\nSkills & Experience\\nDiploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources or a related field\\nAt least three years running payroll in Kenya, with full ownership of a monthly cycle\\nWorking knowledge of Kenyan statutory deductions and returns, and of the Employment Act 2007\\nStrong Excel skills\\nDemonstrable accuracy under deadline pressure, and absolute discretion with confidential data\\nAvailability to start immediately and commit for the full three months\\nCPA part-qualified or above\\nPayroll experience in manufacturing or another high-headcount, multi-shift environment\\nExperience with casual, contract or seasonal worker payroll\\nQualified Female Candidates encouraged to apply.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-13\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"BURN\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-27T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"CONTRACTOR\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> BURN<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Contract<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-27<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>About the Role<br \/>BURN is looking for a Payroll Consultant to ensure a smooth, accurate, and timely payroll delivery throughout the engagement. This is a delivery-focused role rather than a development role, with responsibility for accurate payroll processing, timely statutory filings, and a clean handover at the end of the assignment.<br \/>Please note this is a 3 month contract role.<br \/>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Run the full monthly payroll cycle end-to-end for our workforce, meeting internal and statutory deadlines<br \/>Collect, verify and process daily, weekly and monthly timesheets, including production and shift-based staff<br \/>Enter and maintain payroll data for new hires, leavers, promotions, transfers and salary changes<br \/>Calculate and remit statutory deductions and returns such as PAYE, SHIF, NSSF, NITA, Housing Levy, HELB<br \/>Process and distribute payslips, and respond to employee payroll queries promptly and discreetly<br \/>Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies, escalating anything material<br \/>Take a structured handover at the start of the assignment and give one at the end<br \/>Skills &#038; Experience<br \/>Diploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources or a related field<br \/>At least three years running payroll in Kenya, with full ownership of a monthly cycle<br \/>Working knowledge of Kenyan statutory deductions and returns, and of the Employment Act 2007<br \/>Strong Excel skills<br \/>Demonstrable accuracy under deadline pressure, and absolute discretion with confidential data<br \/>Availability to start immediately and commit for the full three months<br \/>CPA part-qualified or above<br \/>Payroll experience in manufacturing or another high-headcount, multi-shift environment<br \/>Experience with casual, contract or seasonal worker payroll<br \/>Qualified Female Candidates encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to BURN on burnmanufacturing.applytojob.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1306025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-27 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: BURN Location: Nairobi Job Type: Contract Apply Before: 2026-08-27 Job Description About the RoleBURN is looking for a Payroll Consultant to ensure a smooth, accurate, and timely payroll delivery throughout the engagement. This is a delivery-focused role rather than a development role, with responsibility for accurate payroll processing, timely statutory filings, and a clean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1628,1443,1413,1412],"class_list":["post-107891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-burn","tag-contract","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}