{"id":3979,"date":"2026-08-09T13:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/payroll-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:28:19","slug":"payroll-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/jobs\/victoria-island\/payroll-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Payroll Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Payroll Officer\", \"description\": \"Job Purpose\\nThe Payroll Officer is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of employee salaries, wages, bonuses, and deductions in compliance with applicable labor laws, tax regulations, and organizational policies.\\nThe role serves as a critical link between the HR and Finance departments, ensuring that all employees are compensated correctly and on schedule, while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.\\nJob Responsibilities\\nProcess monthly payroll accurately and on time for all employees, including full-time, part-time, and contract staff.\\nCollect, verify, and reconcile attendance, overtime, and leave records from HR and line managers before payroll runs.\\nCalculate and process statutory deductions, including PAYE Personal Income Tax, pension contributions, National Housing Fund NHF, and other applicable levies.\\nEnsure timely remittance of all statutory deductions to relevant government agencies PENCOM, NHF, NSITF, etc. within stipulated deadlines.\\nMaintain accurate and up-to-date payroll records, employee salary data, and deduction schedules in the HRIS or payroll software.\\nPrepare and distribute pay-slips to all employees every pay cycle.\\nHandle payroll queries from employees professionally and resolve discrepancies promptly.\\nPrepare monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports for management and finance review.\\nSupport internal and external payroll audits by providing accurate records and documentation.\\nMonitor and implement updates to payroll processes in response to changes in tax laws, pension regulations, and minimum wage legislation.\\nCoordinate with HR on new hires, exits, promotions, salary adjustments, and other changes that affect payroll.\\nEnsure strict confidentiality of all payroll information and employee financial data.\\nAssist in the preparation of annual tax returns and other statutory filings related to employee compensation.\\nContinuously identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and controls.\\nJob Specification\\nEducation - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related field.\\nProfessional Qualification-Professional certification in HR or payroll management is an added advantage e.g., CIPM, ICAN, ACCA, SHRM.\\nExperience:\\n2\u20134 years of hands-on payroll processing experience\\nExperience working with payroll software\\nDemonstrable experience handling statutory remittances PAYE, pension, NHF\\nExperience preparing payroll reports and reconciling with general ledger.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-07\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"PPC Limited\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Victoria Island\", \"addressCountry\": \"NG\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-21T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> PPC Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Victoria Island<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-21<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Job Purpose<br \/>The Payroll Officer is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of employee salaries, wages, bonuses, and deductions in compliance with applicable labor laws, tax regulations, and organizational policies.<br \/>The role serves as a critical link between the HR and Finance departments, ensuring that all employees are compensated correctly and on schedule, while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.<br \/>Job Responsibilities<br \/>Process monthly payroll accurately and on time for all employees, including full-time, part-time, and contract staff.<br \/>Collect, verify, and reconcile attendance, overtime, and leave records from HR and line managers before payroll runs.<br \/>Calculate and process statutory deductions, including PAYE Personal Income Tax, pension contributions, National Housing Fund NHF, and other applicable levies.<br \/>Ensure timely remittance of all statutory deductions to relevant government agencies PENCOM, NHF, NSITF, etc. within stipulated deadlines.<br \/>Maintain accurate and up-to-date payroll records, employee salary data, and deduction schedules in the HRIS or payroll software.<br \/>Prepare and distribute pay-slips to all employees every pay cycle.<br \/>Handle payroll queries from employees professionally and resolve discrepancies promptly.<br \/>Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports for management and finance review.<br \/>Support internal and external payroll audits by providing accurate records and documentation.<br \/>Monitor and implement updates to payroll processes in response to changes in tax laws, pension regulations, and minimum wage legislation.<br \/>Coordinate with HR on new hires, exits, promotions, salary adjustments, and other changes that affect payroll.<br \/>Ensure strict confidentiality of all payroll information and employee financial data.<br \/>Assist in the preparation of annual tax returns and other statutory filings related to employee compensation.<br \/>Continuously identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and controls.<br \/>Job Specification<br \/>Education &#8211; Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related field.<br \/>Professional Qualification-Professional certification in HR or payroll management is an added advantage e.g., CIPM, ICAN, ACCA, SHRM.<br \/>Experience:<br \/>2\u20134 years of hands-on payroll processing experience<br \/>Experience working with payroll software<br \/>Demonstrable experience handling statutory remittances PAYE, pension, NHF<br \/>Experience preparing payroll reports and reconciling with general ledger.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV\u00a0to: hr@ppcng.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:hr@ppcng.com\" 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: 2026-08-21 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: PPC Limited Location: Victoria Island Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-21 Job Description Job PurposeThe Payroll Officer is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of employee salaries, wages, bonuses, and deductions in compliance with applicable labor laws, tax regulations, and organizational policies.The role serves as a critical link between the HR and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,140],"tags":[51,18,17,1145],"class_list":["post-3979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-victoria-island","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-ppc-limited"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}