Website Hollywoodbets
Hollywoodbets have been revolutionising betting within South Africa since 1999 and we are currently making inroads further into Southern Africa. As a frontrunner in our industry we are always finding new ways to give our customers the best betting experience. Our sports betting site features a la… read morerge variety of events and markets to bet on, with expert betting support both online and in store. We offer local and international horse racing betting, an extensive range of sports betting from soccer to American Sports as well as our fantastic Lucky Numbers international lottery offering. Betting is offered 365 days a year. We are also proud to provide live betting with our Live In-Play and Betgames Africa options. After opening our first branch in Durban in the year 1999 we took the leap and joined the online community with the launch of our website www.hollywoodbets.net in 2006. Our mobisite www.hollywoodbets.mobi was created soon after that in 2009 as the business expanded. Hollywoodbets now has over 80 branches spread across six of South Africa’s provinces as well as one branch in Mozambique. Additionally, we provide our customers with a variety of betting platforms including USSD betting, via our Phone-A-Bet call centre, the mobisite and website as well as the feature phone application. Our values include service excellence, commitment to achieving our objectives, ubuntu, integrity, innovation, enthusiasm and accountability, and they underpin everything we do. For that reason we believe in investing in our team, and we’ve seen many people rise through the ranks. Hollywoodbets strongly believes in investing in the communities that we operate in, and we support charitable organisations and grassroots sports teams around SA on an annual basis. For more on the Hollywoodbets My Community Programme please visit our dedicated sites http://csi.hollywoodbets.net/ and http://sponsor.hollywoodbets.net/.
Responsibilities
We have amazing opportunities for a Payroll Officer to be based in Umhlanga, Durban. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?
The successful candidate will be responsible for the financial administration of the company’s payroll system whilst maintaining strict confidentiality standards.
Responsible for timely and accurate delivery of payroll and internal customer service, including recordkeeping and reporting. Provides accounting and project management support to Finance.
You Bring:
5 years’ experience in a payroll related position
What You’ll Do For The Brand:
Process payroll and maintain payroll information accurately as required, ensuring all transactions are authorized, recorded and documented. This includes checking of transactions uploaded by the time and attendance officers.
Ensure all new engagements financials are correct on the payslips i.e. allowances, deductions, company contributions and fringe benefits.
Movements – Global Transfers ensure transfer is to correct company and all financials has been updated on pay rate details. Tax profile is also correct as per Global Transfer documents. Allowances, deductions, company contributions and fringe benefits are correct on the payslip.
Movements – transfer changes i.e. salary changes/promotions or additional allowances has been updated on the payroll system.
Terminations – Ensure termination is moved to termination payroll run. Load all financials to be paid out for the termination as well as any outstanding deductions are recovered.
Applicable Custom Forms on the Payroll System is executed for Engagements, Movements and terminations to ensure all checks are done.
All integration errors, quality issues, or deadlines not met are logged on the Quality Alert Tracker on MS Teams and to follow through with resolution.
Ensure all deductions i.e. Acknowledgement of Debt, Loans are loaded timeously.
Adhoc payments to be processed timeously e.g. Claims or out of cycle payments.
Ensure all Employee Change requests and claims have been approved and processed on payroll.
Monitor the Payroll Shared Mailbox for integration notifications to action and other payroll related queries and requests e.g. Payslip query.
Ensure completeness of the payroll – all employees are included, and all changes and leave processed correctly, and appropriate checks done.
Ensure consolidated salary packs and checks are completed prior to salary spreadsheets going out for sign off.
Ensure final monthly packs and reports are prepared timeously.
Ensure that salaries (spreadsheet and required documents) are signed off / authorized by the appropriate manager(s). Ensure that sign off (spreadsheet) balances to the payroll/pay register, for all pay runs.
Ensure that salaries are correctly and timeously paid, and that provident funds, statutory and payroll related payments (external providers) are paid by the due dates,
Prepare and maintain related payroll records,
Preparing reports, analysis, summaries, journals, statutory submissions and reconciliations timeously as required. e.g. RM reports and Provident Fund reconciliations.
Provide accounting support to Finance Team.
All internal customer queries to be logged and resolved within 24 hours.
Apply the internal customer experience payroll training when dealing with your internal customers.
Adhere to all Payroll deadlines daily/weekly and monthly basis.
Keep abreast of all changes within the Payroll department.
Live and apply the Hollywood Group values.
Confidentiality of all Payroll information is to be maintained at all times.
General admin duties and reporting as required.
Additional adhoc functions may be required.
What you’ll bring to the team:
Communication
Time management
Apply Before 05/25/2026
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