ATHULE DLAKHULU
Payroll manager
Johannesburg
Summary
Highest qualification obtained: Diploma in Accounting Current enrollment: Advanced Diploma in Accounting sciences (2 modules remaining) Years of experience: 8 years of experience in various roles in the finance field Managerial/Supervisor experience: 5 years Recent role: Payroll Manager @ Wynberg Chicken Languages: English, Isizulu, Isixhosa & Sotho Nationality: South African
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Payroll/ Finance Manager
Wynberg Chicken
01.2021 - 11.2024
- Oversee and manage the full payroll activities for 320 employees, and 120 casuals on a bi-weekly basis, ensuring accurate and timely payments.
- Developing and implementing payroll policies and procedures to enhance operational efficiency.
- Collaborating with HR to ensure proper employee classification and benefit deductions.
- Preparing and managing payroll budgets, forecasts, and audits.
- Keeping up with payroll policies and updating employees and stakeholders.
- Generating IRP 5 for the employees (annually).
- Review of month end payroll reports, ensuring that the reports are accurate and free of error.
- Training and providing guidance to the payroll officer, promoting timeous completeness of tasks.
- Monitoring internal control processes to ensure accurate capturing and reporting of payroll activities.
- Handling and processing SARS monthly payments.
- Dealing with the bargaining council for the meat and trade as an when.
- Submitting monthly payroll reports and Schedules to management.
- Responsible for SARS submissions (EMP501/201), ensuring UIF compliance and other statutory obligations.
- Constantly looking at initiatives to eliminate manual payroll processes to eliminate errors and increase efficiency.
- Handling complex payroll queries from employees, clearing out any discrepancies and ensuring 100% employee satisfaction.
- Submitting monthly payroll reports.
- Preparing monthly payroll journals and reconciliations.
- Processing payroll for monthly salaries and bi-weekly wages using sage 300 and ERS Biometrics.
- Reason for leaving: Retrenched
Group Payroll Accountant
Federal Mogul Powertrain
02.2019 - 12.2020
- Supervising and coaching payroll team consisting of 15 members, providing training and guidance to adherence to best practices.
- Processing and overseeing the payroll process for over 8000 employees in South Africa and in 6 foreign countries (Botswana, Mozambique, Brazil, India, Namibia and Germany).
- Maintaining employee records, including pay rates, benefits, and tax information, ensuring confidentiality and compliance.
- Evaluating payroll data, preparing journal entries, and reconciling payroll accounts.
- Ensuring compliance with governmental laws and policies related to payroll for both national and international tax laws.
- Ensuring that all the employee data is captured accurately.
- Verifying calculated hours and processing salary payments.
- Compiling monthly payroll reports for the management.
- Processing and reconciliation of statutory payments for both local and international countries.
- Managing payroll for international hires, transfers, and secondments.
- Analyzing payroll procedures, recommend improvements, and implement best practices.
- Filling Mibco returns.
- Ensuring alignment between payroll and general ledger systems, managing audits, and maintaining regulatory compliance.
- Job costing.
- Reason for leaving: End of contract
Bookkeeper and Administrator
South Africa Cricket Academy
03.2017 - 11.2018
- Processing payroll for 5 branches.
- Handling and resolving payroll issues and queries.
- Customer invoices.
- Supplier Invoices.
- Capture 5 cashbooks with +-500 transactions per bank.
- Debtors collection.
- Run debit orders four times per month.
- Arrange games, tournaments and provincial tours.
- Manage players slots.
- Inventory control.
- Weekly financial reports for all branches.
- Tutored 5 individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (Excel, pastel and type master) once a week.
- CIPC returns.
- VAT returns.
- Administering of IRP5s (From preparation to distribution).
- Reason for leaving: Relocated to Johannesburg for growth opportunities
Education
National Senior Certificate -
Dumisani Makhaye High School
01.2013 - 12.2013
National Diploma in Accounting - undefined
Durban University of Technology
01.2014 - 01.2016
Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences NQF Level 7 - undefined
University of South Africa
01.2023 - 06.2025
Skills
Advance knowledge of Microsoft office (Excel, word, PowerPoint & Outlook)
Expertise in Draftworx for financial reporting
Experienced in pastel accounting software
Sage pay (for debit orders)
Sage 300 people
VIP Premier (Speruser)
Uniclox and ERS biometrics (clocking systems)
Group performance reporting
Coaching and training
Employee supervision
Problem-solving aptitude
Operational oversight mechanisms
Accomplishments
- Efficiency Improvement, Reduced payroll processing time by 25% through streamlined procedures.
- Payroll Accuracy, Managed payroll for over 440 employees, ensuring 99.9% accuracy in payments monthly.
- Staff Training Success, Trained 5 junior staff, improving team productivity by 30% over one year.
- Cost Management Excellence, Saved company over R250,000 annually by optimizing expense management processes.
Timeline
Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences NQF Level 7 - undefined
University of South Africa
01.2023 - 06.2025
Payroll/ Finance Manager
Wynberg Chicken
01.2021 - 11.2024
Group Payroll Accountant
Federal Mogul Powertrain
02.2019 - 12.2020
Bookkeeper and Administrator
South Africa Cricket Academy
03.2017 - 11.2018
National Diploma in Accounting - undefined
Durban University of Technology
01.2014 - 01.2016
National Senior Certificate -
Dumisani Makhaye High School
01.2013 - 12.2013