Payroll Controller

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To serve as the Financial Controller and Primary Quality Assurance for Payroll Operations in country, acting as the critical safeguard against financial loss, legal sanctions, and reputational damage. The role is responsible for the overarching oversight of payroll integrity by bridging the gap between P&C Operations and Finance (F&VM) to ensure that the bank's payroll environment is permanently audit-ready and fully compliant with all Namibian financial and labour laws.

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources or related

Experience:
3-5 years: Experience working in payroll or as an Accountant

Behavioural Competencies:

• Checking Things
• Examining Information
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Business Administration Skills
• HCM Business Systems
• P&C Operations
• People & Culture Systems
• Stakeholder Management

Key Impact Areas:

• Build, develop and maintain relationships with the key internal and external stakeholders relevant to the functional area of People and Culture, Operations, to ensure exceptional customer services to all stakeholders within a dedicated country.
• Conduct random and regular quality assurance (QA) of the work completed by the P&C Operations team - all streams of work. Produce QA report to identify gaps. Use the report to perform trend analysis and submit findings to management. Implement corrective measures and guide the team where there are gaps. Identify mechanisms for preventative controls.
• Deliver holistically on all the regulatory and internal reporting requirements. Oversee the compilation of reports covering findings, conclusions, recommendations and to inform next steps. Oversee the preparation of statistics, dashboards and information for both internal stakeholders and Regulators within the country. Submit reports and Management Information to the Head, P&C Operations for use by the relevant committee.
• Escalate all high-risk, complex and/or significant issues, all matters relating to high-risk issues to the Head, P&C Operations to ensure these matters are dealt with timeously and as per the standards set out it in the relevant functional framework.
• Stay abreast of relevant trends, typologies and any new developments and /or changes to the legislative and regulatory environment for a specific country in order to utilise this information to inform the framework, to create awareness around new modus operandi and to identify potential risks.