Payroll Officer

WE ARE HIRING – PAYROLL OFFICER

We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Payroll Officer to join our team. The successful candidate will support payroll processing, maintain accurate employee records, and provide HR and administrative support across the employee lifecycle, ensuring timely and accurate payroll administration and effective resolution of employee queries.

What You’ll Do

• Undertake HR transactional activities across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding new employees into the HR system (Themis HR), processing contract renewals, supporting payroll-related activities, entering salary and leave adjustments, and maintaining accurate and complete employee data in the system.
• Prepare, collate and record information across HR, ensuring accuracy and integrity of employee data in PeopleEdge.
• Managing queries from both internal and external clients on a daily basis, using initiative to find answers to more complex queries and redirecting to the appropriate team as required.
• Provide timely and accurate advice on diverse operational HR activities, processes and procedures across the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, appointment, conditions of employment, separation and related issues to individual staff and HR Units.
• Provide general administrative support to the Recruitment Team, including preparing and distributing reports and supporting the delivery of training sessions.
• Provide administrative support for senior executive recruitment and appointment processes as required.
• Contribute to a high-performing shared services team, supporting and sharing knowledge with other team members.
• Demonstrate and encourage commitment to quality customer service and actively pursue and implement ways to improve internal client satisfaction.
• Responsible for managing the HR Help Desk.

What We’re Looking For

• A good bachelor’s degree in any of the social sciences or equivalent.
• Second class upper is a must.
• A minimum of 2 years of postgraduate experience.
• Experience with payroll processes and HRIS is an added advantage.
• Membership of CIPM required.
• Good knowledge of payroll processes and HR-related payroll administration.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with people at all levels of the organization.

Only shortlisted candidates will be selected.

Competitive remuneration.

Location: Lagos Island.

Work Location: In person