Job title: Payroll and Admin Manager
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Cape Town, Southern Suburbs
Job published: 11/02/2025
Job ID: 57147

Job Description

One of the most prestigious restaurants in Cape Town is looking or a Payroll / Admin manager to manage their extremely busy and vibrant restaurant. Are you someone that is able to multi-task whilst practicing extreme attention to detail? Then this could be for you. Normal office hours - no weekends 

Responsibilities: 

  • Manage stock wastage on pilot, insert food and beverage stock takes on system 
  • Understand stock take variance and explain variance reports to GM/F&B manager
  • Export stock audit report, change format and add formulas stock figures sent to bookkeeper/accountant
  • Manage staff clock in system, tracking employee hours for payroll
  • Manage employees onboarding, file hard copies and online copies and maintain staff files
  • Manage records and files on labour issues, collect leave forms, track uniform deductions 
  • Calculate PAYE, UIF and other levies, prepare and check outsourced payroll deductions 
  • Manage admin of WRSETA graduate or learnership programs
  • Load payroll on Sage VIP for GM and accountant to check and approve, print and distribute payslips 
  • File SARS EMP201, SARS EMP501, SARS EFiling, IRP 5's 
  • Workmens compensation submission claims
  • Manage employee "exit" procedure and documents 
  • Check online banking payments loaded, send to accountant for release
  • Ensure cash flow for debit orders, request transfer of excess cash to investment account, process cashbooks payment and receipts accurately 
  • Reconcile cashbooks to bank statements daily and month end
  • Ordering stationery, general admin duties
  • Oversee and train staff 
  • Balance daily cash ups
  • Balance and discount manager meals, check cash dropped in managers safe daily
  • Check daily department sales analysis, reconcile sales and cashiers slips daily
  • Manage control accounts verify cash deposits, credit cards reflect in the bank account 
  • Communicate shortages and sales issues with supervisors and GM 
  • Guide staff to improve daily sales recording and highlight risks, Till returns and voids record sales entries
  • Complete weekly, monthly sales report for GM customer invoices, statements, recons
  • Manage functions and payments thereof
  • Keep track of all monies coming in through cash ups and all expenses
  • Manage daily pay outs for staff transport
  • Manage waiter/bar and runner tips, split tips daily and pay out every two weeks 
  • Financial recon of events
  • Report voids/discounts / cashup differences 
  • Collect and reconcile creditor’s statements, load payments taking discounts & claim/returns off
  • Follow up with suppliers (internal staff) for credit notes 
  • Input/ import supplier invoices, credit notes from pilot system to sage
  • Month end recons

Requirements: 

  • Relevant payroll or admin qualification
  • Hospitality experience in similar role is non negotiable
  • Experience in a similar role 
  • Good communication skills 
  • Accurate and good with numbers 

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