# Junior Payroll Officer - Company: [Takealotgroup]() - Location: Cape Town - Team: Takealot Group HR - Posted: August 25, 2026 ## Job description takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented **Junior Payroll Officer**to join our team in Cape Town. We’re a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us.  We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great! **The position reports to the Payroll Manager.** **Your responsibilities will include:** * Processing of appointment documents within agreed SLA time requirements * Assisting with coordination of HR information/Communication/training sessions as required * Liaising with benefits service providers as required * Loading of employee profiles onto the Payroll System * Filing of all HR – related documentation * Establishing/maintaining employee records; ensuring that employee changes are entered correctly and made on a timely basis * Processing of Termination documentation as required * Processing of soft benefits offered by the company * Assisting with HR administration and projects as required **Qualifications and Experience:** * Teritary qualification Businesss Management / Human Resources Diploma or equivalent * At least 1 – 2 years’ experience in an HR admin role with specific experience in a payroll administration environment * Experience with time and attendance systems is required * Experience working on ESS * Knowledge of relevant, South African legislation (BCEA, UIF, SDA, PAYE, WCA) * Accounting knowledge sufficient to perform journal entries and payroll account reconciliations * Payroll administration * Processes and procedures * Payroll queries * Reports * Strong computer skills * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills * Strong problem solving skills * Ability to work in an unstructured environment with diverse cultures * Detail-obsession * MS Office **Attributes Required:** * Proactive * Assertive * Integrity * Delivery orientated * Can do attitude * Ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization * Written and Verbal communication skills * Ability to work independently and work well in a team * Customer service orientation * Strong planning and organizing skills, and the ability to work under pressure * Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks and meet all deadlines * Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion **The Environment**: * takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa. * We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. * We are short on ego and high on output. * We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. * We love what we do and what we are creating. We seek to Employ an **Extra Ordinary Mind** who: * is forthright but respectful * is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute * is analytical, able to use data to make decisions * is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours) * is **passionate about the potential of e-commerce** and delivering a **world-class customer experience** * is **entrepreneurial**, **thrives under change** and accepts it is a constant and always **looks for solutions** to do something better and faster * is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input * is curious and challenge the status quo * is innovative and enjoys iteration * is collaborative * will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com. * **thinks like an owner** of the business. * is **SMART, has INTEGRITY** and **is HARDWORKING** If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind** so come and join us! *Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference* ## Apply [Apply on Takealotgroup]() Canonical job page: