Our Company:
At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded.
If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go.
To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics, visit www.impact.com.
Your Role at Impact:
The Senior Global Payroll Specialist is responsible for the accurate and timely completion of EMEA (UK, SA, Germany and Norway) payroll. Responsibilities include all aspects of pay administration including preparation, documentation, disbursement of payroll checks and payroll taxes and will require working closely with the various payroll vendors in order to ensure payroll deadlines, quality of service, statutory compliance, and operational performance are met. This role will report directly into the Global Payroll Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Collects, verifies, and stores organizational payroll data. Inputs changes, which may include changes to employees or employee statuses, exemptions or withholdings, or bank
- Prepares reports or statements summarizing payroll-related accounts. May interface with third-party vendors and other stakeholders within the
- Coordinating with the HR department to ensure correct employee
- Providing administrative assistance to the accounting
- Manage and oversee the full payroll function from inception to end
- Address and provide timely response to notices and all matters raised by all external stakeholders
- Stay current on regulations, labor laws impacting payroll process and stay compliant for all payroll tax jurisdictions in which we
- Ensure that practices and procedures in payroll comply with all statutory requirements to liaise with all divisions and departments, and provide assistance to management and staff on payroll related matters
- Oversee/process all annual tax certificates
- Work with external auditors on audits, substantive testing, walkthroughs, and all other information gathering related to payroll
Does this sound like you?
- Minimum of 2 years of multi-state payroll experience in private and public company environments;
- Proficient with payroll
- Advanced proficiency in Excel including pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s, conditional formatting, if-and formulas
- An independent, self-motivated individual who works well under pressure with a positive, service- oriented attitude
- Self-starter with a great work ethic and an analytical thinker with superior problem solving and decision- making skills
- Strong communicator, both written & verbal; reliable and responsive to email and phone communications
- Highest level of integrity and good judgment, with the ability to effectively deal with highly sensitive, confidential information
- Strong computer skills, including Gmail, google calendar, google docs, and Microsoft office Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal control, and payroll taxes.
This role is to be based in Cape Town
Nice to have:
- Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA
Benefits/Perks:
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
- Training & Development
- Learning the advanced partnership automation products
- Medical Aid and Provident Fund
- Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
- Group scheme with 10X for provident fund
- Stock Options
- 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
- Internet Allowance
- Flexible work hours
- Casual work environment
Impact is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.#LI_Hybrid#
