Payroll Compliance Analyst

Key responsibilities

• Conduct regular compliance tests to assess adherence to tax, regulatory, policy and process requirements across Group Payrolls and recommend corrective actions.
• Perform monthly Payroll‑to‑GL reconciliations for Kenya businesses and oversee compliance with reconciliation requirements across international businesses.
• Proactively manage Group Payroll risk by ensuring all statutory deductions are reconciled and remitted to the relevant authority within stipulated time.
• Ensure the Bank’s retirement schemes are funded in accordance with pension scheme rules.
• Reconcile Group payroll suspense and control accounts to ensure compliance with the Group Suspense Accounts Policy and timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Coordinate with internal IT and payroll system vendors to implement approved payroll system and banking interface changes, ensuring appropriate testing, efficiency and controls.
• Support internal and external audits by providing required payroll data and prepare regular compliance and payroll reports for management decision‑making.
• Manage relationships with statutory authorities, payroll system vendors and other stakeholders on payroll compliance and system matters.
• Maintain updated departmental process maps and risk registers and submit monthly Ethics and Compliance self‑assessment reports to Group Risk.
• Ensure all payroll costs are correctly posted to the respective GLs before month end.
• Conduct periodic reviews of payroll system user access to ensure privileges align with the approved role matrix.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.
• Professional qualifications in accounting, payroll or tax (preferred).
• Minimum four years of relevant experience, including payroll administration and processing.
• At least three years of experience in payroll compliance, taxation and statutory requirements.
• Proven expertise in advanced Excel, data manipulation and analysis.
• Experience using payroll and finance systems and performing payroll‑to‑GL reconciliations.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and uphold high ethical standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel for data analysis.
• Data manipulation tools.
• Payroll and finance systems (e.g., payroll software, ERP).