Reward Officer At Telkom Kenya

Reporting to:HR Operations and Reward Partner
Band:3
Department:Human Resources
Role Purpose
We are seeking to hire a reward officer. You will perform a range of duties including maintaining the people cost budget to ensure operations are within budget. Manage the payroll function, ensuring accurate & timely payment of employees’ salaries along with compliance to statutory requirements.
Working For Us, We Expect You To:
Collating compensation information to facilitate participation in the annual salary surveys
Facilitate recognition programs on annual and quarterly basis
Manage the Telkom payroll processing end to end
Prepare monthly people cost budget/actual variance analysis and reporting and communication to various functions
Ensure accurate preparation and submission of monthly statutory payment remittances and proper filing of all statutory returns and receipts
Maintain compliance requirements as per regulatory and company guidelines
Accurate reconciliation & authorization of payroll reports and schedules
Ensure timely payment of Salaries and remittance of Statutory and other authorized deductions
Coordinate with the HRBPs to ensure employees’ queries are responded to within stipulated timeframes
Partner with the Talent team to ensure New Hires and Exits are updated accordingly into the system
Ensure timely communication to employees where applicable.

Academic background & Professional Knowledge
Bachelor’s Degree in HR or related field.
At least 3-5 years’ experience in HR, 2 of which should have been in reward.
Professional qualifications in HR
Must be an active member of IHRM
Must have experience working with an ERP as well as a payroll systems
Proficiency in Microsoft applications including Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Here Are The Skills We Are Looking For:
Proactive and dynamic.
Ability to work under pressure.
Efficient and results oriented
Self-motivated person able to work under minimum supervision
Excellent Organization, analytical and communication skills
Ability to network both internally and externally
Good eye for detail
Good negotiation and facilitation skills.
Ability to multi-task and undertake research initiatives.