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HR Virtual Assistant (Payroll & Benefits Focus)

23 hours, 7 minutes ago
South Africa
Full-time
Junior
Human Resources
HR and Recruiting
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Assist World

Assist World

Assist World provides dedicated virtual assistant services, enabling businesses to streamline their operations and enhance productivity by matching clients with skilled virtual talent tailored to their specific needs.

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Description

  • Maintain complete and accurate digital personnel files, including contracts, amendments, compensation changes, and statutory documents.
  • Prepare and validate monthly payroll inputs such as overtime, unpaid leave, bonuses, commissions, and allowances.
  • Reconcile payroll data against attendance records, leave logs, and approved employee changes.
  • Support benefits administration, including enrollments, changes, terminations, and record maintenance.
  • Partner with finance and bookkeeping teams to ensure payroll accuracy and timely processing.
  • Manage onboarding logistics, including employee setup, documentation, payroll enrollment, and benefits enrollment.
  • Coordinate offboarding activities, including final payroll inputs, benefits cessation, and access revocation.
  • Monitor attendance logs and leave balances, and process leave requests according to company policy and payroll cutoffs.
  • Track visas, certifications, benefits eligibility, payroll-related compliance documents, and policy acknowledgments.
  • Maintain HR and payroll trackers, produce regular reports, audit HRIS data, and troubleshoot basic system issues.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2+ years of experience in HR administration or HR Generalist support with significant payroll and benefits exposure.
  • Practical experience supporting payroll, reconciliations, or financial record-keeping.
  • Exceptionally detail-oriented with strong ability to spot discrepancies in payroll data, contracts, or spreadsheets.
  • Proven ability to handle sensitive employee and financial information with discretion and integrity.
  • Experience with HRIS and payroll platforms such as Rippling, BambooHR, Gusto, or similar systems.
  • Advanced Google Sheets or Excel skills, including formulas, reconciliation, and data validation.
  • Excellent written English for payroll documentation, benefits communications, and formal HR correspondence.
  • Comfort working at the intersection of HR and finance.
  • Systems-first mindset and ability to keep records audit-ready.
  • Availability for a remote role based in South Africa.

Benefits

  • $1,200 monthly compensation.
  • 100% remote work.
  • $50 birthday bonus.
  • $200 testimonial bonus.
  • $300 tenure bonus every 6 months.
  • $500 entry into a monthly raffle.

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