Payroll Officer Job at Godrej Consumer Products Limited

Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) is the largest homegrown 'Home and Personal Care' company in India, with a turnover of more than 1.3 billion USD and growing at 25% + CAGR. We are constantly innovating to delight our consumers with more exciting, superior quality products at affordable prices.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Payroll Officer

Job Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Description of responsibilities / function


  • Ensures all payroll relevant transactions are collected and processed efficiently and obtain approval
  • Ensures payroll data are maintained and updated from attendance machine and process for payroll information
  • Maintaining payroll operations by following policies and procedures
  • Maintain employees related ledger reconciliation with finance team and take necessary adjustment for correction
  • Advise Treasury Manager on expected fund for salary disbursement periodically in advance
  • Compile summaries of earnings & deductions (Taxes, Pension, NHF, Loan, Leave, Gratuity etc.) and all statutory schedules/remittances for report and ensure payment accordingly
  • Determine payroll liabilities by forecasting to mitigate the impact on P&L ledger and workers compensation payments with Finance Department
  • Resolving payroll discrepancies and ensures all employees have access to their pay-slips
  • Always align with your manager and HR Head on all payroll matters before disseminating employee information and details 

External / internal relationship:

  • Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS)
  • Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)
  • Pension Administrators/Pension Custodians
  • Finance/Account Department
  • Union Executives
  • All employees.

Competencies Requirements for the job (Educations and Experience)

  • B.Sc / HND in Accounting, Human Resources, Public Administration or a relevant field.
  • Strong math skills with an ability to spot numerical errors and analyze data
  • Time-management skills
  • Ability to handle confidential information.