Global Head of Payroll
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.
Who we are
Were part of Super Group the NYSE-listed digital gaming company behind some of the worlds leading Sports and iGaming brands.
At DigiOutsource we bring passionate people and innovative tech together to create market-leading online gaming solutions. Our multidisciplinary teams are passionate about products customer experience and security. Were empowered to achieve the ultimate in high-performance gaming experiences using the best technology available.
Who were looking for
Were on a thrilling journey of growth and innovation and we need passionate driven individuals to join us. At DigiOutsource every day is action-packed and we expect you to bring your return youll find a supportive environment where your skills can flourish and your career can soar.
Ready to become a game-changer Supercharge your career with us and be part of something extraordinary.
Why we need you
Were building experiences that wow our customers and that starts with bold curious people who want to do work that matters.
If youre hungry to grow excited by impact and ready for a challenge that will supercharge your career this could be your moment.
As the Head of Payroll you will play a critical leadership role in overseeing a complex multijurisdictional payroll environment ensuring consistent compliant and timely payroll delivery across multiple countries entities and systems. This role is responsible for establishing global payroll governance managing statutory and tax compliance strengthening financial and audit controls and leading regional payroll teams. By providing strategic oversight operational excellence and strong stakeholder leadership the Global Payroll Manager ensures payroll is not only a transactional function but a trusted wellgoverned global service that supports our people our growth and our risk obligations.
What youll do
Youll take ownership of work that gives us our competitive edge including:
Global Payroll Governance & Oversight
- Provide overall ownership and governance of payroll operations across multiple jurisdictions entities payroll systems and service delivery models.
- Oversee the review and signoff of accurate complete and timely payroll processing across all regions ensuring consistency of standards controls and outcomes.
- Ensure payroll activities align with internal policies global operating frameworks and financial control requirements.
Leadership & Global Team Management
- Lead mentor and develop regional and functional payroll teams including Payroll Managers Specialists Analysts and Coordinators across multiple locations.
- Establish clear roles responsibilities and accountability frameworks to support effective delivery in a multicountry environment.
- Drive performance management succession planning knowledge transfer and capability uplift within the global payroll function.
Compliance Risk & Regulatory Management
- Maintain oversight of payroll compliance across all jurisdictions ensuring adherence to countryspecific tax statutory and employment regulations.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and external advisors to monitor legislative changes and assess the impact on payroll processes and systems.
- Own payroll risk management including control design segregation of duties makerchecker frameworks and compliance assurance.
Financial Controls Reporting & Assurance
- Ensure robust payroll controls reconciliations and signoff frameworks are embedded and consistently applied across all payrolls.
- Oversee payrollrelated reporting including statutory submissions management reporting cost analysis and payrolltoGL integrity.
- Provide leadership in internal and external audits coordinating audit requests reviewing outcomes and driving remediation actions where required.
Systems Data & Process Optimisation
- Own the global payroll systems landscape partnering with HRIS Finance and Technology teams to ensure effective integration data accuracy and scalability.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify standardise and automate payroll processes reducing manual intervention and operational risk.
- Ensure payroll data security confidentiality and compliance with data protection and informationsecurity requirements across all regions.
Stakeholder & Employee Experience Enablement
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex payroll tax and crossborder matters working closely with HR Finance and external providers to resolve issues.
- Set service standards for payrollrelated employee support ensuring timely accurate and professional resolution of payrollrelated enquiries.
- Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders to ensure payroll supports broader organisational objectives and workforce strategy.
Tax Benefits & ThirdParty Coordination
- Provide strategic oversight of payrollrelated tax and benefits administration ensuring accurate integration into payroll calculations across jurisdictions.
- Manage relationships with external payroll vendors tax authorities and benefit providers to ensure service delivery compliance and payment accuracy.
- Oversee the timely and accurate execution of payrollrelated payments and filings in line with global approval and authorisation frameworks.
This list covers your core responsibilities with plenty of room to stretch explore and take on new challenges as we grow.
What youll bring
Youre someone who brings:
- Clear confident communication (written and verbal) and the ability to breakdown complex ideas
- A collaborative mindset working smoothly with crossfunctional teams to hit shared goals
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects without dropping the ball
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to highquality work
- Adaptability you stay sharp productive and positive in fastmoving environments
- A Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration or a related discipline is required; a postgraduate qualification (such as an MBA Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent business or finance qualification) is strongly preferred.
- Professional payroll or finance certifications (e.g. CPP CIPP CIPPE Global Payroll certifications) would be an added advantage.
- 810 years of progressive payroll experience with at least 5 years in a senior regional or global payroll leadership role overseeing multicountry payroll operations.
- Demonstrated experience managing largescale multijurisdictional and multientity payrolls with a strong understanding of diverse statutory tax and regulatory frameworks.
- Proven track record of leading and developing distributed payroll teams including setting global standards driving accountability and building capability across regions.
- Strong experience working with enterprise payroll and HRIS platforms (such as Payspace Workday ADP or equivalent) including oversight of HRpayrollfinance integrations and payroll system optimisation.
- Solid background in payroll governance risk management and financial controls including audit support reconciliations and SOXaligned or regulated environments.
- Advanced analytical and problemsolving skills with experience interpreting payroll data to identify risks trends and improvement opportunities at scale.
- Ability to operate confidently in complex fastpaced and changing environments managing multiple payroll cycles priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders on technical and strategic payroll matters.
- High attention to detail combined with the ability to think strategically and globally beyond daytoday payroll processing.
- Strong working knowledge of advanced Excel payroll reporting and data analysis tools.
Desirable skills youve got up your sleeve
It would be great if you also have some of the following skills:
- In-depth knowledge of sports betting markets including odds calculation betting types and market trends
- Previous experience in the online gaming or casino industry with a strong understanding of player behaviour and industry regulations
- Familiarity with gambling regulations and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions ensuring adherence to legal standards
- Experience in developing and executing customer retention strategies
- Exposure to global ERP or finance systems (such as Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or similar) with an understanding of payrolltogeneralledger integration and financial reporting requirements.
- Experience managing multicurrency payroll environments including awareness of foreign exchange considerations crossborder payments and regional banking complexities.
- Demonstrated involvement in building mentoring or coaching payroll teams particularly within regional or global structures to drive consistency capability and succession.
- Experience working with or managing external payroll vendors and incountry partners across multiple jurisdictions.
- Participation in payroll transformation initiatives such as system implementations migrations or the establishment of sharedservice or centreofexcellence models.
Our values are non-negotiables
Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies. Along with the below behavioural competencies these are essential for all employees in order for you to embed in and drive our culture forward.
These competencies are:
- Adaptability
- Ownership and accountability
- Initiating action
- Resilience
- Team orientation
- Integrity
- Innovation
What youll get back
We invest in your growth and wellbeing so you can bring your best:
- Supergrowth is real here. Our learning and development programmes give you the tools training and opportunities to level up fast.
- Your progress matters. Our Performance tool ensures you get meaningful feedback to support your development and superdrive your career.
- Support that has your back. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers resources for you and your family.
- Group Life Cover
- Funeral Fund Benefit
- Income Continuation Benefit
- Medical Aid Subsidy
- Retirement Annuity Subsidy
Ready to feel superclass
At Super Group your experience matters. Were honest fair and focused on helping you succeed and your work will have real impact from day one.
Game on!
*Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process.
*Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment.
This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role and supplying the necessary details you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner and solely for the purposes of verification.
Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks please deem your application as unsuccessful.
The perfect place to work play and grow!
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Super Group is the holding company for two leading global online sports betting and gaming businesses: Betway, a premier online sports betting brand, and Spin, a multi-brand online casino offering