Accounts Officer - Payroll

BRAC TANZANIA FINANCE LIMITED (BTFL) is the largest Microfinance organization in Tanzania with a mission to responsibly provide a range of financial services to people at the bottom of the pyramid. We particularly focus on women living in poverty in rural and hard-to-reach areas to create self-employment opportunities, build financial resilience, and harness women’s entrepreneurial spirit by empowering them economically.

BRAC Tanzania Finance LTD is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill up the following position.

Job Location: Country Head Office, Dar es Salaam

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensuring all payroll transactions are processed efficiently and the Nolan payroll system is updated accordingly.
• Collecting, calculating, and entering data in order to maintain and update payroll information (HRMS System)
• Compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and non-taxable wages and reporting on the same.
• Determining payroll liabilities by calculating employee wage bill income, social security contributions, employer's social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments and making sure they are uploaded in the respective Government system accurately as per payroll sheet.
• Resolving payroll discrepancies from the field offices and CHO and Being a key point of contact for all payroll queries.
• Updating payroll rates and threshold as per the changes in the Income Tax act and any other regulatory updates.
• Maintaining payroll operations by following policies and procedures
• Assist with month-end payroll reconciliations and payroll variance reporting
• Maintaining accurate data and system changes
• Setting up new, departed and maintaining existing employees
• Updating and maintaining payroll records in both systems

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals for safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Must have a bachelor’s degree from the recognized university with minimum 3 years’ experience in the related role.
• Must be a Certified professional i.e., CPA, ACCA
• Experience working in a financial institution and Labor laws knowledge is an added advantage
• Proficiency with payroll software
• Strong mathematical skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Leadership and teamwork skills.
• Reliability and honesty.

How to apply:

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please apply by sending your CV and cover letter through email to: recruitment.tanzania@brac.co.tz with a subject “Accounts Officer – Payroll”.

The application deadline is 07.06.2025

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

***BRAC Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer and is against all forms of Exploitation, discrimination and harassment at workplace.