Payroll Officer

About Rainforest Builder

Rainforest Builder is a leading African forest restoration business focused on bringing one million hectares of degraded land back to natural tropical forest. The organisation brings together internationally recognised scientists and foresters within a single operating model built for large-scale tropical forest recovery.

The company works with major global businesses to help them advance decarbonisation commitments. Its current work is centred on restoring the Upper Guinean Forest, one of Africa’s most depleted rainforest regions, with two active projects and a pipeline of future expansion. Each project is extensive in scale, covering 100,000 hectares or more, and is designed to run for 71+ years with measures in place to support long-term permanence. Rainforest Builder manages the full project lifecycle in-house, including project origination, carbon asset development, forestry operations, monitoring, and analytics. Its 2,500-person team works closely with local communities to deliver quality and transparency across all operations.

Role Summary

The Payroll Officer will handle the accurate and timely processing of employee pay, including wages, salaries, statutory deductions, and benefits. The position also requires strict compliance with company rules, labour legislation, tax requirements, and other statutory obligations, while keeping payroll information confidential at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• Run monthly payroll for all staff members accurately and within deadline.
• Check attendance, leave, overtime, allowances, and deductions before payroll is finalised.
• Update payroll files, employee compensation details, and payroll databases.
• Apply changes related to salary revisions, promotions, bonuses, commissions, and other pay adjustments.
• Prepare and share payslips with employees.
• Compute and manage statutory deductions such as income tax, social security, pension, and other required levies.
• Ensure statutory payments are sent on time to the appropriate government bodies.
• Keep current with payroll rules, employment laws, and tax obligations.
• Maintain payroll records and all supporting documents with accuracy.
• Produce payroll reports, salary summaries, and management reports as needed.
• Reconcile payroll accounts and look into any mismatches or errors.
• Support payroll audits and provide the required documents.
• Answer employee questions about salaries, deductions, taxes, and benefits.
• Fix payroll-related concerns efficiently and professionally.
• Explain payroll procedures and policies to employees when necessary.
• Protect the privacy and security of payroll information.
• Keep employee and payroll-related personnel data accurate and up to date.
• Assist the HR and Finance teams with payroll data, reporting, and analysis.
• Update Chameleon records accurately and follow up with foresters to confirm the information is correct.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree, HND, or Diploma in Human Resource Management, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• At least 2–3 years of experience in payroll administration or a closely related position.
• Working knowledge of payroll platforms and accounting software.
• Understanding of labour legislation, tax rules, and statutory deductions.
• Professional certification in HR, Payroll, or Accounting will be considered an advantage.

Application Process

Applicants must email their CV, cover letter, and certificates to william.klutse@rainforestbuilder.com using the subject line: Application – Payroll Officer.

The deadline for applications is June 26, 2026. Only submissions sent to the specified email address will be reviewed, and only candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted.