Time Management Lead Advisor

Our HR Services team provides accurate, compliant and timely payroll, benefits and time management support across BMW Group South Africa. In this role, you will act as the specialist contact for time management topics, supporting employees, TES contractor time inputs, HR teams, Time Administrators and internal stakeholders to ensure reliable payroll and contractor payment-related processes.

What awaits you?

• You will process payroll activities with a strong focus on time management, ensuring business requirements and critical deadlines are consistently achieved
• You will act as BMW South Africa's specialist Time Management expert, providing guidance and support to HR teams, Time Administrators and business stakeholders.
• You will act as a specialist contact for HR systems, payroll and time management queries, including problem analysis and resolution.
• You will validate and monitor Contractor Steering time management inputs to support accurate and timely TES contractor payment processing.
• You will ensure contractor time data, attendance exceptions, shift-related inputs and payment-relevant information are processed in line with agreed timelines and governance requirements.
• You will provide specialist support to Contractor Steering, Time Administrators and relevant stakeholders on time management queries and escalations.
• You will monitor the accuracy and completeness of employee and TES contractor time data to reduce downstream payroll and payment errors.
• You will support system changes by analysing requirements, raising JIRA stories, preparing documentation and following changes through to testing.
• You will contribute to processing documentation, standardization, simplification and automation within the HR Operations environment.
• You will provide guidance, training and knowledge-sharing support to Time Administrators and relevant stakeholders.
• You will ensure compliance with BMW policies, internal controls and statutory requirements relating to time management and payroll processes.
• You will conduct detailed time management analysis, investigate complex exceptions and support the resolution of payroll and contractor payment discrepancies.
• You will represent HR Services in relevant working groups and cross-functional forums relating to time management and payroll processes.

What should you bring along?

• A relevant tertiary qualification.
• At least 5 years’ SAP HR experience.
• At least 5 years' experience in South African payroll and time management administration, including complex time evaluation and attendance processes.
• A thorough understanding of shift models, working time patterns, absences, attendance exceptions and time-related payroll inputs.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to work accurately in a problem-solving environment.
• Strong Excel skills and working knowledge of BMW HR processes, policies, instruments and systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to support stakeholders across HR Services, Contractor Steering, Time Administrators and service providers.
• A proactive, organised and independent working style, with sound planning, coordination and problem-solving capability.

You enjoy working with systems, data, governance-driven processes and cross-functional stakeholders, and you bring a strong service mindset to payroll and time management topics? Apply now!

Note: Please apply exclusively online via our career portal. Applications via other channels (esp. e-mail) cannot be considered.

Closing date: 14 August 2026. 

BMW Group SA is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and equitable working environment, in line with the Employment Equity Act and our internal Employment Equity Plan. We encourage appli/cations from all suitably qualified individuals, including those from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act.

Start date: 01 September 2026.

Type of employment: unlimited.