Specialised Operations Solutions
End-to-end operational support that lets you streamline processes, reduce costs and focus on your core objectives, backed by experienced professionals.
Talk to usSOS combines state-of-the-art cloud technology with a dream team of experienced Operational, Payroll & HR professionals, managing Operations, payroll and HR frameworks across multiple industries over the African continent.
Whether you need full operational support or specialised payroll outsourcing, SOS gives you the technology and the team to do it well.
End-to-end operational support that lets you streamline processes, reduce costs and focus on your core objectives, backed by experienced professionals.
Talk to usCloud-based payroll outsourcing with Employee Self Service, full statutory reporting and real-time access to your data, anytime, anywhere.
Talk to usOur cloud technology scales with you. We charge a fee per payslip per pay period, so a five-person start-up and a thousand-strong enterprise both get a world-class payroll experience, and only pay for what they process.
Payroll is complex, with ever-changing regulations and compliance requirements. Non-compliance exposes your business to penalties and legal risk. We understand your business and grow together with you, offering far more than correct tax calculations and PDF certificates.
“Make good business decisions based on employee data available with a few clicks of a button.”
We provide access to your payroll data anytime, anywhere, plus an Employee Self Service portal for your staff. That level of accessibility is crucial to modern payroll management.
Extract your own reports, create mock payslips, and view payslips, leave history and balances on demand.
Ever-changing regulations are our responsibility, not yours. We keep you compliant and penalty-free.
Segregation of duties: an administrator processes, a manager reviews, so accuracy is built into every run.
Our payroll outsourcing team manages payroll frameworks for 17+ African countries and currencies.
The hidden costs of running payroll in-house add up. Here's what you stop paying for.
| Cost area | In-house | SOS |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll overheads | Yes | No |
| Payroll software charges | Yes | No |
| Consulting charges | Yes | No |
| Department hardware & software | Yes | No |
| Additional charges for expert advice | Yes | No |
| Cost of valuable time (time is money) | Yes | No |
You only pay for what you use. Our billing flexes with your workforce, so your costs stay aligned with your activity, and as your business grows, our pricing scales naturally alongside your economic growth.
Pay as you go
Billing flexes with your business activity each pay period. When your workforce contracts you pay less; when it expands you simply pay for the additional capacity, pricing that rewards efficiency and supports sustainable economic growth.
R4 000/ month ex VAT
Covers you for up to 35 employees, regardless of payroll size. Beyond 35, billing simply scales with your team on a consumption basis as you grow.
Once-off
A once-off fee to convert your business to our technology platform, technical parameter set-up & design, year-to-date take-on from your current payroll, and a parallel run.
We are the founders of SOS Specialised Outsourcing Services. We've combined our expertise as payroll specialists and managers with our passion for building a high-quality outsourcing solution for businesses across countries and industries.
Founder & CEO, S.O.S Group of Companies
With nearly two decades of experience in workforce management, payroll, human resources, and logistics, Willem is the visionary founder and driving force behind the S.O.S Group of Companies.
In 2007, Willem established Tip-Top Personnel after identifying a significant gap in the labour broking industry. Through his commitment to service excellence, compliance, and people-focused solutions, the business grew steadily and earned a reputation as a trusted workforce partner across multiple industries.
As client needs evolved, he expanded the group's offering beyond labour broking to include payroll administration, HR management, operational support, and outsourced business solutions, leading to the establishment of S.O.S. The group later grew further with Legadema Projects, a logistics company specialising in owner-driver solutions and transport management.
Today, Willem oversees a diverse group of companies that collectively deliver labour, payroll, HR, operational, and logistics solutions throughout South Africa. He remains passionate about creating practical business solutions, empowering people, and helping organisations achieve sustainable growth.
To build a world-class payroll outsourcing business that services all geographies, by combining state-of-the-art cloud technology with a dream team of experienced payroll professionals. Our success won't be measured in profits, but in how our customers perceive us and the contribution we make to our community. Our story is still fairly new, but it's been a long time coming, and we are excited about the journey ahead.
Our group was built on identifying real operational gaps in the market and creating practical business solutions that help clients perform better, reduce risk, and stay focused on their core operations.
The journey began in 2004 with the establishment of Tip-Top Personnel, a Temporary Employment Services and placement company. Originally operating in what was then commonly known as the labour broking industry, Tip-Top Personnel was created to provide businesses with reliable staffing solutions, flexible workforce structures, and the ability to scale labour requirements according to operational demand.
At the same time, Specialized Operations Services (SOS) was established as a payroll outsourcing and HR support business, designed to assist small and medium-sized enterprises that required professional payroll administration, employment compliance support, and HR expertise without the need to build large internal departments.
As the needs of our clients evolved, we identified a further gap in the transport sector, leading to the launch of Infinity Truck Hire in 2007, a vehicle rental company focused on supplying practical and flexible truck hire solutions to support client operations.
In 2009, the group expanded into project-based transport and logistics services through the establishment of Legadema Project Management, created to service the transport industry with tailored operational solutions, managing loads of various sizes, and supporting clients with transport-related projects that require flexibility, reliability, and hands-on management.
Today, the group offers a strong combination of services across temporary employment, recruitment, payroll outsourcing, HR support, vehicle hire, project management, and transport operations. Each company was developed to solve a specific business challenge, but together they provide clients with a complete operational support platform.
From our beginning in 2004 to where we are today, our focus has remained the same: to support our clients with dependable services, reduce operational complexity, and deliver solutions that create real business value.
A few of the customers with whom we've built healthy relationships and achieved optimal satisfaction in payroll services.
Quick answers about who we are and how SOS payroll outsourcing works.
S.O.S, Specialised Outsourcing Services, is a payroll and operations outsourcing company offering Specialised Operations Solutions (end-to-end operational support) and Specialised Outsourcing Solutions (cloud-based payroll outsourcing), managing payroll frameworks for businesses across 17+ African countries and currencies.
Employee Self Service, segregation of duties between processing and review, all statutory reporting, business reporting, monthly variance reports, monthly and mid-tax-year tax submissions (EMP201), net pay and third-party payment files, Netcash payments, monthly reconciliations, general ledger interface, UIF declarations (UI23, UI19, UI27), BCEA5 reporting for terminated employees, employment equity and bargaining council reports, garnishee orders, OID reporting, skills reports, tax directive applications, and payroll calendar management.
SOS manages payroll frameworks for 17+ African countries and currencies, giving multi-country, multi-currency businesses a single outsourced payroll partner across the continent.
SOS uses consumption-based billing: a minimum starting fee of R4,000/month (ex VAT) covers up to 35 employees, and billing scales with your headcount beyond that, so you only pay for what you process. A once-off implementation fee covers platform set-up, year-to-date take-on, and a parallel run.
Businesses of any size, from small businesses establishing their first formal payroll, to growing SMEs, mid-market companies operating across borders, and enterprises requiring multi-country, multi-currency payroll.
Outsourcing removes payroll overheads, software licensing, consulting charges, hardware/software costs, and the time cost of staying on top of ever-changing compliance regulations, while SOS keeps you penalty-free and gives you 24/7 access to your payroll data through an Employee Self Service portal.
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