On Dec. 1, Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) will welcome Chris Pretorius as the next Director of Payroll. The Payroll Services team within AFM is responsible for producing and distributing payroll to approximately 29,000 employees, which includes monthly, semi-monthly, and off-cycle payrolls for employees at the university.
Previously, Chris worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers for 20 years providing consulting services to multinational companies in payroll, accounting, corporate and individual income tax, and many other areas. He joined Apple in 2014 and served as a senior manager responsible for stock administration where he eventually oversaw compensation services, including payroll services for over 60,000 employees. In 2018, Chris became a director where he leads a team responsible for all operations related to accounting and direct and indirect tax for all divisions within the Americas region.
"After 28 years of corporate experience, I can't think of a better place to be right now than joining the UT Austin Payroll Services team,” said Chris.
Chris graduated from Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg) in South Africa with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in taxation.