**Job Summary / Misión Del Puesto:** Lead the Payroll Organization for Latin America, ensuring standardization, efficiency, compliance, and digital transformation of payroll processes across all countries in the region. Act as a strategic leader and technical reference for multi-country payroll management, guaranteeing alignment with global policies, local regulations, and market best practices. **Prioridades job contributions and key responsabilities:/ Contribuciones y responsabilidades clave:** Payroll Processes for Administrative and Field Operations Staff * Ensure timely, accurate, and efficient execution of payroll (weekly, biweekly, monthly, or annual) across all countries in the region, in accordance with applicable external and internal laws and regulations. * Guarantee correct calculation of earnings, deductions, taxes, and severance payments, as well as ensure ordinary and extraordinary payments are executed on time and correctly. * Collaborate with treasury on disbursement and approval of payments. * Ensure, as part of the payroll management process, the timely and accurate accounting recording of transactions. * Design the annual payroll closing calendar and pre-payroll validation schedule, considering recurring and annual payment dates and their corresponding approval by audit. Establish and regularly report operational performance indicators for the payroll area. * Digital Transformation * Design, implement, and maintain standardized and scalable payroll processes (including corresponding accounting records) across the LATAM region, promoting operational efficiency and employee experience. * Identify and implement opportunities for automation, digitization, and improvement of manual or fragmented payroll or accounting processes. * Lead the implementation or migration of payroll platforms. * Coordinate with IT teams, vendors, and key users to ensure deliverables, timelines, and data quality. Act as a digital change ambassador within the payroll area and with regional stakeholders. * Regulatory Compliance * Ensure regulatory compliance in payroll matters with labor, tax, and social security regulatory agencies across the LATAM region (SAT, IMSS, SUNAT, AFIP, etc.) * Execute and establish continuous improvement initiatives for the calculation and payment processes of employer-employee social security contributions, tax obligations, and social security payments for all active legal entities, following schedules set by authorities and internal requirements. * Guarantee timely and accurate remittance of withholdings issued by authorities in labor, social security, or tax matters. Design and implement processes that ensure compliance and recordkeeping of employee tax obligations, government decrees, and new applicable regulations. * Audit Management and Follow-up Lead the execution of external audits (PwC, IMSS, Fair Trade, Elevate, SAT, etc.) and achieve satisfactory or compliant results. * Leadership and Influence * Lead distributed teams across different LATAM countries, ensuring alignment with global objectives. * Foster a culture of collaboration, operational excellence, and internal customer orientation. * Manage the team based on high performance standards using clear KPIs to measure overall team performance. * Identify and develop key talent within the regional payroll team, creating succession plans and a ready talent pipeline. * Promote continuous learning in legislation, technology, and best practices. Determine the organizational design of the regional team, establishing efficient structures with clear roles and responsibilities. * **Knowledge (Include level of expertise) / Conocimientos (Incluir nivel de dominio):** * Multi-country labor and tax legislation – Advanced * Social Security and local obligations \- Advanced * Tax and labor audits \- Advanced * Management of global payroll platforms and integration with HRIS – Advanced * Information Security and Quality \- Intermediate Data analysis and reporting tools \- Intermediate * **Skills \& Abilities / Habilidades:** * Project Management * Vendor and specialized consultant management * Management of Centralized Centers of Excellence * Collaboration and Teamwork Customer Service and Support * **Education Level / Escolaridad:** Completed Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree desirable * **Field/s of Education / Estudios o Carreras Relacionadas:** * MBA with focus on Accounting, Finance, or Taxation. * Public Accounting * Finance Business Administration or related field * **Years of Experience / Años de Experiencia:** 10\+ years in similar roles. * **Specializations, Certifications and Specific Experience / Especialización, Certificaciones y Experiencia:** 5\+ years in regional or global leadership at senior management level. * **Languages / Idiomas:** English\- Advanced * **Necessary Software / Software Necesario:** * Payroll Management Systems (Meta 4\)\- Advanced * Human Resources Information System (HRIS) \- Advanced