Payroll Manager
Clio - Cloud-Based Legal Technology
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Mexico
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About the role
- Own end-to-end LATAM payroll delivery and governance across countries including but not limited to Uruguay, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Chile (calendars, cutoffs, approvals, reconciliations, issue resolution).
- Drive compliance across LATAM, including tax/statutory reporting, withholdings/deductions, employment-law-driven pay requirements, and CBA/union impacts where applicable.
- Standardize and de-risk current multi-country payroll operations (SOPs, controls, inputs/approvals, reconciliation practices) while preparing for CloudPay or Remote implementations.
- Partner with Remote and CloudPay to manage regulatory change, vendor performance, and payroll transformation initiatives (CloudPay migrations, Workday integration workstreams, parallel runs/UAT, go-live, hypercare), in partnership with the Payroll Implementation Specialist.
- Lead payroll accounting coordination and benefits premium accuracy (funding, accruals, GL mapping support; ensuring benefits premiums are correctly recorded, taxed, and reconciled in Remote and/or CloudPay) in partnership with Finance/Accounting and Benefits.
- Lead and develop the payroll team; serve as a payroll SME for People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and hiring managers.
Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive payroll experience, including multi-country LATAM scope (including but not limited to Uruguay, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Chile).
- Strong knowledge of payroll compliance (tax, statutory reporting, social security/pension, and employment-law-driven pay requirements).
- Proven payroll governance experience, including documented controls and SOPs, audit-ready documentation, gross-to-net review, variance analysis, and reconciliations.
- Demonstrated vendor management experience (e.g., local accounting firms, in-country processing partners, and payroll providers), including SLA oversight and issue resolution.
- People leadership experience—hiring, coaching, developing, and performance managing payroll professionals.
- Strong, collaborative cross-functional partnership skills—able to work closely with People Ops, Benefits, Legal, Finance/Accounting, and Tax to align on inputs, timelines, reporting, and employee communications.
- Fluency in English and Spanish.
- Serious bonus points if you have: Hands-on experience with CloudPay and/or Remote (EOR and contractor models). Workday HRIS/payroll integration experience (interfaces, pay element mapping, reporting, exception handling). Payroll implementation or migration leadership (parallel runs, UAT, go-live, stabilization/hypercare). Experience with CBAs/union payroll administration in LATAM. Payroll certifications and/or advanced payroll compliance training. Fluency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Benefits
- Competitive and equitable salary.
- Employees are entitled up to 6 administrative leave days per year for personal arrangements with valid documentation.
- Eligible employees receive a non-salary telework allowance of MXN 575 per month, paid through Sivale cards.
- Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, 10 years, and beyond.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
payroll compliancetax reportingstatutory reportingsocial securityemployment lawpayroll governancevariance analysisreconciliationspayroll implementationpayroll transformation
Soft Skills
people leadershipcollaborative partnershipcoachingperformance managementissue resolutioncross-functional teamworkcommunication
Certifications
payroll certificationsadvanced payroll compliance training