Payroll Specialist (Lázaro Cárdenas)

What you will do

• Payroll Processing: Process timely and accurate payroll including calculating wages, overtime, bonuses, and deductions for all employees.
• Termination Processing: Ensure correct and timely calculations and pay are executed.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with federal, state, and Local labor and l tax regulations and reporting requirements relevant to payroll processing.
• Confidentiality Maintenance: Uphold the confidentiality of all payroll and employee information, safeguarding sensitive data.
• Reconciliation and Reporting: Prepare, document, and analyze payroll reconciliations; generate relevant weekly/bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year‑end reports while maintaining meticulous records.
• Audit Collaboration: Partner with audit teams to facilitate successful audits and ongoing reviews of HR transactions, payroll details, and GL information, taking ownership of any necessary remediation plans.
• Process Improvement: Create and maintain standard operating procedures and work documents; recommend enhancements and new functionalities to optimize payroll processes and drive efficiency.
• Benefits Coordination: Work closely with the benefits team to manage, process, and reconcile benefits and related deductions for employees, such as health benefits, leaves; Manage FONACOT process.
• Tax Calculations: Process and calculate all applicable taxes, direct deposits, and deductions for employees.
• Comprehensive Data Entry: Enter prorated salaries, bonuses, reimbursements, stock options, and other relevant payroll transactions into payroll systems.
• Tax Filing Assistance: IDSE, SUA, Incapacidades, SDI.
• Employee Support: Provide exceptional customer service and act as the primary point of contact for employee inquiries regarding payroll issues or concerns.
• Cross-Department Collaboration: Collaborate with HR, finance, and other departments to align payroll processes with organizational goals and resolve any discrepancies.

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Human Resources, a related field; or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience processing payroll for a +200 employee organization, ideally multinational.
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritize effectively, working independently with minimal supervision.
• Bilingual English and Spanish is required.
• Desirable expertise in Ceridian Dayforce.
• Desirable expertise in Time Management systems; systems.
• Strong understanding of HR and payroll policies, practices, and regulations, in México.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with strong prioritization skills.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across all levels and functions, fostering strong relationships and becoming a trusted partner.
• Continuous improvement mindset; passion for enhancing processes, quality, and the overall customer experience.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Analytical thinking, data interpretation, and attention to detail to identify discrepancies or anomalies in payroll data and develop solutions.
• Proficient in using reporting tools to present data in a clear and actionable format.
• Intermediate to advanced skills with Microsoft Excel including the use of formulas, pivot tables, and data visualization tools (charts and graphs).
• Payroll Software and Systems Implementation experience is highly desirable.

Pay: $40,****** - $45,****** per month

Work Location: Hybrid remote in *****, 18 de Marzo, N. L.