Global Contractor Ops & Payroll Specialist

Apply; Santiago; Hybrid; CLP 39,063,000 - 68,359,000; Full time

Job summary

APPLY, a hybrid/remote-friendly organization, seeks an experienced contractor/payroll specialist to manage contractor lifecycle, timesheets, invoicing and cross-entity payments for a Latin America-focused workforce. You will coordinate with PMO, legal, and Finance to ensure timely, accurate contractor payments and compliant records.

Based in Latin America, ideally aligning to ET/PT hours, with the option to work from our Santiago office or remotely for non-Santiago candidates.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in payroll, accounts payable, contractor management with a multi-country workforce.
• Hands-on experience generating contracts and managing the contractor lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of timesheet-to-invoice-to-payment workflows.
• Working knowledge of journal entries, accruals, intercompany and multi-entity accounting, and month-end close; comfortable partnering with Finance on reconciliations.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, etc.), preferably Google Sheets, with the ability to reconcile large data sets accurately.
• Fluent spoken and written English, with excellent communication skills and the ability to explain contracts, deadlines and payment issues clearly.
• High attention to detail and a compliance and audit mindset, with the discretion to handle confidential banking, tax and compensation data.
• A high-ownership, proactive mindset, with the curiosity to improve processes and adopt new tools.

Responsibilities

• Generate and issue contractor agreements for individual contractors and third-party agency contractors, collaborating with legal counsel, PMO and our contractor management vendor when necessary
• Manage amendments, renewals, extensions and terminations, keeping contract records current and audit-ready.
• Collect and validate onboarding documentation and maintain contractor records in Deel and HiBob.
• Coach contractors through onboarding processes and tasks to be work-ready on time.

Skills

Payroll & AP

Contractor management

Contract generation

Time-to-invoice workflow

Journal entries & month-end close

Advanced spreadsheets

English fluency

Attention to detail

Proactive mindset

Tools

Deel

HiBob

Google Sheets

Job description

APPLY, a hybrid/remote-friendly organization, seeks an experienced contractor/payroll specialist to manage contractor lifecycle, timesheets, invoicing and cross-entity payments for a Latin America-focused workforce. You will coordinate with PMO, legal, and Finance to ensure timely, accurate contractor payments and compliant records.

Based in Latin America, ideally aligning to ET/PT hours, with the option to work from our Santiago office or remotely for non-Santiago candidates.