The Payroll & Benefits Analyst is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the organization's payroll and employee benefits processes, with a strong focus on Mexican payroll operations, labor compliance, social security obligations, and employee benefits administration.
This role serves as a key process owner for payroll, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing while maintaining compliance with Mexican labor, tax, and social security regulations. The position requires a strong understanding of Mexican payroll practices and government platforms, including IMSS, INFONAVIT, IDSE, SUA, and other applicable authorities and systems.
The Analyst also supports compensation and benefits activities, headcount administration, HRIS maintenance, labor obligations, employee benefits, and related processes. The role works closely with Human Resources, Finance, employees, external payroll providers, insurance companies, and government institutions to ensure accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll and benefits operations.
What will you do?
- Payroll Administration: Manage and coordinate all aspects of the Mexican payroll process, including payroll inputs, salary changes, bonuses, overtime, deductions, absences, terminations, severance payments, and other payroll-related transactions. Ensure payroll is processed accurately and on time in accordance with company policies and applicable Mexican regulations.
- Mexican Payroll Compliance: Ensure payroll processes comply with Mexican labor, tax, and social security requirements, including applicable provisions related to wages, overtime, vacation, vacation premium, annual bonus, Christmas bonus, employee profit sharing (PTU), severance, and other statutory obligations.
- Social Security Administration: Manage and validate employee social security processes and records, ensuring accurate information and timely compliance with IMSS requirements.
- Government Payroll Portals: Maintain and manage payroll-related activities through Mexican government platforms, including IMSS, IDSE, INFONAVIT, SUA, and other applicable government systems. Ensure timely submission, reconciliation, and follow-up of required transactions and notifications.
- INFONAVIT Administration: Manage and validate INFONAVIT-related employee information, including credit notifications, payroll deductions, adjustments, suspensions, and applicable payment requirements.
- Headcount Maintenance: Track and manage the organization's employee headcount, including new hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, organizational changes, and terminations. Maintain accurate employee records and ensure consistency between HRIS, payroll, and applicable government systems.
- Payroll Reconciliation: Reconcile payroll information against HRIS, accounting records, bank files, and applicable government obligations. Identify and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Labor Obligations: Ensure compliance with Mexican labor laws and regulations related to employee rights, working hours, overtime, vacation, statutory benefits, terminations, and other labor-related requirements.
- Vouchers (Gasoline & Groceries): Manage the payment, administration, and distribution of gasoline and grocery voucher cards as part of employee benefits, ensuring accurate employee eligibility and timely processing.
- Insurance Administration: Manage employee insurance plans, including health, life, and other benefits. This includes enrolling new employees, processing changes and claims, maintaining employee records, and coordinating with insurance providers.
- Latam Outsourcing Payments: Process and coordinate payments to outsourcing partners in Latin America, ensuring accuracy, proper documentation, and compliance with applicable local requirements.
- Car Leasing Administration: Manage leases for company vehicles, including coordinating with leasing companies, maintaining lease agreements, processing lease payments, tracking assigned vehicles, and ensuring compliance with lease terms.
- Benefits Administration: Support the administration of employee benefits and ensure that employee eligibility, enrollments, changes, deductions, and related records are accurately maintained.
- Reporting and Data Analysis: Prepare payroll, headcount, benefits, and compliance reports for Human Resources, Finance, and management. Analyze data to identify discrepancies, trends, and opportunities for process improvement.
- Among other duties as assigned.
What are we looking for?
- 4+ years of experience in payroll, benefits administration, HR operations, or a related field, preferably within a multinational organization in Mexico.
- Solid experience with Mexican payroll processes and statutory requirements.
- Practical knowledge of IMSS, INFONAVIT, IDSE, SUA, and other Mexican government platforms and payroll-related systems.
- Knowledge of Mexican labor, payroll, tax, and social security laws and regulations.
- Experience coordinating payroll processes with internal teams and/or external payroll providers.
Degree and Language
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Fluent in English – ability to communicate effectively with employees, management, and regional/global stakeholders.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Mexican Payroll: Strong knowledge of Mexican payroll processes, statutory benefits, deductions, taxes, social security, and labor requirements.
- IMSS / INFONAVIT / IDSE / SUA: Practical experience managing employee information, movements, validations, calculations, notifications, and other payroll-related processes through applicable Mexican government platforms.
- SAP SuccessFactors / HRIS: Experience using SAP SuccessFactors or other HRIS platforms to manage employee information, organizational structures, payroll inputs, and HR data.
- Microsoft Excel: Strong proficiency in Excel for payroll reconciliations, data analysis, reporting, validations, and employee/benefits information management.
- Compliance Knowledge: Strong understanding of Mexican labor, payroll, tax, and social security compliance requirements.
- Payroll Reconciliation: Ability to reconcile payroll results, employee deductions, benefits, social security obligations, and related financial information.
- Benefits Administration: Knowledge of employee benefits administration, including insurance, statutory benefits, vouchers, and other company-sponsored benefits.
Offer:
This position offers a gross monthly salary of $35,000–$40,000 MXN, plus benefits above those required by law.
Confidential due to business strategy
This opportunity is being managed confidentially as part of the company's hiring strategy. Additional details will be shared with shortlisted candidates during the recruitment process.
Confidential / organizational reasons
This search is being conducted on a confidential basis due to internal organizational considerations. Complete information about the company and the role will be provided to candidates who advance in the selection process