LATAM Accounting & Payroll Operations Specialist

Nutanix, Inc.; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Nutanix, Inc. in Mexico City is seeking an Accounting Specialist to support payroll operations for Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia, and to coordinate with TMF for outsourced accounting and tax services.

The role also covers month-end close and AP activities within a hybrid work setup. The position reports to LATAM Accounting and requires 3+ years in accounting operations, strong Excel skills, and experience with Workday.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• 3+ years of accounting operations and payroll experience.
• Experience supporting payroll across multiple countries; Mexico required; Brazil/Colombia a plus.
• Experience coordinating outsourced providers.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis skills.
• Familiarity with Workday or similar systems.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong organization and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Be the operational point of contact with TMF for payroll deliverables.
• Coordinate payroll calendars, inputs reviews, corrections, and deliverables for Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia.
• Prepare, maintain and validate manual Workday reports used for payroll or accounting support.
• Review payroll outputs, variances, deductions, employee changes, and supporting documentation.
• Track TMF deliverables, open items, deadlines, and issue resolution.
• Reduce reliance on ticket-based communication for routine payroll matters.
• Provide routine payroll guidance within approved policies and procedures.
• Prepare closing journal entries, accruals, allocations, and validate reconciliations.
• Support General Ledger activities, account analysis, and variance investigation.
• Support timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
• Assist in weekly payments processing, AP reconciliations, and related documentation.

Skills

Payroll operations

General Ledger

Month-end close

Reconciliations

Multi-country payroll

English fluency

Matrix organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

Workday

Excel

Job description

Accounting Specialist Mexico

Hungry, Humble, Honest with Heart

About the opportunity

Based in Mexico, this role supports payroll operations for Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia,

together with payroll-related Accounting, General Ledger, month-end close, coordination

with TMF -Nutanix’s external provider of accounting, tax, and payroll services- and

operational Accounts Payable activities.

The role reports to the LATAM Accounting Specialist and collaborates with the separate

Payroll organization without creating a second reporting line.

Key Responsibilities

Payroll

• Being the operational point of contact with TMF for payroll deliverables.
• Coordinate payroll calendars, inputs reviews, corrections, approvals, and
• deliverables for Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia.
• Prepare, maintain and validate manual Workday reports used for payroll or
• accounting support.
• Review payroll outputs, variances, deductions, employee changes, and supporting
• documentation.
• Track TMF deliverables, open items, deadlines, and issue resolution.
• Reduce reliance on ticket-based communication for routine payroll matters.
• Provide routine payroll guidance within approved policies and procedures.

Accounting

• Being the operational point of contact with TMF for accounting-related deliverables.
• Prepare closing journal entries, accruals, allocations,
• Validate reconciliations, prepared by TMF, and follow up on any differences and/or
• reconciling items over 60 days
• Support General Ledger activities, account analysis, and variance investigation.
• Prepare close schedules and support documentation for assigned LATAM entities.
• Support timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.

Other operational procedures

• Support in weekly payments processing, with documentation review, workflow
• tracking, and follow-up with either vendors and/or the respective Nutanix internal
• areas.
• Monitoring any related AP reconciliations and maintaining accurate tracking records.
• Assisting in the attendance of any internal or external audit procedures, by collecting
• any support documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in accounting operations, payroll operations, general ledger,
• reconciliations, and month-end closing.
• Experience supporting payroll across multiple countries; Mexico is a must, Brazil and
• Colombia experience is a plus.
• Experience coordinating outsourced providers.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis skills.
• Familiarity with Workday or similar systems.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong organization and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.