Manager, Payroll Latam

NBCUniversal; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

NBCUniversal is hiring a Production Payroll Manager based in Mexico City to lead end-to-end payroll for Mexico and support LATAM payroll activities across Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. The role requires strong knowledge of Mexican labor laws, payroll practices, and bilingual communication in English and Spanish.

Collaboration with HR, Finance and vendors is essential for accuracy and timeliness. The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of payroll experience, familiarity with ADP or similar

Qualifications

• 3+ years payroll experience, including Mexico payroll.
• Familiarity with Mexico labor laws and payroll compliance.
• Experience with payroll vendors, timekeeping systems, audits, reporting, and controls.
• Spanish/English bilingual; Portuguese a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end Mexico production payroll.
• Support payroll across LATAM (Colombia, Argentina, Brazil).
• Validate timekeeping, earnings, deductions, overtime, and payroll elements.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws and regulations.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams on payroll calculations and reports.
• Maintain data integrity, controls, and confidentiality.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish/English

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Payroll certification/training

Tools

ADP or similar platforms

Job description

Job Description

Role Purpose:

The Production Payroll Manager will manage end-to-end production payroll for Mexico and support payroll across Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil. This role partners with production teams, HR, Finance, Legal, Labor Relations, and payroll vendors to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll. The candidate must be based in Mexico, bilingual in English and Spanish, and strongly familiar with Mexico labor laws and payroll compliance; LATAM payroll knowledge and Portuguese are a plus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage Mexico production payroll and support union and non-union payroll activities across Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil
• Validate timekeeping, earnings, deductions, overtime, allowances, union payments, statutory payments, and production pay elements
• Ensure compliance with Mexico labor law, local payroll regulations, statutory benefits, tax, social security, union agreements, and company policies
• Support union and non-union employee payroll activities across LATAM, including regular pay, variable pay, allowances, benefits deductions, off‑cycle payments, payroll adjustments, termination payments and severance calculations
• Partner with HR and Finance to validate employee changes, new hires, transfers, compensation updates, leaves, and separations impacting LATAM payroll
• Coordinate with 3rd party vendors and internal partners on payroll calculations, filings, reporting, audits, and issue resolution
• Maintain payroll data integrity, documentation, controls, confidentiality, and compliance with policies and local legal requirements
• Research payroll discrepancies, identify root causes, and partner with stakeholders to resolve issues quickly
• Support testing, integrations, vendor changes, process improvements, and production readiness
• Ad Hoc responsibilities

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of payroll experience, including Mexico payroll; production, entertainment, media, or high-volume payroll experience preferred
• Strong familiarity with Mexico labor laws and payroll compliance, including statutory benefits, tax, social security, wage and hour rules, union agreements, and severance
• Working knowledge of payroll practices in Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil preferred
• Experience with payroll vendors, timekeeping systems, ADP or similar platforms, audits, reporting, and controls
• Bilingual Spanish/intermediate English required; Portuguese a plus
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; payroll certification or local payroll compliance training a plus

EEO and Accessibility

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in‑person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [e-mail].