Mexico Payroll Lead - Compliance, Leadership & Automation

Beam Suntory; Región Centro; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Beam Suntory is seeking a Payroll Leader to oversee all Mexican payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely delivery and strict compliance with local regulations. The role partners with HR, Finance, Tax, and Legal to drive process improvements.

You will lead a growing payroll team, manage internal controls, and navigate cross-functional projects across geographic boundaries to support the company’s global strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of payroll experience with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of Mexican payroll legislation, accounting practices and statutory compliance.
• Fully bilingual – able to communicate in Spanish and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations for all Mexican entities with accuracy and timeliness.
• Ensure compliance with Mexican labor, tax and social security regulations and internal controls.
• Lead and develop the Mexico Payroll team with a culture of accountability and service excellence.
• Set team priorities and performance targets; leverage strengths to achieve objectives.
• Maintain payroll accuracy, timely reporting, and resolve discrepancies.
• Act as payroll SME and collaborate with HR, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal and IT.
• Track KPIs and SLAs for payroll processing, reporting and audit compliance.
• Drive standardization, automation and continuous improvement to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Skills

Payroll management

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Bilingual (EN/ES)

Education

BS/BA in Finance or Accounting

Job description

Beam Suntory is seeking a Payroll Leader to oversee all Mexican payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely delivery and strict compliance with local regulations. The role partners with HR, Finance, Tax, and Legal to drive process improvements.

You will lead a growing payroll team, manage internal controls, and navigate cross-functional projects across geographic boundaries to support the company’s global strategy.