Payroll Lead - Mexico

Referral Board; A distancia; MXN 928,000 - 1,046,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global HR technology company is looking for a Mexico Lead for Payroll Operations to manage IMSS compliance, ensuring correct employee contributions and timely processing. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree and five years of payroll experience, particularly in social security regulations. This fully remote position emphasizes the importance of communication skills, analytical capabilities, and a passion for international collaboration, with an annual salary range of $50,900 - $57,300 USD.

Servicios

Flexible work schedule

Competitive salary

Budget for local social events

Formación

• 5 years of experience in payroll processes with an emphasis on social security.
• Experience in compliance with IMSS, INFONAVIT, SUA regulations.
• Ability to adapt to fast-paced international work environment.

Responsabilidades

• Execute and supervise the IMSS process ensuring compliance.
• Generate and confirm that SUA is processed on time and accurately.
• Serve as a point of contact with IMSS requirements.

Conocimientos

Advanced knowledge of SUA

Advanced knowledge of IDSE

Advanced knowledge of SIPARE

Expert of global Social Security

Analytical mindset

Fluent English

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Administration, or Human Resources

Descripción del empleo

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. Remote’s positions are fully remote.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join our global Payroll Operations team. The team is growing and is building the future of Global Payroll by elevating processes and ways of working in the industry.

Key responsibilities

• The Mexico Lead will be responsible for executing and supervising the entire IMSS process, ensuring compliance with obligations to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), INFONAVIT, tax authorities, and state authorities.
• Special emphasis on compliance with obligations to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), INFONAVIT, SUA and local tax (ISN). This position ensures correct affiliation, movements, and payments related to social security, in accordance with current regulations.
• Verify that registrations, deregistrations, and salary changes are correctly reported to the IMSS (SUA/IDSE).
• Ensuring to generate and confirm that SUA is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with country specific government and each state regulations.
• Determine and validate employee‑employer contribution payments, and generation of the SUA monthly cédulas for each state and generate the “línea de captura” to make the payments.
• Generate IMSS installment payments via SIPARE.
• Serve as a point of contact with the IMSS requirements and notifications.
• Ensure all relevant IMSS processes and requirements are documented and maintained updated.
• Manage and be an expert in the use of platforms such as SUA, IDSE, SIPARE, and other related systems.
• Perform reconciliations of social security transactions.
• Calculate and validate INFONAVIT credit amortizations.
• Calculate and validate FONACOT loans for each state, and every month generate the cédula to pay the FONACOT.
• Respond to audits or requirements request by the IMSS, INFONAVIT, or SAT.
• Keep employer registry data and risk classifications up to date.
• Provide technical advice on social security issues.
• Corroboration for the calculate, declare, and pay payroll tax (ISN) on the corresponding state portals (for each state).
• Calculate and submit the bimonthly salary variability report (SBC variable) for workers with variable income, in accordance with the Social Security Law:
• Review of accumulated variable earnings.
• Validation of calculation bases.
• Registration and submission through SUA and upload to IDSE.
• Compliance with official deadlines (first 5 business days of the two‑month period).

Technical knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of SUA, IDSE, and SIPARE. (Calculations & platform)
• Advanced knowledge of the LSS, LFT, and INFONAVIT laws.
• Advanced knowledge of ISN.

What you bring

• Experience in México: 5 years in payroll processes with an emphasis on social security.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Exercise discretion when handling confidential matters.
• Practical knowledge of ISN declarations and payments in states where the company operates.
• An expert of global Social Security and local taxes.
• An analytical mindset with great problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to adapt to a fast‑paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but is considered a plus.
• You write and speak fluent English.

Practicals

• You’ll report to: Payroll Operations Manager Latam
• Team: Payroll Operations
• Location: Anywhere in the world
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

• (async) Profile review
• Interview with recruiter
• Interview with Mexico specialist
• Interview with future manager
• (async) Offer

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not accept cheap‑labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in‑location rates.

The annual salary range for this full‑time position is $50,900 - $57,300 USD.

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. Some benefits are for all Remoters, such as a budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces.

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at https://remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life‑work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

• Please fill out the application form and upload your CV in PDF format.
• We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
• If you don’t have an up‑to‑date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer.