Global Payroll Operations Specialist - Brazil

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling, Inc. is seeking a Global Payroll Operations Specialist (Brazil) to own all Brazil payroll operations, manage external partners, and support rapid expansion into new customer segments.

Based on a global payroll platform, the role combines hands-on processing with implementations and country-specific payroll expertise. You will work cross-functionally with Engineering and Product, handle data migrations and go-live validation, and interact with government agencies; English and Portuguese

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Brazilian payroll processing
• 2+ years in a client-facing role
• Hands-on experience with local payroll software (Senior)
• Experience supporting or leading Brazil customer implementations/onboarding
• Knowledge of Brazilian payroll regulations and leave entitlements
• Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese; English (C1+) preferred

Responsibilities

• Execute timely payroll, filings, and payments for Brazil clients
• Support Brazil customer implementations including data migration and go-live validation
• Interface with Brazilian government agencies and partners to resolve issues
• Collaborate with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to prioritize tooling requirements

Skills

Brazilian payroll

Client facing

Data analysis (Excel)

Government liaison

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

Senior payroll software

Google Suite

Salesforce

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Global Payroll Operations Specialist - Brazil

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a n new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1,4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @ Rippling.com addresses.

About the role

We're looking for an experienced payroll specialist to join Rippling's Global Payroll Operations team. We are rapidly expanding Rippling to serve the needs of employees and employers all over the world. Our Global Payroll Operations team plays a critical role in ensuring the success of our global payroll products, which are natively built and fully integrated with Rippling's broader suite of products.

As Rippling expands its product offerings globally, there is a critical business need for Rippling to develop new muscles around global product operations and country-specific payroll expertise outside of the US.

This role, Global Payroll Operations Specialist (Brazil), is a critical hire for the Global Payroll Operations team that will be fully dedicated to developing and executing these new capabilities in Brazil. This role will own all operational payroll aspects for Brazil, relationships with our external partners, and drive our expansion into new customer segments in-market. This role also plays a key part in onboarding new Brazilian customers, bringing hands‑on implementation experience alongside critical country‑specific payroll expertise to support the development of our natively built payroll software.

This is an exciting role that requires significant cross‑departmental engagement with a major impact on the product and customer experience.

This position will operate in a bilingual English/Portugese environment. To help us assess your English communication skills, please submit your resume in English.

What you will do

• Execute timely payroll, filings, and payments for all customers in Brazil
• Support customer implementations in Brazil, including data migration, parallel runs, and go‑live validation for new payroll customers
• Drive issue resolution and communication with Brazilian government agencies (eSocial, INSS, Receita Federal, FGTS, Caixa) and partners; you will directly interface with our customers and resolve issues on their behalf
• Work closely with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to ensure that:
• Internal tooling requirements are properly prioritized and implemented

What you will need

• Minimum of 4+ years in a Brazilian payroll processing role, and minimum of 2+ years in a client facing role
• Strong Brazil payroll experience
• Hands‑on expertise running local payroll software, particularly Senior, including configuration, troubleshooting, and validating outputs
• Experience supporting or leading customer implementations/onboarding in Brazil
• Process payroll activities in accordance with company guidelines, social security, legislation, and local tax requirements
• Experience with Google Suite or Microsoft Office, especially Docs/Sheets/Excel, for data analysis and task organization; familiarity with Salesforce queues, JIRA, and Confluence a plus
• Ability to review and validate calculations
• Must have understanding of payroll concepts
• Strong knowledge of Brazilian payroll regulations
• Has working experience with payroll related systems and software
• Deep understanding of Brazilian leave entitlements
• Good knowledge of Brazilian labour legislation (CLT)
• Strong organizational skills and able to work under strict deadlines
• Fluent in Spanish and Portugese - written and spoken (C1 level English or higher preferred)

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process.

To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [e-mail]

Rippling highly values having employees working in‑office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office‑based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.