Payroll Specialist Lead

About Remote
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. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go) and all of our 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 not only because we are growing, but because our teams build the future of Global Payroll by elevating the processes and ways of working in the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing and sending the bimonthly report on salary variables (SBC variable).
• Record movements in SUA and IDSE under supervision.
• Assist in the preliminary calculation of ISN (Payroll Tax) and in uploading data to state portals.
• Support in meeting basic audit requirements or IMSS or SAT reviews.
• Focused on IMSS, to provide administrative and operational support in the payroll process, contributing to the collection, entry, and verification of information related to payments, membership changes, salary variability and tax and social security obligations. You will work closely with the IMSS expert to ensure the correct execution of monthly and bimonthly processes.
• Technical support tasks, data entry, preliminary review of information and general assistance with payroll, IMSS, ISN, and membership processes.

Technical knowledge

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

What you bring

• Experience in Mexico: 3 years in payroll processes with an emphasis on social security.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Willingness to learn technical subjects.
• Exercise discretion when handling confidential matters
• Practical knowledge of ISN declarations and payments in states where the company operates.
• Understanding 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.
• Experience with in-house payroll processing would be considered as a plus
• Experience in Mexico end-to-end payroll processing
• You write and speak fluent English.

Practical

• You'll report to: Payroll Operations Manager Latam
• Team: Operations - Payroll
• Location: Mexico City 
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application Process

1. (async) Profile review
2. Interview with recruiter
3. Interview with Mexico Specialist
4. Interview with future manager
5. (async) Offer

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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 agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce.  We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is

$52,000 - $58,500 USD

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at  As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• work from anywhere
• flexible paid time off
• flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• mental health support services
• stock options
• learning budget
• home office budget & IT equipment
• 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

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

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. 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 to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis. 

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