Payroll Analyst – LATAM

Location: Remote / LATAM-Aligned Time Zone

Employment Type: Full-Time

Industry: Global Payroll | HR Tech | Employer of Record (EOR)

WatersEdge Solutions is partnering with a fast-growing global HR technology business to recruit a detail-oriented and analytically strong Payroll Analyst – LATAM. This is a hands-on role for someone with multi-country payroll experience who is confident working across LATAM and North American markets, managing payroll inputs, statutory requirements, reconciliations, and issue resolution in a fast-paced international environment.

About the Role

As Payroll Analyst – LATAM, you will support accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll delivery across assigned LATAM, North American, and selected global markets. You’ll work closely with Payroll, Operations, Legal, Product, Automation, and Service teams to ensure country-specific payroll requirements are correctly reflected in systems, controls, and operational processes.

This role requires fluent English and Spanish, with Portuguese preferred for supporting Brazil. It is well suited to someone who enjoys solving complex payroll issues, improving processes, and helping build scalable payroll operations across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end monthly payroll delivery across assigned LATAM, North American, and selected global markets

• Gather, review, and validate payroll inputs, including new hires, salary changes, bonuses, leave, deductions, and terminations

• Review payroll calculations and outputs for accuracy

• Investigate discrepancies and complete payroll reconciliations

• Maintain payroll calendars, checklists, trackers, validation rules, SOPs, and knowledge base content

• Support statutory payroll obligations, including taxes, social contributions, reporting, and filing deadlines

• Respond to payroll queries across LATAM and North American working hours

• Liaise with local payroll experts in Spanish and, where relevant, Portuguese

• Communicate payroll findings and requirements to internal stakeholders in English

• Support new payroll market onboarding, process mapping, testing, and operational readiness

• Assist with provider transitions and payroll insourcing initiatives

• Identify opportunities to improve payroll controls, documentation, accuracy, efficiency, and automation

What You’ll Bring

• 2–5 years of experience in payroll analysis, payroll operations, payroll processing, payroll implementation, or a related operational/compliance role

• Hands-on experience supporting end-to-end payroll processes

• Strong knowledge of payroll practices and statutory requirements in at least one LATAM or North American market

• Experience with payroll inputs, validations, calculations, reconciliations, and employee lifecycle changes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership

• Ability to manage multi-country payroll workstreams and deadlines

• Fluent written and spoken English and Spanish

• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills

• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, process tools, and payroll systems

• Ability to work effectively across LATAM and North American time zones

Nice to Have

• Professional proficiency in Brazilian Portuguese

• Experience across multiple payroll jurisdictions

• Exposure to payroll implementation, insourcing, or provider transitions

• Relevant qualification such as CA, BCom, or similar

• Strong Excel skills

• Experience with Monday.com or similar workflow tools

• Exposure to automation or payroll process improvement initiatives

What’s On Offer

• Opportunity to work across multiple international payroll markets

• Exposure to LATAM, North American, and broader global payroll operations

• High-impact role within a scaling HR technology business

• Opportunity to support new market implementation and process improvement

• Collaborative, global working environment

• Strong learning and career development potential

Company Culture

This is a high-growth, values-led environment that rewards ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The team values people who take accountability, solve problems thoughtfully, and maintain high standards of accuracy while working across complex global payroll operations.

Please note: If you have not been contacted within 10 working days, consider your application unsuccessful.

Skills

• C
• Data
• R
• Reconciliation