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Description
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-End Payroll Ownership
- Own the complete payroll lifecycle for Brazil (EOR and/or GP, as applicable)
- Process monthly payroll, off-cycle runs, terminations, and statutory payments accurately and on time
- Ensure full compliance with Brazilian labor laws and tax regulations
- Serve as the primary operational subject matter expert for Brazil payroll
- Reconciliations and Financial Controls
- Perform detailed monthly payroll reconciliations including gross-to-net validation
- Reconcile statutory contributions such as INSS, FGTS, IRRF, and other required filings
- Identify discrepancies and resolve variances prior to payroll finalization
- Partner with Finance to validate payroll funding, journal entries, and accruals
- Maintain structured reconciliation trackers and audit-ready documentation
- Root Cause Analysis and Risk Mitigation
- Conduct structured root cause analysis for payroll discrepancies and escalations
- Identify systemic issues and implement corrective and preventative controls
- Track trends and recurring errors to reduce operational risk
- Escalate material risks with clear impact assessments and mitigation plans
- Compliance and Governance
- Maintain current knowledge of Brazilian payroll legislation and regulatory updates
- Ensure compliance with required statutory processes including:
- eSocial
- SEFIP/GFIP
- DIRF / EFD-Reinf (as applicable)
- 13th salary requirements
- Vacation accrual and payment regulations
- Maintain complete and organized payroll evidence files
- Ensure adherence to internal control frameworks and audit standards
What you bring
- Several years of experience processing Brazil payroll end-to-end
- Strong knowledge of Brazilian labor law and statutory contributions
- Demonstrated experience performing detailed payroll reconciliations
- Experience conducting structured root cause analysis
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High level of organization and documentation discipline
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in EOR or global payroll environments
- Exposure to payroll system implementations or in-housing transitions
- Experience working within controlled or audit-heavy environments
- Familiarity with process improvement or automation initiatives
Benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Flexible paid time off
- Flexible working hours
- 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
Team Description
You'll report to the Manager, Global Payroll Operations and be part of the Payroll team.
Key Skills
Brazil PayrollBrazilian Labor Lawe-SocialSEFIPGFIPDIRFEFD-ReinfReconciliationRoot Cause AnalysisComplianceInternal Control
Details
C1 - Advanced
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