LATAM Payroll Project Manager

• Lead end-to-end payroll implementation projects across multiple LATAM countries
• Coordinate internal stakeholders and third-party vendors for successful delivery
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation (plans, RAID logs, status reporting)
• Track performance and escalate risks and issues through established governance
• Execute payroll strategy and system implementations across the region
• Oversee payroll and HCM system reconciliation and data alignment
• Drive HR and payroll data clean-up initiatives
• Coordinate gathering and validation of local payroll and WFM requirements
• Support vendor selection processes and implementation phases
• Oversee vendor risk management reviews
• Implement global payroll procedures and segregation of duties matrices locally
• Partner with Finance to standardise workflows (banking, reporting, controls)
• Work with Internal Controls to embed global payroll controls into local processes
• Define and implement local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Identify opportunities for process enhancements and system improvements
• Manage relationships with regional and global programme stakeholders
• Partner with Workstream Leads to ensure consistency across geographies
• Ensure resource allocation and alignment across functional teams
• Prepare training plans and support system security audits
• Provide structured reporting into the global payroll transformation leadership

• 6+ years’ experience in payroll transformation and/or payroll project management
• Proven experience managing multi-country payroll implementations (LATAM essential)
• Strong payroll system implementation experience
• Experience working across multiple payroll vendor platforms
• HCM system knowledge (Workday preferred)
• Experience with payroll data migration and data clean-up initiatives
• Knowledge of Time & Attendance systems
• Strong understanding of payroll controls, governance, and segregation of duties
• Experience operating within structured PMO environments
• Fluent Spanish and English (mandatory)
• Strong stakeholder management skills across global teams
• Analytical and detail-oriented mindset
• Able to work independently within a remote structure
• Comfortable in governance-heavy environments
• Highly organised, accountable, and delivery-focused
• Proficient with Microsoft project tools

Experience with ticketing systems such as ServiceNow