[Hiring] LATAM Payroll Manager @Veralto

Role Description

Veralto is seeking an experienced LATAM Payroll Manager to lead end-to-end payroll delivery across Latin America, ensuring payroll is accurate, timely, and compliant while reinforcing consistency, reliability, and control across the region. This role serves as the LATAM payroll subject matter expert and a key partner to Operating Company leaders, regional stakeholders, and external payroll providers.

• Lead end-to-end payroll oversight across LATAM countries, ensuring payroll is processed accurately, on time, and in compliance with country-specific requirements.
• Own regional payroll calendar coordination, ensuring inputs, approvals, funding alignment, and deadlines are met consistently.
• Act as the central point of coordination for regional payroll activities, including issue resolution across stakeholders and vendors.
• Serve as escalation point for complex payroll matters and support timely resolution.
• Review payroll outputs (gross-to-net, variances, reconciliations) before final approval.
• Ensure payroll documentation is complete, controlled, and audit-ready.
• Drive consistency and standardization across LATAM payroll operations.
• Identify and implement improvements to reduce manual work, increase visibility, and mitigate risk.
• Partner closely with HR Shared Services, Finance, and external vendors to improve data quality and execution.
• Provide regular updates to Global Payroll leadership on status, risks, and dependencies.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of payroll experience, including multi-country LATAM payroll responsibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of LATAM payroll regulations (labor, tax, social security, statutory reporting).
• Experience managing payroll across countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru.
• Experience working in complex, multi-country environments and coordinating across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working with external payroll vendors and managing service delivery.
• Strong understanding of payroll validation processes (gross-to-net, reconciliations, controls).
• Exposure to SOX, audits, and compliance processes.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in evolving and ambiguous environments.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Fluent English and Spanish required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Portuguese is highly preferred due to regional scope (Brazil), but not mandatory.
• Experience in global payroll or shared services environments.
• Experience leading teams (direct or indirect) in a regional or matrix structure.
• Experience in payroll transformations or process standardization initiatives.
• Experience supporting organizational change or function transitions.
• Experience with Workday, ADP, or other global payroll platforms.

Additional Details

• Fully remote role based in Mexico, with regional travel requirements (~25% initially, decreasing over time to ~15-20%).