Payroll Consultant – LATAM

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Country

Remote

Employment

full-time

Salary

Salary Will be discuss later

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Provides outsourced payroll services to the clients and manages all aspects of the service delivery to these clients. Acts as the primary point-of-contact (POC) for Mercans and assigned clients during the operational service delivery process.

Organization

• Manages/balances his/her own workload to ensure accurate and timely service delivery.
• Makes recommendation to the management on ways to improve the efficiency and quality of the service delivery.
• Prepares periodic reports to the management with respect to any operational issues encountered and identifies issues that require management actions.
• Ensures that his/her clients are invoiced in accordance with the applicable service agreements and on a timely basis.

Account Management:

• Responsible for all aspects of service delivery to the accounts assigned to him/her, including the accuracy and timeliness of the services delivery.
• Acts as the POC for assigned account for any operational or service delivery issues.
• Ensures that services are delivered to the clients in accordance with the Standard Services Definition and/or service contract.
• Ensures that assigned clients’ service delivery issues are addressed promptly, while maintaining high levels of client satisfaction.
• Constantly monitors his/her clients’ satisfaction rate through personal contact and annual client satisfaction surveys.
• Escalate any account management related issues to the appropriate Mercans management team member.
• Participates in regular account management related meetings/conference calls with the Clients.
• Ensures that any issues that require input or support from other employees of Mercans are communicated promptly and clearly to the relevant employees and follows up with the respective employees to ensure that the raised requests are addressed within an agreed-upon timeframe.
• Makes recommendations to the management for the improvement of clients’ retention rate and service delivery quality.

Service Delivery Quality

• Documents all payroll processing related processes in an account-specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Ensures that payrolls are processed, and services are delivered accurately and in a timely manner for all clients assigned to him/her.
• Ensures that all statutory registrations and declarations (e.g. income tax and social security declarations, starters and leavers registration forms, etc.) are completed and submitted to the respective authorities on time.
• Identifies any service delivery issues that need to be escalated to the management and/or clients.
• Monitors the compliance with Mercans internal SOPs.
• Ensures that services are delivered to assigned clients in accordance with the service delivery standards that exceed the key performance indicators established by Mercans for its Tier 1 partners under the Partner Excellence Program.
• Ensures compliance with the applicable payroll related statutory rules and regulations (i.e. income tax, social security, etc.) and labour law requirements by studying existing and new legislations, enforcing adherence to their requirements.
• Ensures that Mercans internal SOPs and statutory regulations summaries are continuously updated and reflect the latest regulations.
• Familiarizes itself with the policies and procedures of Mercans, e.g. Standard Scope Definition, Account Implementation Checklist, Statutory Regulations Summaries, etc.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

Skills

• Analyzing Information, Thoroughness, Attention to Detail, Confidentiality, Reporting Skills, Reporting Research Results, Time Management, Data Entry Management, General Math Skills, Financial/Payroll Software, Excel Skills, Verbal Communication, Organization.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in global payroll industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Able to perform statutory compliant payroll calculations for LATAM countries in Excel.
• Able to work independently and remotely.
• Understanding of Colombia or Costa Rica payroll-related statutory filings and able to validate the accuracy of the filings.

Expectations for Ideal Candidates:

• 5+ years of LATAM countries payroll outsourcing experience
• Processed at least 1,000 payslips per month for Colombia or Costa Rica payrolls.
• Prior experience in implementing payroll outsourcing clients in LATAM countries.
• Good to have a bachelor’s degree or diploma in accounting/finance/business administration or related discipline.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Knowledge of LATAM countries labour laws and immigration processes.
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills.