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Rippling is seeking an experienced payroll specialist to join its Global Payroll Operations team, focused on expanding payroll capabilities in Brazil. The company provides an integrated HR, IT, and Finance platform that manages payroll, expenses, benefits, and IT infrastructure in a single system.
In this role, you will own all operational payroll aspects for Brazil, including executing timely payroll processing, filings, and payments for all Brazilian customers. You will support customer implementations in Brazil through data migration, parallel runs, and go-live validation for new payroll customers. You will drive issue resolution and direct communication with Brazilian government agencies (eSocial, INSS, Receita Federal, FGTS, Caixa) and external partners, interfacing directly with customers to resolve issues on their behalf.
You will work closely with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to ensure that natively built payroll software supports key Brazilian payroll and tax compliance requirements (eSocial, INSS, FGTS, 13th salary, férias, rescisão) and that internal tooling requirements are properly prioritized and implemented. This is a critical hire that requires significant cross-departmental engagement with major impact on product and customer experience.
The position operates in a bilingual English/Portuguese environment. Rippling values in-office collaboration; for office-based employees within a defined radius of a Rippling office, working in the office at least three days per week is considered an essential function.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 4+ years in Brazilian payroll processing role; minimum 2+ years in a client-facing role
- Strong Brazil payroll experience and hands-on expertise running local payroll software (particularly Senior), including configuration, troubleshooting, and validating outputs
- Experience supporting or leading customer implementations/onboarding in Brazil
- Ability to process payroll activities in accordance with company guidelines, social security legislation, and local tax requirements
- Experience with Google Suite or Microsoft Office (especially Docs/Sheets/Excel) for data analysis and task organization; familiarity with Salesforce queues, JIRA, and Confluence a plus
- Ability to review and validate calculations
- Understanding of payroll concepts and strong knowledge of Brazilian payroll regulations
- Working experience with payroll-related systems and software
- Deep understanding of Brazilian leave entitlements
- Good knowledge of Brazilian labor legislation (CLT)
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work under strict deadlines
- Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese (written and spoken); C1 level English or higher preferred
