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Rippling is seeking an experienced Global Payroll Operations Specialist to join its Global Payroll Operations team, based remotely in Mexico. The role focuses on developing and executing payroll operations and country-specific expertise for Mexico as Rippling expands its global product offerings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own full-cycle payroll processing and monthly/bimonthly statutory compliance for Mexican entities
- Perform monthly and bimonthly reconciliation between internal payroll registers and statutory reporting (SUA vs. IDSE vs. EMA/EBA)
- Calculate, validate, and upload monthly ISN filings per state regulations and ensure timely payment generation (SIPARE / state treasury lines of capture)
- Process all employee movements (Avisos Patronales: altas, bajas, modificación de salarios) in IDSE/SUA within statutory timeframes
- Calculate bimonthly wage variability for variable and mixed-salary employees to update SDI/SBC accurately
- Serve as the primary subject-matter expert (SME) for clients regarding Mexican labor law, ISR withholdings, IMSS/INFONAVIT regulations, and statutory reporting requirements
- Drive issue resolution and communication with government agencies and partners; directly interface with customers to resolve issues on their behalf
- Work closely with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to ensure natively built payroll software supports key compliance requirements, product bugs are quickly addressed, and internal tooling requirements are properly prioritized
This position operates in a bilingual English/Spanish environment and requires significant cross-departmental engagement with major impact on product and customer experience.
Requirements:
- 4+ years in a global or end-to-end Mexican payroll processing role
- 2+ years in a direct client-facing or advisory role
- Deep, hands-on expertise in Mexico Statutory Filings & Compliance, including:
- Mastery of IMSS, IDSE, SUA, SIPARE, and INFONAVIT / FONACOT portals for movement registrations and payment line generation
- Processing and validating EMA (Emisión Mensual Automatizada) and EBA (Emisión Bimensual Automatizada)
- Execution, calculation, and reporting of ISN (Impuesto Sobre Nóminas) directly in state treasury portals
- Performing monthly Confrontas (cross-referencing SUA vs. IDSE vs. EMA/EBA vs. Internal Payroll registers)
- Expertise in calculating Bimonthly Wage Variability (Variabilidad bimestral de salarios), updating SDI/SBC, and managing statutory leave entitlements
- Experience running in-house payroll utilizing major Mexican payroll engines
- Strong numerical review skills: ability to review, validate, and audit net pay, tax withholdings (ISR), and social security deductions down to the peso
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills for data analysis and audits (vlookups, pivot tables, data reconciliations); familiarity with Salesforce, JIRA, Confluence is a plus
- Fluent in Spanish and English—written and spoken (C1 level English or higher preferred)
- Bonus: Hands-on experience processing payroll in other LATAM countries (e.g., Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil)
