Job Description

The Mexico Payroll Expert is responsible for the accurate, compliant, and timely delivery of Mexico payroll for GoGlobal clients. This role provides dedicated in-country payroll expertise, supporting active payroll operations, new client onboarding, statutory compliance, and the continued growth of GoGlobal’s in-house payroll capability in Mexico.

This is a hands-on payroll processing role for someone with strong Mexico payroll knowledge, including payroll calculations, employee lifecycle processing, statutory registrations and deregistrations, local tax and social security requirements, payroll reporting, and electronic payroll documentation. The successful candidate will be comfortable working remotely, managing recurring payroll cycles, resolving payroll queries, and maintaining high-quality payroll records.

This role is ideal for an experienced Mexico payroll professional who wants to apply deep technical expertise in a global, fast-paced services environment, contributing to a growing payroll operation that spans over 140 countries.

Role & Responsibilities

Mexico Payroll Processing

• Own the end-to-end processing of Mexico payrolls for a portfolio of GoGlobal clients, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and on-time delivery every pay period.
• Process payroll inputs including starters, leavers, salary changes, variable pay, benefits, deductions, attendance or time records, and other payroll-related adjustments.
• Calculate employee net pay based on time records, benefits, applicable taxes, statutory deductions, and other local payroll requirements.
• Generate and distribute payslips accurately and promptly, ensuring payroll outputs are complete, clear, and audit-ready.
• Prepare final calculations for leavers, including separation-related calculations and any required supporting payroll documentation.
• Maintain payroll processing systems and records by gathering, calculating, validating, and inputting employee data accurately.
• Complete payroll reports for record-keeping, internal review, and client reporting purposes.

Compliance & Regulatory Adherence

• Maintain strong working knowledge of Mexico payroll regulations, statutory filing requirements, social security obligations, local tax requirements, and payroll-related compliance processes.
• Register and deregister employees for statutory social benefits with the relevant local authorities, ensuring employee lifecycle events are processed correctly.
• Handle statutory processing, including monthly, quarterly, and annual tax filings where applicable.
• Ensure compliance relating to electronic payroll stamping and CFDI requirements in Mexico.
• Work with Mexico payroll systems and local platforms such as SUA, SIPARE, and IDSE, where applicable.
• Maintain accurate and audit-ready payroll records, ensuring documentation meets local regulatory and internal governance requirements.
• Keep up to date with regulatory changes and communicate relevant updates to internal stakeholders and clients as required.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a payroll contact for designated Mexico payroll clients, responding to queries regarding wages, deductions, attendance, time records, and payroll outputs.
• Provide clear explanations and payroll breakdowns to clients and internal stakeholders where required.
• Liaise with client HR and finance teams to collect, validate, and correct payroll inputs before processing deadlines.
• Escalate complex payroll queries, compliance risks, payroll errors, or service risks in a structured and timely manner.
• Support new client onboarding and go-live activity by applying Mexico payroll knowledge and validating payroll setup requirements.
• Client Facing role, be able to lead calls with clients

Data Quality & Process

• Conduct pre- and post-payroll checks to identify and resolve discrepancies before payroll outputs are finalised.
• Ensure employee data is updated correctly in payroll and employee databases.
• Maintain confidentiality of employee pay records and payroll data at all times.
• Maintain and update Mexico payroll SOPs, run guides, and internal knowledge databases with process and regulatory changes.
• Identify manual inefficiencies, recurring issues, or control gaps and contribute recommendations for process improvement, standardisation, automation, or stronger backup coverage.
• Support cross-training and documentation to reduce key-person dependency and strengthen operational resilience.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on payroll processing experience, with strong working knowledge of Mexico payroll requirements.
• Deep understanding of statutory filing requirements in Mexico, including payroll-related tax, social security, and employee lifecycle obligations.
• Experience with SUA, SIPARE, and IDSE in Mexico.
• Experience ensuring compliance with electronic stamping and CFDI requirements in Mexico.
• Strong knowledge of payroll regulations in Mexico and the ability to apply legislative requirements accurately in payroll processing.
• Experience using payroll-related systems and software, with strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Comfortable working remotely and independently, managing multiple payroll cycles and client deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to explain payroll matters clearly to non-payroll stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and payroll systems; experience with cloud-based payroll or HRIS platforms is advantageous.
• Comfortable working with AI-assisted tools and open to continuous learning as the team and function evolve.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree, postgraduate diploma, or professional degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Experience working in a payroll bureau, outsourced payroll, EOR, global payroll services, or multi-client payroll environment.
• Experience supporting payroll audits, statutory reviews, or internal control processes.
• Experience supporting client onboarding, go-live activity, payroll configuration validation, or payroll transition projects.
• Experience documenting payroll SOPs, run guides, controls, and country knowledge materials.
• Exposure to regional backup models or cross-country payroll support in Latin America is advantageous.

ABOUT US

GoGlobal is the leading professional services company to guide, establish and manage global operations with compliance and confidence. We bring the human touch to entering new markets and consolidating vendors through a single point of management. With a presence in over 140 countries on six continents and growing, we make running a global business easy.

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• Entity Solutions: Entity establishment, Corporate secretarial & directorship services, Domicile services, Dormancy/Liquidation
• HR Solutions: Global recruitment, Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), Global benefits, Global payroll, International HR Consulting
• Finance Solutions: Accounting & Tax

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