HR Manager

**Build your future with Sovos.**

If you are looking for an opportunity where career-minded professionals can achieve success while bringing their best and whole selves to work each day, Sovos may be the company you have been looking for. Employees at Sovos operate on the leading edge of digital technology while working to improve lives and the communities in which we live and work. When we say Solve Tax for Good, we mean For Good in every sense of the word. Our organizational commitment is to provide a place where employees can thrive and progress in their careers while having the support behind them that only a global company can offer.

Sound like this might be the opportunity you have been looking for?

It’s not about what you have done somewhere else, it’s all about what you are capable of doing here.

**The Work You’ll Do**:
The HR Manager will work with the Director, Human Resources and organizational management team to help develop and drive strategic, all-encompassing people initiatives that promote business objectives while ensuring company policies and practices are interpreted and administered in a consistent manner. The HR Manager, will report to the Director, Human Resources, South America.

**The Work You'll Do**:

- Partner with management to identify, implement and execute HR programs and business outcomes such as organizational planning, talent management, performance management, alignment of compensation rewards to performance, and employee engagement throughout
- Oversee and manage all round HR activity, from strategic to transactional and operational HR, including payroll, social security administration, social benefits and monthly reporting
- Work together with the HR team, ensuring all are working on clear objectives which underpin the success of the HR and business goals and in line with Sovos values and leadership competencies
- Coach managers and supervisors with the main focus on alignment between the vision and goals of the regional and / or global HR objectives which are translated into objectives for LATAM and / or a specific line of business (LOB)
- Promote the development and implementation of HR processes, systems and programs which promote the business goals
- Coach managers / supervisors to set up appropriate and simple organizational structures with clear accountability, reporting lines and line-of-sight
- Work with our Global Practice Leads to execute learning and development and talent management, through promoting a culture of continuous learning, either to keep up with business, or to excel and further improve
- Outline the regional and / or global HR strategic initiatives in a local environment and translate regional / global initiatives into a local context
- Drive HR functional excellence and take it to the next level
- Proactively identify improvement needs for HR to better promote business goals

**What We Need from You**
- Proven track record as an HR Business Partner / HR Generalist in a complex global matrix business
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively on all levels both inside and outside Sovos, often on confidential and / or sensitive topics
- Business level capability in both English & Portuguese
- Well-developed business ethics and the ability to maintain a high level of discretion
- Ability to build relationships with and influence all levels of employees including management level of organization
- Ability to be strategic towards business outcomes as well as manage and handle day-to-day details and deadlines
- Ability to manage multiple priorities (at times conflicting), remain focused under pressure and work extended hours as needed
- Comfortable with implementing complex people processes and HR tools with impact on business outcome
- Knowledge of HR systems and tools (e.g ADP, SAP or equivalent)

**What Does Sovos Offer You?**
- The tools to grow your career both personally and professionally:_

Did you know that over 30% of our employees experienced a promotion or job change In FY2020? That can happen because growth Is serious business here at Sovos, and we have the programs In place to make sure of it, including:

- Mentoring Programs
- Management Bootcamps and Development Trainings
- Yearly performance reviews where compensation and performance are assessed and rewarded generously
- Clear paths for growth within our roles (but we know that career development can be like a spider web, not a ladder - we give you the tools to move outside of your career as well)

The challenge of working in an emerging market and solving complex problems for our clients is a large one. Businesses are struggling to keep up with the pace, volume, and complexity of regulatory requirements. In fact, 45% of CFOs say compliance is their “biggest growth challenge.” That is why over half of the Fortune 500 counts on Sovos to solve their complex business-to-government compliance challenges. Our emplo