Benefits Admin

**Company Description**
**Critical Objectives**:
- Payroll Management:
- Oversee the end-to-end payroll processing for employees in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, ensuring compliance with local tax and labor regulations.
- Manage relationships with external payroll providers and ensure accurate data transfer and reporting.
- Implement and maintain payroll systems and processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Address and resolve payroll-related inquiries from employees in a timely and professional manner.
- Generate and analyze payroll reports to identify trends and discrepancies to enhance the Payroll Accuracy.
- Ensure accurate and timely filing of all payroll-related taxes and social security contributions.
**Benefits Administration**:
- Administer and manage employee benefits programs, including health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits, in accordance with local regulations.
- Negotiate and manage relationships with benefits providers.
- Redesign the benefit admin processes to empower the employee with the self service options.
- Conduct regular reviews of benefits programs to ensure competitiveness and effectiveness.
- Develop and deliver employee communications regarding benefits programs.
- Develop and sustain a solid knowledge base regarding benefits for all employees.
- Address and resolve Benefits related inquiries from employees in a timely and professional manner.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable benefits-related regulations.
- Manage vacation, and leave of absence administration.
**Compliance and Reporting**:
- Stay abreast of changes in labor laws and regulations in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, and ensure compliance.
- Develop and maintain internal controls to ensure data accuracy and compliance.
- Prepare and submit required reports to regulatory agencies.
- Conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with payroll and benefits policies.
- Team Leadership:
- Lead and mentor a team of payroll and benefits professionals across multiple countries.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
- Provide training and development opportunities for team members.
- Cross-Border Operations:
- Manage the complexities of cross-border payroll and benefits administration.
- Coordinate with HR and finance teams in each country to ensure seamless operations.
- Address and resolve cross-border payroll and benefits issues.
**Qualifications**
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Fluency in English and Spanish or Portuguese (depending on the countries the person will be interacting with).
Fluency in all three is highly desirable.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
- Experience with union relationships is a plus.
**Requirements and Prior Experience**
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in payroll and benefits administration, with a focus on Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
- In-depth knowledge of local labor laws, tax regulations, and benefits practices in each country.
- Proven experience managing payroll and benefits for a multinational organization.
**Additional Information**
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, 1 sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other 2 protected status.
All your information will be kept confidential in accordance with EEO guidelines.