Payroll Operations Partner

About the role

Glencore's Human Resources Department is looking for an experienced Payroll Operations Partner to join a Global HR and Payroll Services team in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The HR Hub runs a shared services model supporting HR and payroll administration for multiple Glencore offices worldwide, and the Payroll Operations Partner delivers payroll operations regionally to a cluster of locations.

Key responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end payroll process for countries in scope, acting as accountable partner for payroll governance, compliance, operational controls, risk management and delivery of each payroll cycle.
• Load payroll inputs into the outsourced service provider's portal, monitor the integration of payroll data from Workday, and ensure input deadlines are met.
• Validate and approve payroll outputs, respond to queries on payroll input, and handle end-of-pay-cycle tasks such as posting journals to SAP and integrating pay slips into Workday.
• Forecast funding requirements, prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports, and oversee payroll and benefits regulation and benefit enrolment and management.
• Manage deductions and payments to third parties, maintain local standard operating procedures, support payroll audits, and answer employee and stakeholder enquiries.

Required profile

• Practical understanding and experience of payroll statutory requirements in the region's countries; knowledge of Workday compensation and benefits.
• Essential experience with an outsourced payroll vendor; experience with international payrolls and monitoring payroll integrations is beneficial.
• Advanced written and spoken English and Portuguese; tertiary qualification, with a degree seen as beneficial.
• Experience in a fast-paced corporate environment, able to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Required skills

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Ability to analyse payroll and numerical data and to check payroll calculations with meticulous attention to detail.
• Problem-solving, organisational and communication skills, and comfort working across geographies.