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Job Number #175047 - Del.Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

Role Summary

The Payroll Analyst is responsible for managing end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing in coordination with local teams and third-party vendors. This position oversees timekeeping validation, local tax calculations, and Social Security compliance, while serving as a key operational contact for SOX and CAD audit processes. A core aspect of this role is customer service and communication: interacting directly with employees and HR to resolve inquiries, managing sensitive data with strict confidentiality, and confidently presenting compliance documentation to internal and external auditors.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Payroll Processing: Collaborate with external payroll vendors and local teams to execute, calculate, and review employee payouts, payment requests, and overall payroll cycles accurately and on schedule.

• Audit & SOX Compliance: Support internal and external audits (including SOX and CAD audit controls) by providing accurate documentation, explaining payroll processes, and ensuring full regulatory alignment.

• Tax & Social Security Calculations: Perform and validate local payroll tax calculations, Social Security contributions, and statutory deductions in compliance with local labor legislation.

• Timekeeping & Incident Management: Process, audit, and validate timekeeping data, performing periodic timesheet reconciliations and executing root-cause analyses on errors to implement corrective/preventive actions.

• Stakeholder & HR Inquiry Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for employees and HR partners, delivering high-quality customer service to resolve payroll-related inquiries, incidents, and reporting requests promptly.

• Management Reporting & Data Integrity: Generate accurate financial and payroll reports for key company stakeholders while maintaining strict confidentiality and data integrity across systems.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related field.

• Experience: 1 to 2 years of direct experience as a Payroll Processor, Payroll Analyst, or in a similar corporate payroll function.

• Technical Mastery:

  • Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets.

  • Solid, practical knowledge of local labor taxes, Social Security frameworks, and incident tracking.

• Languages: Advanced English proficiency is mandatory (required for direct interactions with international auditors, global HR teams, and corporate management).

Desired Qualifications

• Core Competencies: High level of confidentiality, attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and a strong work ethic with proven time management under tight deadlines.

• Audit Confidence: Comfortable interacting directly with auditors without intimidation, maintaining a clear and structured presentation of payroll records.

• Customer Service Mindset: Genuine enjoyment and skill in interacting with people, addressing employee concerns empathetically and professionally.

• Advanced Automation: Experience creating and using Excel Macros (VBA) or automated spreadsheets to streamline reporting.

• Executive Reporting: Ability to synthesize complex payroll data into executive-level summaries for management decision-making.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives  to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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