What You Can Expect

The LATAM Benefits & HR Operations Specialist is responsible for administering and coordinating manual HR processes across multiple Latin American countries, with a strong focus on employee benefits, leave administration, payroll inputs, vendor coordination, reconciliations, and compliance‑sensitive transactions. This role supports country‑specific programs in Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil and Chile, ensuring accurate execution, documentation, validation, and timely communication with employees, payroll, brokers, and external vendors. The role ensures operational excellence, compliance, financial accuracy, and a positive employee experience through effective administration of complex multi‑country HR programs.

How You’ll Create Impact
- Coordinates and administers manual HR and employee benefits and processes across LATAM countries, including insurance plans and programs, changes, terminations, and employee updates.
- Prepares, validates, and maintains Excel‑based files, trackers, forms, and country‑specific templates for recurring HR operations.




- Performs manual eligibility validations for benefits, leave, bonuses, allowances, and other employee programs based on local rules and company policies.
- Reconciles payroll deductions, vendor invoices, balances, enrollments, loans, withdrawals, reimbursements, and funding files to ensure data accuracy.
- Maintains centralized leave and time‑off tracking matrices and ensures accurate recording of country‑specific leave types, accruals, usage, and supporting documentation.
- Administers country‑specific leave programs including maternity, paternity, medical leaves, disability leaves, vacation programs, special leaves, and statutory absences.
- Coordinates with employees, managers, payroll, vendors, and local authorities to ensure accurate leave administration and compliance.
- Monitors leave balances, accruals, supporting documentation, and return‑to‑work processes.
- Partners with payroll team

📌 Benefits & HR Operations Specialist - LATAM (Bogotá)
🏢 Zimmer Biomet
📍 Bogotá