Key Responsibilities

General Payroll Operations
- Lead end-to-end payroll processing across multiple countries and jurisdictions.
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of monthly, semi-monthly and other local payroll cycles.
- Manage payroll activities including hires, terminations, compensation changes, variable pay, statutory and company sick pay, family-friendly payments and leave, benefits deductions, pension contributions, tax requirements and other payroll-related adjustments, ensuring compliance with local legislation, company policies and payroll practices in each jurisdiction.
- Ensure all employee payroll changes are accurately uploaded and approved in Celergo before payroll cut-off deadline.
- Review payroll calculations, reconciliations and reports prior to payroll approval, ensuring all payroll outputs are fully reconciled to funding requirements and payments released from company bank accounts, with discrepancies identified and resolved before payroll sign-off.
- Ensure robust reconciliation processes are maintained between payroll provider outputs, payroll journals,



funding requests and employee payments to ensure accuracy, completeness and financial control.
- Oversee complex manual calculations and off‑cycle payroll payments where required.
- Ensure payroll records are accurate, secure and audit‑ready.
- Partner with Finance to support payroll funding, reporting and reconciliation activities.

Payroll Transformation & Continuous Improvement
- Lead the development of a standalone global payroll operating model.
- Manage the transition of UK and North America payroll operations in-house.
- Review outsourced payroll arrangements and identify opportunities for future migration and standardisation.
- Drive process improvements, automation and efficiency initiatives across payroll operations.
- Develop and maintain payroll procedures, controls and documentation.
- Champion change and support stakeholders through payroll transformation initiatives.

Payr

📌 Global Payroll Manager (Bogotá)
🏢 Kaplan International
📍 Bogotá