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Takeda Pharmaceutical

# Payroll Specialist - LATAM

Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Full-time {'@type': 'MonetaryAmount', 'currency': 'USD', 'value': {'@type': 'QuantitativeValue', 'unitText': ''}} HR & Recruiting 

Listed on Takeda Pharmaceutical’s official careers site. Posted November 4, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
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## Job description

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### Job Description

Objective / Purpose: The Payroll Specialist supports day-to-day payroll operations for an assigned payroll portfolio. This role processes payroll inputs, performs routine validations and controls, maintains required documentation, and provides professional support to employees and stakeholders. The role contributes to accurate, timely, compliant, and employee-focused payroll delivery by following established procedures and escalating issues appropriately.

It covers an assigned country, legal entity, business unit, or payroll portfolio, with no budget ownership and no direct or indirect reports. Experience managing payroll operations across multiple LATAM countries, such us Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and Guatemala, is considered an asset.

### Accountabilities
- Collect, review, and process approved payroll inputs, including employee changes, earnings, deductions, benefits, taxes, and time-related information.
- Perform routine validations, reconciliations, corrections, and off-cycle support activities in line with established procedures, and support statutory, year-end, and audit-related activities as assigned.
- Maintain payroll calendars, trackers, control evidence, case records, and process documentation.
- Follow established procedures and escalate exceptions, missing information, or control concerns within required timelines.
- Respond to routine payroll inquiries in a professional, timely, and employee-friendly manner, and coordinate with payroll providers and internal stakeholders to resolve assigned issues and ensure follow-through.
- Use approved digital, AI, and automation tools responsibly, with appropriate validation, data privacy, access controls, and human review.

Support testing, adoption, exception monitoring, and user feedback for payroll-related system or process changes, and identify repetitive or rules-based activities that may be simplified or automated, sharing suggestions with senior team members.

### Education & Competencies (Technical and Behavioral)

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience is desirable; payroll training or certification is advantageous. Typically 1–3 years of payroll, HR operations, finance, or related experience. Individual contributor role with no direct or indirect reports; people management experience is not required. Working understanding of payroll inputs, controls, reconciliations, documentation, structured data handling, and confidentiality, with the ability to learn payroll systems, reporting tools, case management platforms, and approved digital solutions.

Fluent English; additional relevant language skills are desirable. Previous experience managing payroll operations across multiple LATAM countries, particularly Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and Guatemala, is preferred. Strong attention to detail, organization, service orientation, and confidentiality, with the ability to work accurately within established procedures and deadlines. Demonstrates accountability, collaboration, curiosity, openness to learning, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Locations MEX - Santa Fe Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Nov 4, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Nov 8, 2026
- Last checked: Nov 8, 2026
- Listed for: 4 days
- Location: Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
- Employment type: Full-time
- Pay: {'@type': 'MonetaryAmount', 'currency': 'USD', 'value': {'@type': 'QuantitativeValue', 'unitText': ''}}[Apply on Takeda Pharmaceutical’s careers site →](https://jobs.takeda.com/job/delegacion-cuajimalpa-de-morelos/payroll-specialist-latam/1113/102877000720)

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