Payroll Manager (Colombia)

Location: Colombia; hybrid work

Company

Plata Card is a fintech company building a scalable and high-tech financial organization.

What you will do

• Manage end-to-end monthly payroll for 150+ employees in Colombia, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payments.
• Lead payroll provider transitions, including data migration, knowledge transfer, and business continuity.
• Design standardized payroll processes, validations, reconciliations, reporting procedures, and internal controls.
• Ensure compliance with Colombian labor legislation, payroll taxation, social security, statutory benefits, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Manage external payroll providers and coordinate with HR, Finance, Accounting, international teams, and employees.
• Lead payroll optimization, automation, and the transformation toward an in-house payroll model.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing end-to-end payroll operations, including strong expertise in Colombian payroll and labor legislation.
• Experience managing outsourced payroll providers and leading payroll operations or process-transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of payroll taxation, social security contributions, statutory benefits, termination settlements, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Experience designing payroll controls, reconciliations, reporting procedures, and payroll accounting processes.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, including the ability to lead meetings and explain complex payroll matters to local and international teams.
• Fluent English at B2+/C1 level, written and spoken.
• Strong analytical skills, advanced Excel proficiency, and experience with payroll systems and large datasets.
• Ability to independently lead cross-functional projects with a proactive, detail-oriented, and ownership-driven approach.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work in Colombia.
• Innovative, high-tech environment focused on challenging established financial practices.
• Open and transparent communication with honest feedback.
• Collaborative and supportive team culture.
• Achievements are recognized and celebrated.