Payroll Analyst

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Job Summary: The Payroll Analyst will support payroll operations in Colombia by validating and reviewing payroll calculations, ensuring regulatory compliance and accounting consistency. Key Highlights: 1. Operational/support role focused on payroll validation and review. 2. Act as an intermediary between HR, external payroll provider, and controllership. 3. Ensure compliance with Colombian labor regulations. Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website (monks.com/careers). **Payroll Analyst** Location: **Hybrid \+ Bogotá, Colombia** **Monks Technology Services**, part of **Media.Monks** and **S4 Capital**, is a global consulting firm specializing in AI-driven transformations for Fortune 100 companies. We combine long-term strategic vision, deep business expertise, and a people-centric approach to help our clients transform their business processes and lead their industries. As part of our commitment to inclusion and in compliance with Colombia’s **Law 2466 of 2025**, positions are available for persons with disabilities. **About the Role** As a ***Payroll Analyst***, you will be responsible for supporting payroll operations in Colombia, acting as an intermediary between the internal HR team and the external payroll provider. Your primary focus will be validating, reviewing, and ensuring accurate payroll processing, guaranteeing compliance with Colombian labor regulations and accounting consistency of related records. This is an operational/support role within Finance \- Controller, with a hybrid work model: **2 days in-office and 3 days remote**, with mandatory attendance on Thursdays. **Responsibilities:** * **Validate and review Colombia payroll** prepared by the external provider, ensuring calculated amounts are correct. * **Act as an intermediary** between HR, the external payroll provider, and the controllership team. * **Receive, organize, and process payroll updates** from HR, including medical leaves, other types of leave, deductions, contributions, and other applicable employee movements. * **Verify complex payroll calculations**, including integral salary, payroll loans (libranzas), AFC (voluntary savings accounts), voluntary contributions, salary flexibility arrangements, deductions, and income tax withholding. * **Monitor social security contributions**, deductions, settlements, and other employer obligations related to employees in Colombia. * **Perform payroll reconciliations**, comparing processed payroll data against accounting records to ensure numerical consistency. * **Support accounting recording and validation** of payroll-related accounts, including expenses, liabilities, assets, and receivables. * **Prepare and review reports or templates in English**, when required. * **Ensure compliance with applicable Colombian labor regulations** regarding payroll and employee benefits. * Other duties as assigned **About You:** **Requirements:*** **2\+ years** of relevant experience in payroll processes in Colombia. * **Solid experience in processing complex payroll**, including integral salary, payroll loans (libranzas), AFC, voluntary contributions, salary flexibility, and deduction management. * **Strong knowledge of Colombian labor legislation**, medical leaves, other types of leave, social security, income tax withholding, and payroll settlement procedures. * **Solid accounting fundamentals**, especially in reconciliations, expense accounts, liabilities, assets, and receivables. * **Ability to perform end-to-end payroll validation**, identifying errors, inconsistencies, and calculation discrepancies. * **Experience working with external payroll providers**, or in payroll review/dual-verification roles. * **English A2\+ or B1 preferred**, primarily for reading, emails, reports, and templates; advanced conversational English is not required. * **NetSuite knowledge preferred**. * **High attention to detail**, organizational skills, analytical judgment, and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information. * **Clear and effective communication** to coordinate with HR, finance, and external providers. * **Ability to work in a hybrid model**, attending the office 2 days per week, including mandatory attendance on Thursdays. \#LI\-Hybrid \#LI\-ML1 **About Monks** Monks is the global, digital\-first, data\-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high\-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long\-term impact. Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022\-25\) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020\-24\). Named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023\) and The One Show's inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group's 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting\-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025\), runner\-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024\), and Workato's AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024\). Additionally, Monks achieved a record\-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner. We are an equal\-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.