Associate Manager, Payroll

We're looking for a talented and passionate Payroll leader to join Wildlife's Payroll Team in São Paulo. 

You’ll be a contributor in a high-intensity growth environment. For this position, you'll need to be meticulous, focused, and well organized with your tasks. You'll have a phenomenal opportunity to work in a truly global environment, supporting teams from Brazil, Finland and the United States. Here you'll be doing relevant work, in an environment made up of ideas and people that dare act and think in an unexpected way.  

We know that the work we do has a high impact on our company's success and culture. The right person for this position is curious by nature, and comfortable in a "take the initiative" environment, loves solving problems, consistently follows-through to completion, and can thrive in a fast and growing business.  

• Ensure timely and accurate processing of global payroll, including onboarding, terminations, and benefits administration for all countries (Brazil, Finland and the United States);
• Ensure timely and accurate compliance with regulatory deadlines (payroll taxes and fillings);
• Improve and add efficiency to current global payroll processes;
• Implement required controls, metrics and quality measurement indicators;
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure that all payroll inputs are delivered on time;
• Partner with other functional leads (including in Legal, Finance, Accounting and People teams) to support with questions, reports, conciliations and other needs;
• Manage the employee's life cycle (vacation, leaves, salary changes, among others) processes;
• Responsible to develop and implement systems and automations to support fast growth;
• Lead the Payroll team, aiming at team member's career development within Wildlife.

• 5+ years of experience with payroll processes and labor legislation;
• Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals and payroll best practices;
• Experience in payroll implementation and system integrations;
• Experience in project managing of payroll and benefits implementation;
• University degree or equivalent work experience;
• Advanced English;
• Proficiency with Excel. 

• You are curious & willing to learn.
• Self-driven. You have a go-getter demeanor, outstanding interpersonal skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks. You don't get easily overwhelmed.
• You are a self-aware, clear communicator with empathy towards the people you work with. 
• Passionate about employee experience. 
• You're flexible, ambitious, and excited to help build something awesome.
• Motivated. You understand the impact of a highly satisfied, excited team; you are passionate about working on and solving problems.
• You are a phenomenal teammate. You're willing to help out wherever needed.
• You are data-driven and careful with numbers. 

Wildlife is one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the world. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Today, we have offices in Brazil, Finland and the United States. Here, we create games that will excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come!

Equal Opportunity

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.