Payroll & Accounting Analyst

About the role

Kraft Heinz is seeking a detail-oriented Master Data & Accounting Analyst to support the Payroll team in its Mexico City office. The role owns payroll master data integrity, access controls and payroll accounting activities (journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close), working closely with Payroll, HR, Finance, IT and external providers. The ideal candidate understands Mexican payroll rules (CFDI nómina, IMSS, INFONAVIT, ISR) and has strong ERP experience.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain payroll master data across HRIS/ERP/payroll systems (employee records, pay elements, accruals, deductions, garnishments, cost centers, tax codes, work schedules).
• Manage user access and segregation of duties, support onboarding/offboarding and periodic access reviews.
• Implement and document master-data change controls and approval workflows.
• Prepare and validate payroll journal entries, distribute payroll costs to the general ledger and support month-end close.
• Reconcile payroll to the general ledger, bank payroll files, tax/social security deposits and vendor invoices, and resolve variances.
• Support electronic payroll stamping (CFDI nómina) and XML generation.
• Take part in payroll cutover testing, system upgrades and integrations, creating test cases and documenting configurations.
• Produce and maintain reports and dashboards (headcount, payroll cost mapping, variances, change logs).
• Support audits and regulatory inquiries by keeping audit trails and responding to requests from SAT, IMSS, INFONAVIT or auditors.
• Identify automation opportunities, document procedures and controls, and act as liaison between Payroll, HR, Finance, IT and vendors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Administration, Information Systems or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years of experience in payroll master data, payroll accounting or payroll operations with Mexican payroll exposure.
• Proven experience preparing payroll journal entries, GL reconciliations and month-end close deliverables.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a methodical approach to data integrity and controls.
• Intermediate English preferred.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with ERP/HRIS/payroll systems such as SAP HCM/Payroll or FI, Workday, Oracle, ADP localizations or Aspel NOI.
• Strong Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Power Query); SQL, Power BI or Tableau preferred.
• Preferred: professional certifications (Contador Público, ACCA, SAP), payroll tax filing and CFDI experience, multi-entity accounting, RPA tools (UiPath, Power Automate).