About the Company

Cover Genius is a Series E Insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Hopper, Skyscanner, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee.

Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year. Our team and products have been recognized sed with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times who ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commits itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired  

Our People are not Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

About the Role

As a Payroll Associate at Cover Genius, you will be working amongst a rapidly expanding Global Financial Operations team, reporting to the Associate Director, Global Payroll based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This role requires a knowledgeable and resourceful team player who will drive, support and assist in the evolution of the day-to-day Uruguay payroll  from outsourced management to potentially an in-house payroll solution while working cross-functionally across the organization. 

This role is responsible for managing the End-To-End Uruguay payroll process while ensuring data integrity, fostering strong employee, payroll vendor and internal relationships and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate is a driven and reliable person with a strong background in Uruguay payroll, general accounting principles, exceptional communication skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and wants to be part of a global insurtech company with the vision to protect all customers of the world’s largest digital companies. 

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for external and internal stakeholders regarding payroll inquiries, discrepancies, and resolutions. Foster positive working relationships with all stakeholders. 

• Payroll Data Collection, Validation, Processing & Payments: Review, process, and reconcile payroll output. Ensure accurate and timely payroll payments. Perform monthly NetSuite payroll related journal entries, including but not limited to regular pay, PTO accrual, bonus accrual, pension contribution (if applicable), and one-off payment.

• Data Integrity & Compliance: collaboration with People Team for accurate records and ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements. 

• Ensure timely filing of any payroll related reports or payments with local jurisdiction from regulatory compliance.

• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for enhancing efficiency within the global payroll function, including automation and streamlining workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement best practices.

• Reconciliation & Reporting: Reconcile payroll General Ledgers. Assist with month-end and year-end closing activities as well as audit defense on payroll related balance in both balance sheet and income statement.

• Payroll Vendor/ Software Solution Implementation and Management

Qualifications

• A diploma in payroll, accounting and/or finance.

• 5+ years of local Uruguay outsourced and/or in-house payroll experience, preferably in a senior or lead role.

• Experience working with various payroll solutions preferred. 

• Experience working with BambooHR HRIS preferred.

• Strong skills in Microsoft Suite and Google Suite.

• Strong knowledge of global payroll principles, general accounting practices, and financial controls.

• Excellent customer service and communication skills with the ability to manage payroll vendor and employee relationships effectively.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Fluent in spoken and written English and Spanish.

• Experience working with internal stakeholders with different time zones

What you will have

• Ability to identify and solve complex issues and escalate as needed.

• Expert multitasker and self-prioritizer.

• Strong ability to quickly identify both risks and opportunities while maintaining a strong focus on both process improvements and results.

• Ability to efficiently and accurately process high transaction volume tasks.

• Takes ownership for responsibilities with a positive attitude.

Why Cover Genius?

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?  

• Flexible Work Environment - Our teams are remote or hybrid. Hybrid: We work from home on Wednesdays and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enable us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.

• Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!

Sounds interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!

Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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