Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.

Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. 

The role is responsible for managing and executing payroll processes, with a focus on Brazil and US payroll and HR Operations activities. The role sits at the intersection of payroll and HR Operations, supporting benefits administration, employee lifecycle processes, and payroll-related HR activities.

This role ensures accurate and timely payroll processing, compliant benefits and pension administration, and effective coordination between HR, payroll vendors, and employees across key markets.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Complete Operational Payroll Processes: Take responsibility for end-to-end payroll activities across Brazil and US payroll operations. This includes data collection, validation, reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting. Ensure payroll accuracy through detailed review and validation of outputs, identifying and resolving discrepancies where required. Provide guidance and support to other team members as required, particularly on Brazil payroll processes. Support payroll compliance activities as required, including coordinating with external authorities and resolving payroll-related regulatory queries or issues.

1. Benefits, HR Operations and Administrative Support: Provide support across HR Operations activities impacting payroll, including benefits and pension administration, employee onboarding and offboarding, and day-to-day HR administrative processes. Support benefits administration processes, including enrolment changes, pension updates, and (where applicable) 401(k) administration, ensuring accurate alignment with payroll deductions. Support employee lifecycle processes impacting payroll, including onboarding setup, payroll and benefits activation, and offboarding processing (including final pay and benefits cessation). Respond to employee queries related to payroll, benefits, and employment administration in a timely and professional manner. Work closely with HR Operations and external vendors to ensure employee data changes are accurately and timely reflected in payroll and benefits systems.

1. Payroll Implementation, Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Act as a key point of contact for payroll vendors, HR, Finance and other stakeholders, ensuring service delivery is accurate, timely, and aligned with business expectations. Work closely with the Head of Global Payroll to identify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and controls. Support payroll implementation and transition activities as required, working flexibly across projects and business priorities.

1. Compliance and Audit: Ensure all stages of the payroll process are documented for audit purposes. Support local payroll and benefits audits as required and ensure compliance with local and international regulations. Regularly review and update payroll policies and procedures to ensure alignment with global best practices and regulatory requirements. Support HR-related compliance activities where they intersect with payroll and benefits administration.

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

Proven Experience: Experience as an HR/Payroll Specialist, Senior Payroll Analyst, or in a similar role with hands-on experience in managing payrolls across the Americas region.

Knowledge: Strong understanding of Brazil payroll principles, tax regulations, and employment laws, with broader knowledge across the Americas. Ability to interpret and apply country-specific requirements, work effectively with payroll vendors, and ensure compliance with statutory obligations.

Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail to ensure accuracy in payroll processing and data management.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to work effectively with large, complex datasets.
• Strong numerical ability with a proven track record of identifying variances, anomalies, and data inconsistencies.
• Good understanding of payroll and HR Operations processes, including employee lifecycle and benefits administration, particularly in Brazil and/or US environments.
• Ability to prioritise and manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to navigate complex regulatory and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams, functions, and cultures.
• Demonstrates independent thinking, curiosity, accountability, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Proficient in payroll systems and HRIS platforms, with experience working in vendor-managed payroll environments; familiarity with ADP is desirable.
• Demonstrates curiosity and openness to leveraging technology and emerging tools (including AI) to improve processes, enhance accuracy, and drive operational efficiency.

Certifications: Relevant payroll/HR/accounting qualification or equivalent practical experience, with exposure to Brazil HR and Payroll regulations and ideally also US knowledge.

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance
   
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
   
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
   
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
   
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
   
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

Reward and benefits at Fastmarkets

We believe in fair pay and benefits that support you both inside and outside of work. Through Fastmarkets Rewards, you'll have access to a range of core benefits and a flexible allowance, giving you the freedom to tailor your package to suit your lifestyle, wellbeing and financial priorities. We know that everyone's needs are different, so we've designed our benefits to support our diverse global team wherever they're based.

Specific benefits may vary by country and role.

You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.

It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.