Senior HR/Employee Lifecycle Ops Specialist

The role

This person will own the execution and integrity of employee lifecycle operations during a transition to a local entity in Costa Rica. They will manage payroll, statutory compliance, and employee lifecycle transactions.

What you will do

• Own pre-hire compliance requirements including right to work checks and contract readiness
• Handle new joiner, leaver, and employment change transactions
• Prepare, validate, and submit payroll inputs
• Coordinate operational workflows across vendors and internal stakeholders
• Own monthly cutoffs, approvals, and reconciliations
• Own enrolment, changes, and issue resolution for private healthcare and statutory benefits
• Manage leave processes
• Be the go-to person for employee queries on employment terms, payslips, taxes, and benefits
• Implement regulatory changes to ensure compliance with CCSS, MTSS, DGT, and INS
• Support audits, filings, and statutory reporting for Costa Rica

Required qualifications

• Background in HR services roles
• Solid understanding of coordinating employee lifecycle operations, legal compliance and payroll
• Working knowledge of labor law and employment practices in Costa Rica
• Hands-on experience with contracts, time & attendance and benefits management
• Familiarity with complex, multi-entity environments across North, South America, and EMEA
• Experience working through audits and actively supporting statutory reporting
• Ability to do detailed, repetitive work such as data input, audits, and reconciliation
• Ability to operate without full structure

Benefits

• Generous compensation + stock options
• Work from anywhere: fully remote, in hubs, or a mix
• Company-issued laptop
• Remote setup stipend
• Co-working budget
• Flexible schedules and location
• Ample paid time off
• Local public holidays
• Enhanced parental leave
• Health & retirement benefits
• Annual learning & development budget
• Annual workaways and regular virtual & in-person socials

About the company

Mimica is an AI-powered process intelligence platform that analyzes team work and generates AI agents to execute it. The company is remote-first and globally distributed across 16+ countries.