RETHINK MANUFACTURING The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines®, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers’ unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next.

Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we’d love to speak with you.

About The Role We are looking for a highly motivated, results-driven Payroll & Accounting Specialist to join our team in our Guadalajara office. Working in a small team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, this role has constant interaction with different teams such as Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and external auditors.

In this role you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end payroll process in collaboration with an external payroll provider, overseeing all payroll-related payments and banking transactions, and leading Mexico’s Inventory accounting processes including month/year-end close and annual audit activities.

What You Will Be Doing Payroll

• Manage the end-to-end payroll process in collaboration with external payroll provider, ensuring timely and accurate processing of all payments.

Support employees with payroll-related inquiries and Navan platform questions including physical card activations.

Banking Transactions & Treasury

• Process and record all banking transactions in NetSuite (NS) in a timely and accurate manner.
• Prepare the monthly estimated cash flow report to determine liquidity needs.
• Generate weekly payment reports for internal stakeholders.
• Prepare the monthly payment report by Purchase Request (PR) at the start of each month.

General Accounting & Month-End Close

Inventory Accounting

• Record inventory-related transactions and maintain inventory ledgers.
• Perform quadrimestral (four-monthly) physical inventory counts and prepare the corresponding reports.
• Ensure accurate inventory valuations and perform inventory cost analysis.
• Prepare and maintain reconciliations for inventory accounts.
• Analyze and resolve inventory discrepancies in collaboration with Procurement/Supply Chain/Operations teams.
• Assist in the development of inventory control procedures and best practices.
• Provide input for monthly and annual financial reports.
• Comply with internal controls and participate in audits as needed.

Other

• Perform projects and other duties as assigned by the Accounting Manager in a timely and complete manner.

What We Want To See

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD

• Deep knowledge of Mexican payroll compliance requirements (IMSS, INFONAVIT, ISN, PTU, etc.).
• Proficiency in additional payroll systems and banking platforms (Multiva, Odessa).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with customs/import documentation (Pedimentos).

$30,000 - $40,000 a month

BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY Bright Machines is a next-generation, AI-enabled manufacturer focused on data center infrastructure assembly operations. Bright Machines uses its proprietary AI-based robotics and software to assemble AI infrastructure hardware products (i.e., data center servers) for hyperscalers and leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). With its new AI factory, Bright Machines addresses increasing market demands for computing power due to the surge of AI and the U.S. national mandate to reshore manufacturing by building data center infrastructure at scale with higher quality and shorter time-to-market.

Bright Machines is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been recognized as one of Forbes’ AI 50, awarded “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and highlighted by several other leading technology and innovation organizations.