Karol Urzúa Castro

Karol Urzúa Castro has an extensive work experience in the payroll field. Karol currently works as the Lead Payroll LATAM at Orica since 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Payroll Specialist in QA testing for SAP HCM Payroll for BHP at Cognizant from 2021 to 2022. Karol also served as a Payroll Client Account Manager at ITOS from 2018 to 2021, where they managed client portfolios and implemented payroll services. Karol has experience as a Senior Payroll Specialist at Andres Pirazzoli Y Cia Ltda. from 2017 to 2018, where they administered payroll services. Additionally, they worked as a Semi Senior Analyst at KPMG Chile from 2016 to 2017, where they worked on payroll improvement projects. Karol has also worked as a Payroll Implementation Project Consultant at ADP from 2014 to 2015, and as a Payroll assistant at Ausenco from 2012 to 2014. Karol began their career as a Payroll Analyst at ECRGROUP Chile from 2007 to 2011. Karol also has experience as a Partner and Accountant at Soc. educacional Tremün Ltda. from 2003 to 2005.

Karol Urzúa Castro has a diverse education history. In 1999, they attended Liceo Comercial Manuel Baquedano and obtained a technical degree in Contador General, specializing in General Accounting, in 2002. From 2013 to 2015, they furthered their education at AIEP and earned a higher-level technical degree in Administracion de Recursos Humanos, focusing on Human Resources Administration. Karol then pursued a degree in Ingeniería en ejecución, Administracion de Recursos Humanos at AIEP from 2015 to 2017, which allowed their to specialize in Gestion de recursos humanos/Administración de personal, general.

In 2022, Karol Urzúa Castro began a diploma program at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Ingeniería. This diploma program is specifically focused on developing excellent teams. Additionally, they have obtained various certifications from Udemy, including Agile Fundamentals - Scrum and Kanban in October 2021, Introducción al Testing de Software: para Principiantes in May 2021, and Agile Crash Course: Agile Project Management; Agile Delivery in March 2021. These certifications demonstrate their commitment to continuous learning and expanding their skills in Agile methodologies and software testing.