Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Serve as the key payroll compliance authority for designated countries or regions.

• Analyze payroll, tax, social security, labor, and employment laws.

• Keep track of regulatory changes and evaluate their effects on products, processes, and clients.

• Offer practical and commercially viable compliance advice.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to integrate compliance into product development.

• Convert legislative requirements into business and product specifications.

• Review product designs and verify system logic, calculations, workflows, and outputs.

• Assist with product launches and go-live initiatives.

• Provide insights to stakeholders on intricate compliance issues and new regulatory developments.

• Support customer-facing teams with high-risk or complex compliance challenges.

• Offer guidance for market expansion and the introduction of new products.

• Conduct compliance evaluations and reviews.

• Lead or assist in regulatory audits and investigations.

• Identify compliance deficiencies and suggest remediation plans.

• Track legislative changes and communicate updates throughout the organization.

• Collaborate with Product and Operations teams to enact regulatory modifications.

• Develop and maintain compliance documentation, rules libraries, and knowledge resources.

• Design repeatable processes while supporting compliance controls and governance frameworks.

• Contribute to automation and compliance-by-design projects.

• Facilitate training and enablement programs.

• Mentor Payroll Specialists, Product teams, and cross-functional partners.

• Produce documentation and guidance materials that clarify complex legislation.

⛳️ Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of payroll, tax, social security, labor, and employment compliance within a specific country or region.

• Strong capability in converting legislation into payroll calculations, processes, and product requirements.

• Experience collaborating with technology, product, or operations teams to apply regulatory requirements.

• Ability to transform complex legislation into scalable business processes and system logic.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Skills in building relationships and influencing stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Customer Experience, and Leadership.

• Capacity to balance compliance demands with operational and commercial realities.

• Confident communication skills with the ability to simplify intricate regulatory concepts.

• Experience in conducting audits, reviews, investigations, or compliance evaluations.

• Skill in identifying root causes and proposing practical corrective measures.

• Strong judgment in managing risk and uncertainty.

• A sense of curiosity, proactivity, commitment to continuous learning, and adaptability in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• CV and application must be submitted in English.

• Proficiency in utilizing automation and AI capabilities as part of role responsibilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from anywhere.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Flexible working hours (we operate asynchronously).

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

• Budget for co-working spaces, learning, and wellness (including gym memberships).

• Mental health support services.

• Stock options.

• Home office budget and IT equipment.

• Emphasis on life-work balance.

• Employee Resource Groups (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech).

• Accommodations available during interviews and beyond.