Referral Board
Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.
We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.
If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!
The Opportunity As a
GP Compliance Expert , you are the owner of payroll compliance for your country or region. You hold deep expertise in local legislation and apply it across everything from audits to product design. You’ll translate complex rules into scalable processes, systems, and documentation — ensuring Remote continuously meets (and anticipates) regulatory standards.
You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, and Legal to embed compliance into the foundations of our global payroll platform. You’ll lead investigations and incident resolution, drive continuous improvement, and mentor teams to raise compliance capability across the organisation.
This role blends subject-matter expertise with strategic systems thinking — making you a key architect in how Remote builds compliant, automated global payroll at scale.
What You’ll Do Own compliance for your country or region
Be the accountable expert for payroll compliance in your jurisdiction(s).
Ensure local requirements are correctly interpreted, documented, and implemented across processes, systems, and customer workflows.
Translate statutory rules, payroll logic, tax calculations, thresholds, and edge cases into structured requirements for Product and Engineering.
Partner with Product Design to create user experiences that are compliant, intuitive, and auditable.
Review specifications, test logic, and validate product outputs to ensure legislative accuracy.
Lead complex audits and compliance programs
Own and deliver multi-country or high-risk audits from planning through remediation.
Establish audit frameworks that scale across new and existing jurisdictions.
Identify root causes and drive systemic improvements.
Lead investigations and incident resolution
Serve as the primary escalation point for compliance issues in your region, supporting Incident Managers to resolve incidents swiftly and effectively.
Partner cross-functionally to resolve incidents quickly and implement permanent corrective and preventative actions.
Design and implement processes and governance frameworks
Create clear, scalable, and documented processes for payroll compliance operations.
Develop controls, SOPs, and monitoring mechanisms to ensure ongoing adherence.
Align global policies with regional requirements and drive consistency across markets.
Enablement, documentation, and knowledge sharing
Build training materials, guidance, and rules documentation to upskill internal teams.
Deliver quarterly enablement, lead learning sessions, and coach Specialists and Leads.
Maintain high-quality documentation for compliance rules, workflows, and system logic.
Cross-functional influence & stakeholder partnership
Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Support, and Customer Success to ensure compliance is embedded into decision-making.
Achieve ≥90% stakeholder satisfaction by being responsive, proactive, and solutions-oriented.
Support go-to-market, customer escalations and expansion initiatives with clear compliance guidance.
What We Value (Who You Are)
Deep expertise in payroll, employment compliance for your country/region — and a strong understanding of how legislation translates into payroll calculations and system logic.
Proven record leading audits, regulatory reviews, or country-level compliance programs.
Experience partnering with technical teams to convert statutory rules into product requirements.
Strong communicator capable of influencing stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Support, and Senior Leadership.
Confident investigator with sound judgment in high-risk or sensitive scenarios.
Mentor and coach who grows the capability of the team around you.
Systems thinker who designs frameworks, documentation, processes, and controls that scale.
Comfortable operating in an async, fast-changing, fully remote environment.
Shape how Remote builds compliance into global payroll systems and logic.
Influence cross-regional initiatives and frameworks that define our compliance maturity.
Build thought leadership through documentation, training, and public speaking opportunities.
Develop future compliance leaders through coaching and structured enablement programs.
Drive innovation across automation, rule-building, and knowledge systems.
You'll report to:
Manager, Payroll Strategy and Compliance
Team:
Payroll Strategy and Compliance
Location:
Anywhere in the World
Start date:
As soon as possible
Application process
(async) Profile review
Interview with recruiter
Interview with team Manager
Interview with team Director
(async) Offer
Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
The annual salary range for this full-time position is
$48,900 - $110,000 USD .
budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How you’ll plan your day (and life) We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at
remote.com/async .
You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your
life-work balance
is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
How to apply
Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format.
We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
Apply now!
Remote is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
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We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.
If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!
The Opportunity As a
GP Compliance Expert , you are the owner of payroll compliance for your country or region. You hold deep expertise in local legislation and apply it across everything from audits to product design. You’ll translate complex rules into scalable processes, systems, and documentation — ensuring Remote continuously meets (and anticipates) regulatory standards.
You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, and Legal to embed compliance into the foundations of our global payroll platform. You’ll lead investigations and incident resolution, drive continuous improvement, and mentor teams to raise compliance capability across the organisation.
This role blends subject-matter expertise with strategic systems thinking — making you a key architect in how Remote builds compliant, automated global payroll at scale.
What You’ll Do Own compliance for your country or region
Be the accountable expert for payroll compliance in your jurisdiction(s).
Ensure local requirements are correctly interpreted, documented, and implemented across processes, systems, and customer workflows.
Translate statutory rules, payroll logic, tax calculations, thresholds, and edge cases into structured requirements for Product and Engineering.
Partner with Product Design to create user experiences that are compliant, intuitive, and auditable.
Review specifications, test logic, and validate product outputs to ensure legislative accuracy.
Lead complex audits and compliance programs
Own and deliver multi-country or high-risk audits from planning through remediation.
Establish audit frameworks that scale across new and existing jurisdictions.
Identify root causes and drive systemic improvements.
Lead investigations and incident resolution
Serve as the primary escalation point for compliance issues in your region, supporting Incident Managers to resolve incidents swiftly and effectively.
Partner cross-functionally to resolve incidents quickly and implement permanent corrective and preventative actions.
Design and implement processes and governance frameworks
Create clear, scalable, and documented processes for payroll compliance operations.
Develop controls, SOPs, and monitoring mechanisms to ensure ongoing adherence.
Align global policies with regional requirements and drive consistency across markets.
Enablement, documentation, and knowledge sharing
Build training materials, guidance, and rules documentation to upskill internal teams.
Deliver quarterly enablement, lead learning sessions, and coach Specialists and Leads.
Maintain high-quality documentation for compliance rules, workflows, and system logic.
Cross-functional influence & stakeholder partnership
Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Support, and Customer Success to ensure compliance is embedded into decision-making.
Achieve ≥90% stakeholder satisfaction by being responsive, proactive, and solutions-oriented.
Support go-to-market, customer escalations and expansion initiatives with clear compliance guidance.
What We Value (Who You Are)
Deep expertise in payroll, employment compliance for your country/region — and a strong understanding of how legislation translates into payroll calculations and system logic.
Proven record leading audits, regulatory reviews, or country-level compliance programs.
Experience partnering with technical teams to convert statutory rules into product requirements.
Strong communicator capable of influencing stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Support, and Senior Leadership.
Confident investigator with sound judgment in high-risk or sensitive scenarios.
Mentor and coach who grows the capability of the team around you.
Systems thinker who designs frameworks, documentation, processes, and controls that scale.
Comfortable operating in an async, fast-changing, fully remote environment.
Shape how Remote builds compliance into global payroll systems and logic.
Influence cross-regional initiatives and frameworks that define our compliance maturity.
Build thought leadership through documentation, training, and public speaking opportunities.
Develop future compliance leaders through coaching and structured enablement programs.
Drive innovation across automation, rule-building, and knowledge systems.
You'll report to:
Manager, Payroll Strategy and Compliance
Team:
Payroll Strategy and Compliance
Location:
Anywhere in the World
Start date:
As soon as possible
Application process
(async) Profile review
Interview with recruiter
Interview with team Manager
Interview with team Director
(async) Offer
Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
The annual salary range for this full-time position is
$48,900 - $110,000 USD .
budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How you’ll plan your day (and life) We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at
remote.com/async .
You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your
life-work balance
is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
How to apply
Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format.
We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
Apply now!
Remote is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
#J-18808-Ljbffr