Payroll Compliance Documentation Specialist

About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance (learn more about how it works). We're backed by A+ investors and our team is world-class, literally and figuratively, as we're all scattered around the world.

Please check out our public handbook to learn more about our culture. We encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply. You can also check out independent reviews left by other candidates and our employees on Glassdoor. If this job description resonates with you, we want to hear from you!

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

How we work

We love working async and this means you get to do your own schedule.

We empower ownership and proactivity and when in doubt default to action instead of waiting.

The position

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Payroll Compliance Documentation Specialist, joining our Payroll team, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver outstanding payroll services to our employees and customers.

What you bring

• Strong sense of ownership and continuous improvement mindset.
• Your will have 3 year+ experience within either a Payroll or Audit environment.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• Outstanding communication skills: written and spoken
• Writes and speaks fluent English
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze documentation needs, evaluate effectiveness of current documentation and provide proactive recommendations to ensure a high performance culture.
• Document and build a library of standard operating procedures (SOPs) around payroll compliance, audit framework and payroll risk management.
• Work on payroll compliance monitoring trackers and prepare data-driven periodic reports
• Become an expert in the payroll documentation, audit and risk framework at Remote.
• Support the wider team with projects and incidents to transform and improve compliance and processes.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager, Global Payroll Risk & Compliance
• Direct reports:
• Team: Payroll - Payroll Audit & Compliance
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritise applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify;
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

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.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is between 33,000$  to 74,000$. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

Application process

Roughly 5 hours across 6 weeks

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Interview with team director
4. Prior employment verification check