Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - US

Advise stakeholders on complex compliance questions and emerging regulatory developments.

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

Provide guidance for market expansion initiatives and new product offerings.

Act as a trusted advisor across Product, Operations, Customer Experience, and Leadership teams.

Conduct compliance assessments and reviews to validate regulatory adherence.

Lead or support regulatory audits and investigations within your area of expertise.

Identify compliance gaps and recommend practical remediation strategies.

Support the development of scalable compliance assurance frameworks.

Monitor legislative developments and emerging regulatory trends.

Assess business impact and communicate changes effectively across the organisation.

Partner with Product and Operations teams to ensure regulatory changes are implemented successfully.

Support long-term compliance planning and strategic decision-making.

Create and maintain compliance documentation, rules libraries, and knowledge assets.

Design repeatable processes that reduce manual interpretation and improve consistency.

Support the development of compliance controls and governance frameworks.

Contribute to automation and compliance-by-design initiatives.

Deliver training and enablement programs to increase compliance capability across Remote.

Mentor Payroll Specialists, Product teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Create clear documentation and guidance materials that simplify complex legislation.

Promote a culture of compliance awareness and continuous learning.

Deep expertise in payroll, tax, social security, labour, and employment compliance within your country or region.

Strong understanding of how legislation translates into payroll calculations, processes, and product requirements.

Experience working with technology, product, or operational teams to implement regulatory requirements.

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

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Skilled at building relationships and influencing stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Customer Experience, and Leadership teams.

Able to balance compliance requirements with operational and commercial realities.

Confident communicator capable of simplifying complex regulatory concepts.

Experience conducting audits, reviews, investigations, or compliance assessments.

Ability to identify root causes and recommend pragmatic corrective actions.

Strong judgement when managing risk and ambiguity.

Curious, proactive, and continuously learning.

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Passionate about improving systems, processes, and customer outcomes.

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

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Interview with recruiter + technical assessment

Interview with team

Interview with team manager

Interview with team director

Bar Raiser Interview

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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. 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. At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

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.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

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Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here. Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.