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Payroll Business Operations Specialist

Posted 2 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
6 Locations
Mid level
In-Office or Remote
6 Locations
Mid level
The Payroll Business Operations Specialist will analyze payroll needs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement process improvements, and manage special projects to enhance global payroll services.
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About Remote
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!
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!

The position

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

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.

Job responsibilities
  • Analyze and understand payroll needs and provide recommendations on payroll solutions that solve those needs in collaboration with our Product and Development teams.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to identify payroll process improvements and automation opportunities.
  • Assist with the implementation of new payroll processes and technology solutions.
  • Manage special projects, from ideation to execution, including requirements-gathering, design, build, measurement, and iteration
  • Help to develop, implement and maintain a documentation process that ensures consistency, accuracy and relevance across all organizational documentation.
  • Develop and maintain a structure of KPIs to quantify the impact of current and proposed processes in order to drive data-driven decisions and conduct quality assessments.
  • Be able to go from “scout to scale” and actually start things up and get things done.
  • Writes and speaks fluent English
  • It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus
What you bring
  • Extensive experience in payroll consulting or a similar role.
  • You possess top-notch project management skills to accomplish goals, drive reporting, due date adherence, and process iteration to ensure better quality.
  • An analytical mindset with great problem-solving abilities.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll processes and HR functions.
  • Used to working with different stakeholders and adapting its ways of communication accordingly.
  • Team player with the ability to work independently and take own responsibility.
  • You are able to quickly adapt to a fast-paced, international, scale-up environment.
  • Writes and speaks fluent English.
  • It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.
Practicals
  • You'll report to: Associate Manager, Payroll Business Operations
  • Team: Payroll
  • Location: Anywhere in the World
  • 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 $88,400- $99,450 USD. 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.

Application process
  1. Interview with recruiter
  2. Interview with future manager
  3. Interview with team members (no managers present)
  4. Bar Raiser Interview
  5. Prior employment verification check 

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Benefits
Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
  • work from anywhere
  • flexible paid time off
  • flexible working hours (we are async)
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • mental health support services
  • stock options
  • learning budget
  • home office budget & IT equipment
  • 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.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply
  1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
  2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
  3. 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.

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. 

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