Remote Payroll Risk and Compliance Specialist

Summary

Join Remote as a Payroll Country expert (or Regional) and make a personal difference in the global employment space. Our ideal candidate will have experience in regional/global payroll operations, including a deep understanding of wage tax laws and social security regulations in at least one country.

Requirements

• Strong Legislation expertise in India country/region
• Proven experience in a senior payroll role within an in-house payroll environment processing payroll or being in an payroll audit, compliance role
• Understands the approach taken by local authorities and has proven track record of communicating with authorities to resolve matters
• Has had exposure to local authority investigations and audits
• Experience in making recommendations for process improvements and ensuring that they are implemented
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership of tasks
• Proficiency in data manipulation (eg sql, Excel)
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• An analytical mindset with great problem-solving abilities
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact
• Is a productivity geek and will constantly think of ways to improve and speed up their work
• You understand the need and ideal to work largely asynchronously
• Writes and speaks fluent English as well as the local language being recruited for

Responsibilities

• Act as a true local employment legislation and tax expert for India country / region
• Conduct comprehensive risk reviews of payroll files to verify accuracy and compliance with all governmental wage tax laws (federal, state and local) and social security requirements
• Identify and rectify discrepancies, underpayments, or overpayments, and recommend corrective actions
• Prepare detailed audit findings reports, highlighting areas of concern and recommending improvements to payroll processes
• Maintain strong records of audits performed, methodologies used, and the resolution of identified issues
• Ensure the correctness of our payroll processes and that checklists, sign-off criteria and the network is fully embedded into Payroll Operations
• Monitor regulatory climate and ensure changes are understood, implemented, incorporated and communicated to Internal and external teams, as required
• Provide support and training on compliance matters to payroll staff
• Maintain country knowledge pages

Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Unlimited personal time off (minimum 4 weeks)
• Quarterly company-wide day off for self care
• 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