Payroll Specialist Lead

🕒 April 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $83.2k - $93.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Remote

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501 - 1000 employees

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

HR Tech • SaaS • Enterprise

Remote is a global HR platform that simplifies the process of hiring, onboarding, managing, and paying employees and contractors worldwide. It offers comprehensive solutions for recruitment, payroll management, contractor management, and compliance. The platform supports businesses in handling HR tasks seamlessly and efficiently, ensuring fast and compliant payouts, providing employer of record services, and facilitating employee benefits and equity offerings. Additionally, Remote integrates with various HR systems, allowing for a flexible, scalable, and reliable solution for businesses looking to expand globally.

📋 Description

• Execute end-to-end payroll operations for the US payroll environment, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. • Validate payroll inputs, calculations, and outputs, maintaining data integrity across all payroll cycles. • Manage payroll-related exceptions, adjustments, and reconciliations, escalating complex issues when necessary. • Support the operational implementation of payroll processes, including system updates, statutory changes, and new program rollouts. • Serve as a point of contact for internal teams and relevant external stakeholders regarding payroll execution and compliance. • Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, documentation, and operational workflows. • Participate in testing payroll system enhancements and updates to ensure operational readiness. • Provide support and guidance to other payroll specialists when needed to maintain continuity and quality of payroll delivery. • Monitor and contribute to payroll performance metrics, including SLAs and KPIs.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience in end-to-end payroll execution within the US payroll or similar environment, including payroll validations, reconciliations, and statutory filings. • Strong knowledge of US federal, state, and local payroll regulations and payroll best practices. • Experience in implementing payroll processes or contributing to operational rollouts. • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify issues, interpret data, and resolve exceptions accurately. • Proficiency in payroll systems and ability to quickly learn new operational tools; experience with automation or AI-assisted workflows is a plus. • Comfortable operating independently in a remote-first, asynchronous work environment. • Collaborative mindset and strong communication skills for partnering with internal teams and external stakeholders. • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple payroll cycles and deadlines effectively. • Experience with multi-country payroll is a plus, but not required for this US-focused role. • High integrity and discretion when handling sensitive payroll information.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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