Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Africa

Remote

Africa
Fully remote
Payroll compliance expertise
Employment legislation translation
Audit and compliance program leadership
Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for Africa to ensure compliance with local payroll regulations and contribute to the development of their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll compliance, audit experience, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fully remote environment

Job Summary

  • As a GP Compliance Expert, you are the owner of payroll compliance for your country or region, holding deep expertise in local legislation and applying it across audits and product design.
  • You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, and Legal to embed compliance into the foundations of our global payroll platform, leading investigations and driving continuous improvement.
  • This role blends subject-matter expertise with strategic systems thinking, making you a key architect in how Remote builds compliant, automated global payroll at scale.

Matching Summary

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Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for Africa to ensure compliance with local payroll regulations and contribute to the development of their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll compliance, audit experience, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fully remote environment.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance expertise
  • Employment legislation translation
  • Audit and compliance program leadership
  • Cross-functional stakeholder partnership
  • Incident investigation and resolution

Nice-to-have

  • Systems thinking and design
  • Mentoring and coaching capability
  • Async and remote work environment
  • Ambitious problem-solving

Key Requirements

  • Deep expertise in payroll, employment compliance for country/region
  • Proven record leading audits or compliance programs
  • Experience partnering with technical teams
  • Strong communicator influencing stakeholders
  • Confident investigator with sound judgment

Work Rights

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