Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Africa

Remote

Africa
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Payroll compliance expertise
African payroll legislation
Audit and regulatory reviews
** Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert to oversee payroll compliance for the African region. The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in local legislation, experience in audits and compliance programs, and strong communication skills to influence cross-functional teams. **

Job Summary

  • As a GP Compliance Expert, you are the owner of payroll compliance for your country or region, translating complex rules into scalable processes, systems, and documentation.
  • 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.

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** Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert to oversee payroll compliance for the African region. The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in local legislation, experience in audits and compliance programs, and strong communication skills to influence cross-functional teams. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance expertise
  • African payroll legislation
  • Audit and regulatory reviews
  • Product and engineering partnership
  • Incident resolution leadership
  • Process and governance design

Nice-to-have

  • Systems thinking
  • Cross-functional influence
  • Async remote environment
  • Mentorship and coaching

Key Requirements

  • Deep expertise in payroll, employment compliance for country/region
  • Proven record leading audits, regulatory reviews, or country-level compliance programs
  • Experience partnering with technical teams
  • Strong communicator
  • Confident investigator
  • Systems thinker

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