Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Middle East

DesignRemotely

Middle East
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Payroll compliance expertise
Middle east employment legislation
Audit and regulatory review leadership
** DesignRemotely is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert to ensure payroll compliance in the Middle East. The ideal candidate will possess in-depth knowledge of local legislation and experience in conducting audits and compliance programs, while working 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 to 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.

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** DesignRemotely is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert to ensure payroll compliance in the Middle East. The ideal candidate will possess in-depth knowledge of local legislation and experience in conducting audits and compliance programs, while working in a fully remote environment. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance expertise
  • Middle East employment legislation
  • Audit and regulatory review leadership
  • Product and engineering partnership
  • Incident investigation and resolution

Nice-to-have

  • Systems thinking and design
  • Mentoring and coaching capability
  • Async and remote work environment

Key Requirements

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

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