Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Middle East

Remote

Middle East
Fully remote
Payroll compliance expertise
Middle east employment legislation
Audit and regulatory review leadership
Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for the Middle East to ensure compliance with local payroll regulations and embed compliance into their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll legislation, experience in leading audits, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams, all 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.

Matching Summary

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Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for the Middle East to ensure compliance with local payroll regulations and embed compliance into their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll legislation, experience in leading audits, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams, all 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
  • Scalable process design

Nice-to-have

  • Systems thinking
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Async work environment
  • Curious and ambitious mindset

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
  • Comfortable operating in a remote environment

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