Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Africa

RemoteFriendly

Africa
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Payroll compliance expertise
African payroll legislation
Audit and regulatory review leadership
** RemoteFriendly is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for Africa to lead payroll compliance in the region, ensuring adherence to local legislation while working collaboratively across various teams. The role requires deep expertise in payroll compliance, experience in audits, and a strong ability to communicate and mentor others. **

Job Summary

  • As a GP Compliance Expert, you will be the owner of payroll compliance for your country or region, translating complex rules into scalable processes and systems.
  • You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Legal to embed compliance into the foundations of our global payroll platform and lead investigations.
  • 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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** RemoteFriendly is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for Africa to lead payroll compliance in the region, ensuring adherence to local legislation while working collaboratively across various teams. The role requires deep expertise in payroll compliance, experience in audits, and a strong ability to communicate and mentor others. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance expertise
  • African payroll legislation
  • Audit and regulatory review leadership
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Systems thinking and design
  • Remote and asynchronous work

Nice-to-have

  • Innovative problem-solving
  • Ambitious and curious mindset
  • Mentoring and coaching capability
  • Strategic systems thinking

Key Requirements

  • Deep expertise in payroll and employment compliance for specific country/region
  • Proven record leading audits or compliance programs
  • Experience partnering with technical teams on product requirements
  • Strong communication and influencing skills
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-changing, fully remote environment

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