Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Africa

Remote

Africa
Remote
Payroll compliance expertise
African employment legislation
Audit and compliance program leadership
Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert to oversee payroll compliance in Africa, ensuring adherence to local legislation and regulatory standards. The role involves collaborating with various teams to design processes and frameworks that support compliant and automated global payroll

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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Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert to oversee payroll compliance in Africa, ensuring adherence to local legislation and regulatory standards. The role involves collaborating with various teams to design processes and frameworks that support compliant and automated global payroll.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance expertise
  • African employment legislation
  • Audit and compliance program leadership
  • Product and engineering partnership
  • Incident investigation and resolution
  • Scalable process design

Nice-to-have

  • Systems thinking
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Async remote environment
  • Influencing stakeholders

Key Requirements

  • Deep payroll and employment compliance expertise for Africa
  • Proven record leading audits or compliance programs
  • Experience partnering with technical teams
  • Strong communication and influencing skills
  • Comfortable operating in a remote environment

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