Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Middle East

Remote

Middle East
Fully remote
Payroll compliance expertise
Employment legislation translation
Audit and compliance program leadership
Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for the Middle East, responsible for ensuring payroll compliance and embedding legislation into their global payroll platform. The role requires deep expertise in local employment laws, a strong background in audits and regulatory reviews, and effective collaboration with 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 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.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for the Middle East, responsible for ensuring payroll compliance and embedding legislation into their global payroll platform. The role requires deep expertise in local employment laws, a strong background in audits and regulatory reviews, and effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance expertise
  • Employment legislation translation
  • Audit and compliance program leadership
  • Cross-functional stakeholder partnership
  • Systems thinking and process design

Nice-to-have

  • Energetic, curious, motivated, ambitious
  • Mentoring and coaching capability
  • Async, fast-changing environment comfort
  • Innovation and AI integration awareness

Key Requirements

  • Deep payroll and employment compliance expertise
  • 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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