Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Africa

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Africa
Fully remote
Payroll compliance expertise
African payroll legislation
Audit and compliance program leadership
The Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert position at Remote is a fully remote role focused on ensuring payroll compliance across Africa. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in local legislation, lead compliance initiatives, and collaborate cross-functionally to develop scalable processes within the company's global payroll platform

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 everything from 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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The Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert position at Remote is a fully remote role focused on ensuring payroll compliance across Africa. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in local legislation, lead compliance initiatives, and collaborate cross-functionally to develop scalable processes within the company's global payroll platform.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

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

Nice-to-have

  • Energetic, curious, motivated, ambitious
  • Systems thinking
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Async, fast-changing environment

Key Requirements

  • Deep expertise in payroll and employment compliance for country/region
  • 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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