Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Africa

Remote

Africa
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Payroll compliance expertise
Local legislation interpretation
Audit and regulatory review leadership
** Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for Africa to ensure compliance with local payroll regulations and contribute to the development of their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll, experience with audits and compliance programs, and a strong ability to mentor and influence stakeholders. **

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 for Africa to ensure compliance with local payroll regulations and contribute to the development of their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll, experience with audits and compliance programs, and a strong ability to mentor and influence stakeholders. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance expertise
  • Local legislation interpretation
  • Audit and regulatory review leadership
  • Cross-functional stakeholder partnership
  • Systems thinking for scalability
  • Incident investigation and resolution

Nice-to-have

  • Energetic, curious, motivated, ambitious
  • Future focused work culture
  • Innovation and AI capabilities
  • Mentoring and coaching team members

Key Requirements

  • Deep expertise in payroll, employment compliance for country/region
  • Proven record leading audits, regulatory reviews, or country-level compliance programs
  • Experience partnering with technical teams for product requirements
  • Comfortable operating in an async, fast-changing, fully remote environment

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