Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Middle East

Remoteworldwide

Middle East
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Payroll compliance for region
Local legislation expertise
Audit and regulatory reviews
** Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for the Middle East, responsible for ensuring payroll compliance within the region. The role requires deep expertise in local employment legislation, auditing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to embed compliance into the company's global payroll systems. **

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 the Middle East, responsible for ensuring payroll compliance within the region. The role requires deep expertise in local employment legislation, auditing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to embed compliance into the company's global payroll systems. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payroll compliance for region
  • Local legislation expertise
  • Audit and regulatory reviews
  • Product and engineering partnership
  • Incident resolution and investigation
  • Process and governance design

Nice-to-have

  • Systems thinking and strategic approach
  • Cross-functional influence and stakeholder management
  • Mentoring and coaching team members
  • Comfortable in remote async environment

Key Requirements

  • Deep payroll and employment compliance expertise
  • Proven record leading audits
  • Experience partnering with technical teams
  • Strong communication and influencing skills
  • Confident investigator with sound judgment
  • Systems thinker who designs scalable frameworks
  • Comfortable operating in a remote, fast-changing environment

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