Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Africa

Remote

Africa
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Payroll compliance expertise
Employment legislation interpretation
Audit and compliance program leadership
** Remote is seeking a Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert for Africa to ensure compliance with local payroll legislation while embedding these regulations into their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll compliance, experience in audits, and strong communication skills to work cross-functionally in a fully remote environment. **

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 ensuring continuous regulatory adherence.
  • You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Legal to embed compliance into the 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 building 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 legislation while embedding these regulations into their global payroll platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payroll compliance, experience in audits, and strong communication skills to work cross-functionally in a fully remote environment. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

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

Nice-to-have

  • Curious, motivated, and ambitious
  • Comfortable operating in async remote environment
  • Mentoring and coaching capability
  • AI and automation integration

Key Requirements

  • Deep expertise in payroll and employment compliance
  • Proven record leading audits or compliance programs
  • Experience partnering with technical teams
  • Strong communicator influencing stakeholders
  • Confident investigator with sound judgment
  • Systems thinker designing scalable frameworks
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-changing remote environment

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