Payroll Specialist Lead - Denmark

Remote; Denmark; On-site; DKK 215,533 - 545,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere

Flexible paid time off

16 weeks paid parental leave

Mental health support

Stock options

Learning budget

Home office budget

Budget for social events

Job summary

A global employment services company is looking for a Payroll Specialist Lead to manage payroll operations, ensuring compliance and data integrity. Candidates should have relevant experience in payroll management, with skills in SAP and Excel. The role supports a fully remote, asynchronous work culture, allowing for flexibility in personal and professional life. The salary ranges from $33,300 to $84,250 annually, with various benefits including flexible working hours and mental health support.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll management or equivalent.
• Passion for improving processes.
• Ability to adapt to asynchronous work.

Responsibilities

• Manage existing relationships with key stakeholders.
• Process full end-to-end payroll in-house.
• Ensure data integrity and quality.

Skills

Payroll management experience

Knowledge of payroll best practices

Proficient in SAP, Excel / Google Sheet

Analytical mindset

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Fluent in English

Tools

SAP

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Payroll Specialist Lead joining our Global Payroll Operations Team.

What you bring

• Payroll management or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of payroll best practices.
• Proficient in using software tools like SAP, Excel / Google Sheet.
• An analytical mindset with great problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.
• Is a productivity geek and will constantly think of ways to improve and speed up their work.
• You understand the need and ideal to work largely asynchronously.
• Writes and speaks fluent English
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key responsibilities

• Act as a true subject matter expert for the country
  • Manage existing relationships with key stakeholders within Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, Engineers.
  • Process full end to end payroll in-house, statutory filing requirements, exceptions, approvals, payments and compliance.
  • Ensure full data integrity and quality
• Accounting/reconciliations
• Focus on KPIs and SLAs
• Implement and improve processes
• Mentor and support payroll specialists
• Back up regional managers during times of absence

Practicals

• You’ll report to: Manager, Global Payroll Operations.
• Team: Payroll Operations
• Location: Denmark
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

• Interview with Recruiter
• Interview with Future Manager
• Interview with Senior Manager, Payroll Operations
• Interview with Peer (Optional)
• Bar Raiser Interview
• Prior employment verification check

Salary range

The annual salary range for this full-time position is $33,300—$84,250 USD.

Benefits

• work from anywhere
• flexible paid time off
• flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• mental health support services
• stock options
• learning budget
• home office budget & IT equipment
• budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How You’ll Plan Your Day (and Life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async. You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

How To Apply

• Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
• We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
• If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.