Payroll Operations Country Lead - UKI

Referral Board; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A global payroll solutions provider is seeking a Payroll Operations Country (or Regional) Senior Specialist to join their Payroll team. In this fully remote position, you will manage payroll implementations and ensure compliance with local legislation. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and extensive experience processing payroll in a client environment. This role offers a competitive salary range of $81,500 – $91,650, with additional opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits

Budget for local social events

Co-working spaces

Qualifications

• Experience processing payrolls in a client payroll environment.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll processes.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end implementation of smaller client payrolls.
• Conduct test payroll runs and validation checks.
• Support implementation planning and execution.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical mindset

Payroll processing experience

Problem-solving abilities

Knowledge of local payroll tools

Adaptability to fast-paced environments

Tools

SAP

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

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.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

How we work

We love working async and this means you get to do your own schedule.

We empower ownership and proactivity and when in doubt default to action instead of waiting.

The position

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Payroll Operations Country (or Regional) Senior Specialist, joining our Payroll team.

Requirements

• Experience processing payrolls in a client payroll environment.
• Payroll implementation experience.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll processes and statutory compliance for your country or region.
• Strong communication skills for explaining payroll processes and issues to customers and other stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge in using local payroll tools and 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.
• Experience in accounting/reconciliations.
• Is a productivity geek and will constantly think of ways to improve and speed up their work.
• It’s not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key responsibilities

• Independently manage the end-to-end implementation of smaller and less complex client payrolls.
• Support senior implementation team members with data preparation, validation, and reconciliation for more complex implementations.
• Conduct test payroll runs, reconciliations, and validation checks to ensure accuracy before go-live.
• Build and maintain a solid understanding of payroll legislation and best practices for the specified country/region.
• Support the planning, execution, and monitoring of global payroll implementation projects, ensuring timely delivery in collaboration with the Implementation team.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for simpler payroll implementations, and support senior leads in stakeholder communication and coordination for larger or more complex projects.
• Assist in implementing standardized payroll processes and procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Provide ongoing support during and after the implementation to resolve any issues or challenges.
• Have a focus on KPIs and SLAs.
• Contribute ideas for process improvements, automation, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Ability to mentor and support payroll specialists.
• Working with internal teams to improve our platform, completing UAT testing through to shipping. Ensuring all changes are documented.

Application process

• Interview with recruiter.
• Interview with future manager.
• Interview with team members (no managers present).

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide – here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The base salary range may be subject to change. At Remote we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case‑by‑case basis.

The annual salary range for this full‑time position is

$81,500 – $91,650 USD

• 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.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

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.

We will ask you voluntarily to tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have an option to answer an 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 will accept applications on an ongoing basis.