Payroll Specialist Lead

Referral Board; Remote; IDR 563.547.000 - 1.900.491.000; Full time

Job summary

A global employment solutions provider is looking for a Payroll Specialist Lead to join their team. The role involves managing payroll processes and ensuring compliance with regulations while adapting to an asynchronous work environment. Candidates should have a strong background in payroll management, analytics, and be fluent in English. This position offers a competitive salary and supports a productive work-life balance in a fully remote setting.

Benefits

Budget for local social events

Flexible schedule

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll management or equivalent.
• Understanding payroll best practices.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing.
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations.
• Mentor payroll specialists and improve processes.

Skills

Payroll management

Knowledge of payroll best practices

Software tools proficiency (SAP, Excel, Google Sheets)

Analytical mindset

Problem-solving abilities

Asynchronous work understanding

Fluent English

Tools

SAP

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Payroll Specialist Lead - Switzerland / Austria

EMEA

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. 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!

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 stakeholder 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, Payroll Operations
• Direct reports: N/A
• Team: Payroll - Operations
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

• Interview with recruiter
• Interview with future manager
• Interview with Senior Manager, Payroll Operations

The annual salary range for this full-time position is

$33,300 - $112,300 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.