Payroll Specialist

remotepeople; Philippines; Remote; PHP 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Asynchronous working environment

Remote-First / Hybrid option

Work from abroad for short periods

Growth opportunities

Hardware provided

Job summary

Remote People is building a borderless payroll platform and seeks a Payroll Specialist to support multi-country payroll operations. The role focuses on processing, validating, reconciling, and resolving payroll issues, coordinating with internal teams and payroll partners, and ensuring accurate outputs for clients and employees.

The candidate should grasp payroll fundamentals and adapt quickly to new country requirements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on payroll experience, ideally including in-house processing.
• Experience managing payroll for at least one country independently.
• Strong understanding of payroll inputs, calculations, validations, reconciliations, and outputs.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and understand why payroll results have changed.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with payroll data and numbers.
• Proficient with Excel/Google Sheets and automated tools.
• Strong English communication skills and ability to work with internal teams and payroll partners.
• Willingness to learn new systems and adapt to evolving payroll processes.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end payroll processing and validation for multiple countries.
• Collect, review, and validate payroll inputs and outputs.
• Perform payroll reconciliations and identify discrepancies.
• Investigate payroll differences and resolve with internal teams or partners.
• Support payroll changes such as new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, and deductions.
• Review payroll calculations and supporting information for accuracy.
• Communicate with internal payroll teams and external partners to resolve questions.
• Maintain payroll records, documentation, and trackers.
• Work with payroll technology and automated tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Learn and support additional countries as operations evolve.

Skills

Payroll processing

Country payroll experience

Excel/Google Sheets

Discrepancy investigation

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Communication skills

Tools

ADP

Payroll systems

Automation tools

Job description

At Remote People, we're building the infrastructure to power borderless teams. By handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance, our technology enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly at the push of a button.

We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability. Being part of Remote People means being part of a growing, international family.

Position overview:

We’re looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join our global payroll team and support the accurate and timely delivery of payroll across multiple countries.

This is a hands-on operational role focused on payroll processing, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution. You’ll work closely with internal teams and payroll partners to review payroll results, investigate discrepancies, and ensure accurate outputs for our clients and employees.

You don’t need to be an expert in every country we support. We’re looking for someone with strong payroll fundamentals, experience managing payroll for at least one country, and the ability to quickly understand new payroll requirements and processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support end-to-end payroll processing and validation for multiple countries.
• Collect, review, and validate payroll inputs and outputs.
• Perform payroll reconciliations and identify discrepancies between expected and final results.
• Investigate payroll differences and work with internal teams or payroll partners to understand and resolve them.
• Support payroll changes including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, deductions, and leave.
• Review payroll calculations and supporting information for accuracy.
• Communicate with internal payroll teams and external partners to resolve payroll questions.
• Maintain accurate payroll records, documentation, and trackers.
• Work with payroll technology and automated validation tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Learn and support additional countries as our global payroll operations continue to evolve.

Qualifications:

• Previous hands-on payroll experience, ideally including in-house payroll processing.
• Experience managing payroll for at least one country independently.
• Strong understanding of payroll inputs, calculations, validations, reconciliations, and outputs.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and understand why payroll results have changed.
• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with payroll data and numbers.
• Comfortable using payroll systems, Excel/Google Sheets, and automated tools.
• Strong English communication skills and the ability to work effectively with internal teams and payroll partners.
• Comfortable learning new systems and adapting to evolving payroll processes.

Nice to have:

• Payroll experience in one or more of the following countries: France, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, or Spain.
• Experience with Romania or Austria payroll.
• Experience managing payroll across multiple countries.
• Exposure to additional European or African payroll jurisdictions.
• Experience with payroll platforms or systems such as ADP or similar tools.
• Experience using automated payroll validation, reconciliation, or AI-enabled tools.

What it's like working at Remote People

Our service & product

We're a technology company, not an accountancy, payroll provider, recruitment firm or similar. We build a workforce management platform that allows our customers to hire the best talent in minutes, without worrying about compliance, payroll, or HR admin.

Our amazing team and environment

Working at Remote People means you're working on something very exciting: Allowing every person on the planet to have access to equal opportunities in living a fulfilled work and personal life. We believe in hiring from within and going the extra mile to retain top talent. As the company continues to grow extremely fast, you will be given the opportunity to develop and grow alongside.

Our benefits and perks

Being part of Remote People means that you get the benefit of:

• An asynchronous working environment
• A "Remote-First" company environment (or Hybrid) - based on the nature of the job
• The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
• Growth opportunities within the company
• We provide all new joiners with the necessary hardware to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed from day one