Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - US

Remote; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote is seeking a Payroll Compliance Expert to act as the trusted regulatory advisor for your country or region, helping design, build, and operate compliant payroll products at scale.

You will serve as the SME for payroll legislation, tax, social security, labour, and employment requirements within assigned jurisdictions, influencing product design, operations, and compliance strategy across the business.

Qualifications

• Expertise in payroll legislation, tax, social security, and employment rules.
• Ability to interpret regulatory changes and translate them into actionable requirements.
• Experience advising cross-functional teams on compliance matters.

Responsibilities

• Interpret payroll, tax, social security, labour, and employment legislation.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess impact on products, processes, and customers.
• Provide clear, practical, and commercially balanced compliance guidance.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Legal to embed compliance.
• Validate system logic, calculations, workflows, and outputs against regulatory requirements.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory research

Product collaboration

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.With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.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.

The Position

As a Payroll Compliance Expert, you are the trusted regulatory advisor for your country or region, helping Remote design, build, and operate compliant payroll products at scale.

You will serve as the subject matter expert for payroll legislation, tax, social security, labour, and employment requirements within your assigned jurisdictions. Your expertise will influence product design, operational processes, customer solutions, market expansion, and compliance strategy across the business.

As part of Remote's Payroll Compliance Advisory Centre of Excellence, you will work across Product, Engineering, Operations, Customer Experience, Legal, and Risk teams to ensure compliance is embedded into everything we build and deliver.

Success in this role requires a unique combination of regulatory expertise, systems thinking, stakeholder management, and commercial awareness. You will not simply interpret legislation—you will help translate complex regulatory requirements into scalable products, processes, controls, and customer experiences.

General Requirements

• Serve as the Compliance Authority for Your Region
• Act as the primary payroll compliance expert for your assigned countries or region.
• Interpret payroll, tax, social security, labour, and employment legislation.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess their impact on products, processes, and customers.
• Provide clear, practical, and commercially balanced compliance guidance.

Partner with Product Teams to Build Compliant Solutions

• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to ensure compliance is embedded into product development.
• Translate legislative requirements into clear business and product requirements.
• Review product designs and proposed solutions to identify compliance risks and opportunities.
• Validate system logic, calculations, workflows, and outputs against regulatory requirements.
• Support product launches and go-live activities.

Provide Strategic Compliance Advisory

• Advise stakeholders on complex compliance questions and emerging regulatory developments.

• Support customer-facing